Principal Lead Data Manager

ICON; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave entitlements

Health insurance offerings

Retirement planning offerings

Global Employee Assistance Programme

Life assurance

Childcare vouchers

Bike purchase schemes

Discounted gym memberships

Subsidized travel passes

Health assessments

Job summary

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re committed to an inclusive environment that fosters innovation and excellence as we shape the future of clinical development.

As Principal Lead Data Manager, you will guide clinical data science workstreams, ensuring deliverables meet quality and timelines while coordinating with cross-functional teams across trials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, computer science, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in clinical data science, with a strong focus on data management and analysis in clinical trials.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, matrix environment.
• Expertise in data analysis tools, statistical software, and data visualization techniques.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to travel as required (approximately 15%)

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical data science workstreams, ensuring deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations.
• Lead development and implementation of clinical data management strategies to optimize data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure integration of data science techniques into trial designs.
• Oversee analysis of clinical data to provide actionable insights for study decisions.
• Provide strategic guidance on data governance, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
• Establish partnerships to leverage advancements in data science and technology in clinical research.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Statistical software

Data visualization

Travel readiness

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

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

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Data visualization tools

Job description

Principal Lead Data Manager

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 Senior Clinical Data Science Lead at ICON, you will lead the analysis, interpretation, and management of clinical data to drive the success of our clinical trials.

What You Will Do:

You will oversee clinical data science workstreams, ensuring deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations.
Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the development and implementation of clinical data management strategies to optimize data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the accurate integration of data science techniques into clinical trial designs.
• Overseeing the analysis of clinical data to provide actionable insights that inform study decisions and outcomes.
• Providing strategic guidance on data governance, quality control, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Establishing partnerships with key stakeholders to leverage the latest advancements in data science and technology in clinical research.

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 clinical data science, with a strong focus on data management and analysis in clinical trials.
• Strong leadership skills and a proven ability to manage cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, matrix environment.
• Expertise in data analysis tools, statistical software, and data visualization techniques.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and drive change in a complex organization.
• Willingness to travel as required (approximately 15%)

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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Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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