ICON plc

Project Manager

ICON plc

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: ShanghaiChina

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About the role

  • Developing and managing FSA project plans, timelines, and deliverables for assigned studies.
  • Coordinating feasibility assessments, country and site recommendations, and start-up strategies in collaboration with functional experts.
  • Overseeing essential document collection, ethics and regulatory submissions, and site activation milestones.
  • Tracking progress against timelines and KPIs, proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigation plans.
  • Serving as the primary FSA contact for internal teams and customers for study-level start-up matters.
  • Contributing to process improvement and best practice sharing within the FSA project management team.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong experience in clinical research with a focus on feasibility, site activation, or start-up project management.
  • Proven ability to manage project plans, timelines, and cross-functional coordination in a fast-paced environment.
  • Good understanding of regulatory, ethics, and contractual requirements affecting study start-up.
  • Excellent communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Detail-oriented and proactive, with a commitment to quality, predictability, and customer satisfaction.
Benefits
  • 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, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised 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, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementclinical researchfeasibility assessmentssite activationregulatory submissionsKPI trackingrisk managementprocess improvementbest practices
Soft Skills
communicationorganizational skillsstakeholder managementdetail-orientedproactivecommitment to qualitycustomer satisfaction