Associate Director Informaticist

ICON Strategic Solutions; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave entitlements

Health insurance options

Retirement planning offerings

LifeWorks EAP program

Life assurance

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

ICON Strategic Solutions in Philadelphia seeks a seasoned clinical design leader to drive program design, trial placement, and scalable Decentralized Clinical Trials. You will develop data taxonomies for eCOA/SoA, standardize designs across therapeutic areas, and communicate insights to optimize time, value, cost, and risk.

You will collaborate with asset teams, support modeling and scenario planning, and champion data-driven decision making using real-world data to inform design decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or health-related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, drug development, and/or related fields.
• Therapeutic expertise and knowledge of the clinical research landscape.

Responsibilities

• Lead the approach to program design, placement decisions, and related considerations such as scaling Decentralized Clinical Trials and Value Based Research.
• Develop and lead data taxonomies for eCOA and SoA designs and related considerations.
• Drive standardization in design across therapeutic areas using taxonomies.
• Communicate insights to optimize trial and program design for time, value, cost, and risk while ensuring accessibility and participation.
• Collaborate with asset team to support asset strategy, program, and trial design decisions.
• Anticipate and ensure modeling and scenario needs by applying clinical development, TA, and analytics expertise.
• Support the use of real-world data and collaborate cross-functionally to inform design.
• Promote data-driven and risk-based decision making.

Skills

5+ years pharma

Therapeutic expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/health

Job description

What You Will Do

• Responsible for leading the approach to program design, placement decisions, and related considerations (e.g., scaling of Decentralized Clinical Trials, Value Based Research principles, and enabling goals for diverse representation in clinical trials, etc.)
• Responsible for developing and leading the approach to data taxonomies in support of eCOA and SoA designs and related considerations
• Responsible for driving standardization in design within and across therapeutic areas via utilization of taxonomies
• Responsible for communicating insights for strategies that can optimize trial and program design for time, value, cost, and/or risk considerations while creating accessibility and pathways for participation in clinical trials
• Collaborate with asset team to bring data and insights to support asset strategy, program, and trial design decisions
• Anticipate and ensure completion of modeling and scenario needs by applying clinical development, TA, and analytics expertise
• Support the use of real-world data and collaborate cross functionally to bring to inform design
• Promote data-driven and risk-based decision making

Your Profile

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or health-related field Minimum 5 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, drug development, and/or related fields
• Therapeutic expertise and knowledge of the clinical research landscape; ability to acquire and maintain expertise to support portfolio needs.

What ICON Can Offer You

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our Benefits Examples Include

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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