Senior Clinical Scientist

ICON plc

Madrid, ESonsitePosted Jun 25, 2026

Skills

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About the role

Senior Clinical Scientist

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.

As a Senior Clinical Scientist at ICON, you will design and conduct clinical studies that evaluate the safety and efficacy of innovative treatments.

What You Will Do:

Contribute to the development and creation of clinical trial protocols following high scientific and clinical standards and applicable regulations.

Contribute to the identification, formulation and implementation of amendments to the clinical protocol, in close collaboration with clinical lead.

Contribute to the creation of study-level documents, including preparation of clinical sections of key regulatory documents, such as Investigator’s Brochures, briefing books, safety updates and submission dossiers.

Contribute to the review and writing of clinical trial documents for CTR activities, and publications (as applicable)

Support pharmacovigilance activities (e.g. contributing to creation and review of aggregate reports, patient narratives and attendance of pharmacovigilance monitoring meetings)

Support regulatory activities (preparation of meetings with regulatory agencies).

Produce training materials, share best practices and provide training to the broader clinical trial teams.

Support preparation and (if applicable) participate in study level meetings (i.e. - Investigator Meetings, Data Monitoring meetings, and others).

Support and guide the development of data review strategy, ensuring that protocol-level deviations, eligibility criteria, study assessments & other aspects of the protocol are implemented consistently across the study (across countries/ sites). Includes support for Case Report Form (CRF) development, and implementation of data capture tools.

Deep expertise to perform in depth and high-quality clinical data review, to identify clinical data insights through ongoing patient level review and trends analysis to support Interim Analysis, Database and Post Lock activities and resolution of scientific & medical issues throughout the study lifecycle.

Work to improve the quality of reviews and insights with an emphasis on subject safety and eligibility, data integrity, trend identification, analysis and remediation, and identification of cases for medical review.

Provide insights to and facilitate data review process improvements by identification of redundant reports, implementation of innovative data analysis processes and tools, and their continuous improvement.

For all these tasks, work in close collaboration and alignment with clinical development lead. Ensure all questions / issues requiring medical oversight are brought to the attention of the clinical development lead.

Qualifications

Advanced degree in life sciences/ healthcare or clinically relevant degree.

Minimum 5+ years' experience as a Clinical Scientist

HIV therapeutic area expertise required, preferably in Phase 1 – 3 clinical research environment; ideally paired with expertise in Vaccine Development or Infectious Diseases

Preferred knowledge of set-up, organization and execution of global clinical studies in a pharmaceutical company or contract research organization (CRO) environment

Sound knowledge of principles of clinical data collection and reporting with a demonstrated ability to use typical systems and tools (e.g., EDC systems, Excel, etc.) for data collection, analysis and reporting.

Demonstrated knowledge to drive continuous improvement of processes, systems and tools.

Experience to work in a matrix, with high level of ability to informally influence and collaborate without authority

Home Based

No travel

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Employment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

Rewards & Benefits

ICON offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development.

Benefits may include:

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

Benefits may vary depending on role and location.

Visit our careers site to about the benefits ICON offers.

Inclusion and Accessibility

If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know or submit a request here.

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