Lead Data Manager

ICON; Center Square (PA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Various annual leave entitlements

Health insurance offerings

Job summary

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. ICON Lead Data Manager will drive data science initiatives within clinical trials and ensure analyses provide meaningful insights guiding strategic decisions.

The role requires managing day-to-day data science activities, leading a team, and collaborating across diverse groups. Travel of about 15% is expected to support projects with clients and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, computer science, or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in data analysis and project leadership within a clinical research setting.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with focus on translating data into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with ability to foster collaboration across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day clinical data science activities and support the team to deliver quality outcomes.
• Demonstrate knowledge of data review, risk management and analytics, and clinical systems.
• Negotiate timelines and key deliverables with clients and external stakeholders.
• Understand project revenue recognition/forecasting and provide input on units/hrs to CDS PM.
• Travel approximately 15% domestically and internationally.

Skills

Data analysis

Project leadership

Clinical data science

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences, computer science, or related

Tools

Clinical data systems

Job description

Clinical Data Science Lead

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We're proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

As a Lead Data Manager at ICON, you will drive data science initiatives within clinical trials, ensuring that our analyses provide meaningful insights that inform strategic decisions.

What You Will Do:

You will manage day-to-day clinical data science activities, supporting your team to deliver quality outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Good knowledge of clinical data science activities (Data review, risk management & analytics, clinical systems).
• Working knowledge of project management, including the predictive elements of timelines, resource requirements and financial tracking.
• Business Expertise:
• Understanding of protocol content and interpretation of critical data and data review requirements
• Ability to react and adapt requirements, processes and timelines in an agile manner.
• Tracks and keeps functional management and those responsible for project management informed of any issues that might affect project target dates, scope or budget and escalates potential problems effectively and in a timely manner.
• Works independently and with other project leads, as needed, to negotiate timelines and key deliverables with clients and/or external customers, vendors and departments.
• Understand project level revenue recognition/forecasting process and provides input regarding actual and forecasts units/hrs (revenue and resources) to the CDS PM.
• Other responsibilities may be assigned as required
• Travel (approximately 15%) domestic and/or international.
• Leadership:
• Functional Team Lead and primary point of contact for internal and external project team for CDS.

Your Profile:

You will have solid clinical data science experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, computer science, or a related discipline
• Extensive experience in data analysis and project leadership within a clinical research setting.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on translating data into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to foster collaboration across diverse teams.

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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