Hybrid Project Manager

at ICON plc

• Job title: Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Shanghai, China

About the role

• Project Manager overseeing feasibility and site activation activities for clinical studies at ICON. Collaborating cross-functionally and managing timelines for successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

• 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.