Global Study Lead (Temporary Assignment) in Reading

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.

As a Global Study Lead, working at ICON, fully embedded within a growing program you will be responsible for the execution and delivery of GCO supported clinical studies.

What You Will Do:

• You will manage day-to-day clinical trial management activities, supporting your team to deliver quality outcomes.
• Leads one or more global clinical trial teams with appropriate oversight from the Study Lead and support from the Clinical Operations Program Head, ensuring timely delivery and consistent performance across studies of standard complexity.
• Serves as the Clinical Trial Team (CTT) Product Owner, operating in line with established governance and ways of working.
• Drives study-level planning and decision-making to deliver assigned clinical studies in accordance with the Operational Execution Plan and approved protocols.
• Embeds agile ways of working within study teams to meet sprint objectives, strengthen collaboration, and reduce operational dependencies.
• Partners with Clinical Development and Regulatory Writing to support the development of high-quality, executable global clinical trial protocols and associated documentation.
• Builds effective CTT operating models, enabling clear prioritization, strong communication, and accountability in collaboration with sub-team leads.
• Leads proactive risk management activities and ensures ongoing inspection readiness.
• Develops and maintains study timelines and oversees assigned budgets with appropriate governance and leadership support.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date study information across systems, including status, risks, and issues.

Your Profile:

• Experience managing or supporting global clinical trials across regions, time zones, and matrixed teams.
• Ability to operate effectively within complex global governance and partner with regional and local teams.
• Hands-on experience overseeing monitoring activities, including MVR review and follow-up actions.
• Strong understanding of ICH GCP, inspection readiness, and sponsor oversight in outsourced models.
• Experience working with CROs and service providers within an outsourced delivery model.
• Supports vendor performance oversight, issue management, and escalation while maintaining accountability.
• Experience supporting study budget planning, forecasting, invoice review, and spend tracking.
• Experience managing study timelines, milestones, and operational deliverables across the study lifecycle.
• Proactively identifies risks and supports mitigation, recruitment oversight, and site activation tracking.
• Confident presenting study status, risks, and issues in team and governance forums.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.

Benefits

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.

• 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.

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.

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.