Lead CRA - Vaccines - Central/Eastern Lisboa

Overview

We are currently seeking a Lead Clinical Research Associate (CRA) to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Lead/Principal CRA at ICON, you will oversee and manage clinical trial sites, ensuring studies are conducted in accordance with regulatory requirements, study protocols, and company standards. You will drive site performance, mentor CRAs, and help ensure high data quality and patient safety.

What You Will Be Doing

• Leading site management activities, including site selection, initiation, monitoring, and
  - out visits, to ensure compliance with study protocols and regulatory guidelines.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for clinical sites, addressing site queries, and resolving issues to maintain site engagement and performance.
• Ensuring the integrity of clinical data by conducting source data verification, reviewing site records, and monitoring for protocol deviations.
• Mentoring and providing guidance to CRAs, contributing to their professional development and the consistent application of best practices across studies.
• Collaborating with
  - functional teams, including clinical project managers, data managers, and biostatisticians, to ensure the successful execution of clinical trials.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, nursing, pharmacy, or a related field highly preferred.
• Extensive experience as a Clinical Research Associate within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or CRO industry, with a proven track record of managing complex clinical trials.
• In-depth knowledge of ICH-GCP guidelines, regulatory requirements, and clinical trial processes.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to manage and motivate CRAs and site staff effectively.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and
  - solving skills, with a proactive approach to managing site performance and resolving issues.

What ICON can offer you

Our success depends on the quality of our people. We’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent. In addition to a competitive salary, ICON offers a range of benefits designed to be competitive within each country and focused on
- being and
- life balance for you and your family.

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings for the years ahead
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, providing 24-hour access to a global network of professionals for support
• Life assurance
• Flexible
  - specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers. iconplc.com/benefits

At ICON, inclusion and 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, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

https://careers. iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

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