Senior Clinical Scientist – Oncology

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About the role

  • Senior Clinical Scientist leading oncology clinical trials for ICON’s sponsor-dedicated research programs. Providing medical monitoring, scientific oversight, and protocol execution across US and Canadian locations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead or support studies depending on size and complexity
  • Serve as clinical point of contact for scientific issues and questions for internal and external stakeholders
  • Lead trial design and endpoint development in collaboration with the Clinical Director
  • Lead the Medical Monitoring team, including Medical Monitoring Plan development and SAE report review
  • Set up and support SAC, DMC, and adjudication committees
  • Collaborate on protocols and amendments and participate in governance committee review
  • Author protocol clarification letters and contribute to study-specific documents
  • Review and update informed consent materials
  • Provide scientific input to study management for data management activities
  • Monitor data issues, central laboratory reports, and external safety data
  • Prepare scientific slides and present protocol information at Investigator Meetings
  • Serve as scientific lead on the Clinical Trial Team
  • Review specifications and initiate allocation and randomization requests
  • Coordinate laboratory, biospecimen, and imaging specifications
  • Co-author newsletters and participate in database lock activities
  • Collaboratively plan CSRs and CTDs/WMAs with medical writing
  • Support publications and presentations
  • Reconcile and review protocol deviation classifications and prepare protocol deviation lists for CSRs
  • Collaborate with medical writing on trial results communications
  • Provide scientific assessments for Operational Reviews
  • Support study management and medical writing activities to achieve Clinical Trial Team deliverables
  • Provide clinical specifications for external vendor interactions
  • Mentor other Clinical Scientists as needed

Requirements

  • BS/BA in Life Sciences with 7+ yrs clinical research experience
  • MS/PhD in Life Sciences with 5+ years clinical research experience
  • If no degree in Life Sciences, significant experience in clinical development (>11 years)
  • Minimum 2 years pharmaceutical and/or clinical drug development experience as a lead CS required
  • Medical monitoring experience required
  • Oncology experience required
  • Excellent Excel and PP skills required
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to travel up to 15% (might include international travel)
  • Legally authorized to work in Canada or the US
  • Must not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and performance related incentives
  • Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable
  • Retirement and pension plans
  • Life assurance and disability coverage
  • Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources
  • Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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