Senior Principal, ICO

This role provides deep epidemiology, methodologic, and late phase study design strategic expertise to external clients and to internal stakeholders by advising strategic study approach, protocol/study design, data interpretation, and selection/use of integrated late phase-oriented study technologies and solutions. The role entails working directly and independently with both senior and mid-level stakeholders from customer organizations as well as advising/mentoring more junior level researchers and scientists internally. This role may be the first technical point of contact with the customer, liaises closely with ICON's Business Development team to optimize strategy to achieve success in winning new business, and with internal teams to optimize methodological approaches to study design and analysis and ensure high quality deliverables to ICON's clients.

GeneralRecognizes, exemplifies and adheres to ICON's values which center on our commitment to People, Clients and PerformanceAs a Manager, the employee is expected to recognize the importance of, and create a culture of, process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes, adding value to our business and meeting client needsDemonstrates and actively promotes an open and honest working environment to encourage close teamwork and foster knowledge transferTravel (approximately 20%) domestic and/or international.Proactively and independently expands knowledge base on Epidemiologic research methods, and those related to observational study data collection, and follows applicable research trends and best practicesEfficiently manages own workload with respect to project scope, timelines and qualityContinually cultivates, develops and maintains positive business relationships with other functional teams and departments within ICONResponsible for the development and the driving of continuous improvement initiatives within the PracticeProactively communicates Epidemiology objectives and results with clients, leadership team and all functional partnersPerforms other duties and tasks as are allocated at the reasonable discretion of the Company

ScientificDirects team on data gathering efforts. Selects deliverables, tools & techniques to be applied by the team to conduct the analysis. Learns and draws on new analytic approachesDevelops strategies for solving scientific/technical problems for Clients and within the PracticeProvides methodological and strategic support and advice to other branches of ICO and ICON Clinical ResearchProvides guidance on technical issues related to study design and bias minimization, and analytic planning.Acts as scientific thought partner with the client and the project team throughout the projectActs as Epidemiology functional lead in cross-functional teams (PMA, HE, eCOA, ICR, PAOR) - project delivery and proposal/strategy developmentReviews and approves final drafts of project deliverables (e.g., protocols, analysis plans, reports, data tables, and literature search strategies) to ensure they are of a high standard suitable for release to the clientReviews and approves methodological and strategic components of proposals including the Epidemiology Practice Critically evaluates real-world data sources and data collection methodologies to ascertain suitability for a research question; identifies and highlights data gaps and strategies to address gapsCoaches junior staff in the application of research methodologies related to the collection, analysis and reporting of observational/'real-world' dataSupports other project activities as needed, completes internal documentation and quality-checks the work of others