Senior Clinical Site Associate

Senior Clinical Site Associate Germany

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 Senior Clinical Site Associate at ICON, you will support and coordinate site management activities, acting as a central point of contact for sites and internal teams.

What You Will Do:

You will lead on site management and operations tasks requiring technical depth, with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing advanced site support activities, including oversight of essential document collection, review, and maintenance for assigned sites or studies.
• Serving as a key liaison for site staff, addressing queries, coordinating communications, and supporting issue resolution.
• Maintaining accurate site information, status updates, and metrics in clinical trial management systems and trackers.
• Supporting CRAs and project teams with preparation for monitoring visits, meetings, and audit or inspection activities.
• Identifying opportunities to streamline site-related processes and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentoring and providing guidance to Clinical Site Associates, sharing best practices and supporting their development.

Your Profile:

You will have a strong foundation in site management and operations, with the experience to work independently and guide others.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or a related field, or equivalent clinical research experience.
• Strong experience in clinical research, site management support, or a similar role within CRO, pharma, or a related environment.
• Good understanding of clinical trial processes, GCP, and site documentation requirements.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple sites and priorities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a customer-focused approach to supporting sites and internal teams.
• Excellent communication skills in German and English
• Ability to work proactively and independently, with experience supporting or mentoring junior colleagues.
• Willingness to travel as required (approximately 20%)

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 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

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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