About this role
Clinical Trial Liaison - Oncology
At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.
As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.
As a Clinical Trial Liaison at ICON, CTLs combine deep therapeutic and scientific knowledge with strategic agility to influence investigators, elevate protocol understanding, and co-develop tailored enrollment strategies in existing and new therapeutic areas. They serve as trusted partners to investigators—building strong, enduring relationships that improve return on enrollment and position our program as the sponsor of choice. This is a sponsor dedicated position focused on Oncology Studies. Current Oncology experience is required.
What You Will Do:
Clinical Investigator Management
- Accountable for the full spectrum of investigator engagement from identification and qualification through enrollment, and support database lock, and study closeout
- Serve as a clinical trial scientific ambassador, ensuring investigators deeply understand protocol intent, scientific rationale, and patient eligibility requirements
- Develop and sustain strategic, high-trust relationships with investigators that span trials and therapeutic areas
- Influence enrollment by co-creating tailored recruitment strategies aligned with site capabilities, patient population realities, and study objectives
- Proactively find opportunities to reach new patients, accelerate enrollment and increase impact at priority sites, including for example, novel site models, community-based research initiatives etc
- Capture and elevate critical insights from sites to optimize feasibility, protocol design, and study conduct
Clinical Trial Management
- Lead site-level strategy and risk planning to ensure strong and predictable enrollment and data delivery
- Leverage performance metrics to anticipate issues, intervene decisively, and maintain momentum toward clinical milestones
- Drive inspection readiness as a continuous discipline across sites
- Collaborate across functions and with vendor partners to resolve operational barriers, ensuring delivery with speed and quality
- Maintain advanced understanding of local treatment paradigms and standard of care to influence strategic country/site selection and protocol localization
- Provide oversight and quality assurance for vendor monitoring, escalating risks proactively
- Where applicable, lead end-to-end management of Post-Marketing Safety Studies in compliance with local regulations
Business Management and Engagement
- Cultivate a portfolio of strategically aligned high-impact investigators who consistently prioritize trials
- Enable an exceptional investigator experience by being a responsive, knowledgeable, and valued scientific partner
- Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g., Medical, Clinical, Study Delivery) to align on trial and site priorities, troubleshooting challenges with urgency and creativity
- Conduct data-informed site prospecting and prioritization, contributing to trial competitiveness and regional strategic execution
- Maintain scientific fluency and therapeutic expertise to lead meaningful, solutions-focused discussions with site personnel
- Act as a key liaison between field teams, vendors, and investigators, ensuring alignment, shared purpose, and continuous knowledge transfer
- Partner closely with field team colleagues to elevate the investigator and site experience, ensuring seamless collaboration and improving enrollment outcomes and Investigator relationships
Country / Regulatory Engagement (where applicable)
- Represent Investigator Engagement with regulatory agencies, ethics committees, and national research organizations in countries/territory
- Influence the clinical trial ecosystem to improve regulatory agility and operational feasibility
- Ensure that local requirements are translated into compliant, efficient trial execution and that internal processes reflect evolving country landscapes
- Partner with leadership to identify and align regional initiatives and contribute to enterprise-wide clinical development success
- Ability to travel up to 60%
Your Profile:
You will bring relevant clinical research experience, along with the following qualifications and skills.
Required qualifications and experience:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in clinical research or pharmaceutical industry with experience directly interacting with or working with HCPs and clinical sites
- Minimum 2 years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience in Oncology
- Advanced degree in a scientific or clinical field (PharmD, PhD, MD, or MSc preferred)
- Excellent understanding of GCP, clinical development and operations, and trial lifecycle
- Demonstrated understanding of the therapeutic landscape and standards of care, with the ability to apply this knowledge to decision making
- Proven ability to build credibility and influence HCP community through scientific acumen and relationship strength
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 read more about the benefits ICON offers.
Inclusion and Accessibility
ICON is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know or submit a request here .
Salary Range
$110,520.00-$138,150.00
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