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As a Study Innovation, Senior Specialist you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.
Reporting to the Associate Director Study Innovations within FASTR (Feasibility, Activations and Strategy & Tactics of Recruitment), this role will be responsible for providing support to study teams across key programs, to enable acceleration of Vertex clinical studies
Senior Specialist will play a supportive but critical role in the FASTR Team focusing on the delivery of high quality operational, site feasibility and recruitment deliverables, as needed
Works in close collaboration with FASTR start up, recruitment and feasibility teams to provide key inputs, metrics, and outputs to support study acceleration strategies for program planning
Supports coordination of Study Innovation and general FASTR regular meeting planning
Supports across a range of rare disease areas and Study Innovations Leads
Under the supervision of the Associate Director, supports trial optimization and achievement of study milestones by:
Independent information gathering across multiple data sources and platforms to gain a thorough understanding of therapeutic areas including standard of care, patient availability, site profiles and clinical trial landscapes
Evaluating benchmarks and competitive landscape though data mining multiple intelligence databases/sources and able to interpret and present findings
Supporting enrollment forecasting
Developing study-level implementation plan for delivery of recruitment and retention strategies
Provide oversight of the implementation and analysis of recruitment tactics related to vendors
Effectively communicating with study teams and relevant stakeholders as needed to coordinate and support feasibility and recruitment activities
Provide solutions oriented creative thinking to maintain of administrative tasks related to supporting seamless feasibility and recruitment execution
B.S. in a scientific or allied health field (or equivalent degree) and 2+ years of feasibility/recruitment and/or 5+ years of experience demonstrating thorough understanding of clinical trial conduct and processes
Degree preferred or equivalent industry experience
Demonstrated administrative and project management abilities in an academic, CRO or sponsor environment.
Experience working in multiple rare disease therapeutic areas
Experience with data analysis and interpretation
Highly proficient with excel
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; solutions oriented creative thinking
Why ICON?Our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises, not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs. In addition, our best in class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career - both now, and into the future.Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That’s why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture – one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know.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.
