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Senior Clinical Site Manager (part-time, 0.6 FTE)

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Part time
Senior (5-10 years)
English

Other Skills

  • Creative Thinking
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Interpersonal Communications
  • Teamwork
  • Detail Oriented
  • Relationship Building
  • Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Experience as a CRA II or Senior CRA within a CRO, biotech, or pharmaceutical environment
  • Strong site-facing experience with proven ability to build and maintain relationships
  • Solid knowledge of ICH-GCP and clinical trial processes
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively to overcome recruitment challenges

Requirements:

  • Build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with investigators and site staff
  • Lead all aspects of site management, including selection, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits
  • Identify site performance trends and proactively address recruitment or operational challenges
  • Review data and site metrics to identify risks and implement solutions

Job description

Senior Clinical Site Manager (SCRA) – Home-Based | Adelaide or Melbourne | Rare Part-Time Opportunity within FSP (0.6 FTE)

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

Senior Clinical Site Manager (SCRA)

Home-Based | Adelaide or Melbourne
Part-Time (0.6 FTE) – Rare Opportunity

At ICON, you’ll partner with a leading global biopharmaceutical organisation focused on advancing innovative treatments in areas of high unmet need, including immunology, neurology, and rare diseases.

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Clinical Site Manager (SCRA) to join this high-performing and collaborative team in a rare part-time (0.6 FTE) capacity. This is an excellent opportunity for an established CRA or SCRA looking to step into a role with greater site ownership, stakeholder engagement, and long-term development potential.

The Opportunity

This role is pivotal in maximising site performance and engagement across global clinical studies. You will combine strong clinical operations expertise with relationship-building and problem-solving skills to support the successful delivery of trials.

Working closely with Clinical Project Managers and cross-functional stakeholders, you’ll play a key role in ensuring studies are delivered on time, to the highest quality standards, and in full compliance with GCP and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with investigators and site staff
  • Lead all aspects of site management, including selection, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits
  • Identify site performance trends and proactively address recruitment or operational challenges
  • Review data and site metrics to identify risks and implement solutions
  • Act as the primary point of contact for study sites
  • Support study delivery through collaboration with Project Managers, vendors, and internal teams
  • Contribute to study start-up activities, documentation, and regulatory submissions
  • Ensure studies remain audit and inspection ready at all times
  • Drive innovative approaches to improve site engagement and patient recruitment

What We’re Looking For

  • Experience as a CRA II or Senior CRA within a CRO, biotech, or pharmaceutical environment
  • Strong site-facing experience with proven ability to build and maintain relationships
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively to overcome recruitment challenges
  • High attention to detail with experience reviewing data and identifying site issues
  • Outstanding communication skills with the ability to adapt style across different audiences
  • Solid knowledge of ICH-GCP and clinical trial processes
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, global environment

Why Join?

  • Rare part-time opportunity (0.6 FTE) offering flexibility
  • Ideal development role for CRAs with long-term ambitions in project management
  • Opportunity to work on innovative therapies that make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives
  • Join a stable, supportive, and high-performing ICON team with strong leadership and culture

Additional Information

  • Location: Home-based (Adelaide or Melbourne)
  • Travel: Approximately 50% travel required

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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, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised 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, subsidised 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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