Site Selection Lead
ICON Clinical Research
Site Selection Lead - India - Office or Home
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.
We are currently seeking a **Site Selection Lead** to join our dynamic and collaborative Feasibility Site Activation team at ICON. In this role, you will take functional leadership of the site selection process for global clinical trials, working closely with cross-functional teams and sponsors to ensure timely and strategic delivery of the Last Site Selected milestone.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of site selection by identifying high-performing sites, supporting recruitment goals, and driving process improvements.
**What You Will Be Doing:**
+ Acting as the main point of contact for all site selection activities on awarded studies.
+ Leading the design and execution of site selection strategies tailored to each protocol.
+ Collaborating closely with Feasibility Managers, Project Managers (PMs), Clinical Trial Managers (CTMs), and Study Start-Up Leads to align on project goals and timelines.
+ Developing protocol-specific site selection tools, including site profiles, questionnaires, and site ranking plans.
+ Overseeing a team responsible for site outreach, data collection, and due diligence, ensuring investigator suitability and compliance.
+ Attending study Kick-Off Meetings and client discussions to provide strategic insight and feasibility expertise.
+ Monitoring site responses, addressing inconsistencies, and ensuring complete, high-quality data is collected and documented.
+ Supporting site startup integration by ensuring a smooth transition from feasibility to initiation.
+ Ensuring tracking, reporting, and timely escalation of risks or delays in the site selection process.
+ Contributing to process improvements and lessons learned to continuously enhance performance.
+ Supporting Business Development and internal stakeholders with
+ insights into feasibility and site strategy planning.
**Your Profile:**
+ Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or a related field.
+ 6+ years of experience in Clinical Research, with a focus on Start-Up and/or Site Selection.
+ Strong understanding of global site selection strategies and feasibility processes.
+ Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to manage timelines and collaborate across global teams.
+ High attention to detail and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
+ Ability to work independently, lead others, and manage competing priorities effectively.
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**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 (https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits) 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.
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 or submit a request here (https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations)
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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