Clinical Trial Assistant (French speaker) - São Paulo

The CTA performs investigative site recruitment/feasibility, essential document collection and review, clinical status tracking, and in-house site management activities in accordance with the Sponsor and/or ICON's protocol, standard operating procedures (SOPs), ICH/GCP guidelines and all applicable regulatory requirements.

What you will be doing:

• Performs a variety of routine essential document collection, review, negotiation, to ensure successful site activation and maintenance and close out tasks under general supervision.
• Performs recruitment of study sites, ensuring activities, documents and all other clinical data are accurately tracked and documented for the project lifecycle. Escalates issues as needed.
• Complete submissions and notifications to regulatory authorities, ethics committee and other bodies.
• May serve as a patient management associate (conduct patient interviews, answer questions, follow up on issues).
• Performs and documents clinical data review and query creation, query resolution, offsite central monitoring contacts/visits and site management communications as outlined in the study plans (and/or other processes).
• Sets up and maintains study documentation in applicable systems, e.g., clinical trial management system (CTMS), TMF system, applicable site/sponsor systems according to project protocol, applicable SOPs and project plans.

You are:

• Bachelor's degree or its international equivalent in clinical, science, or health related field
• Previous experience in clinical research with ethics submissions.
• Clinical trials support or pharmaceutical industry experience preferred.
• Read, write, and speak advanced English; fluent in host country language required
• Prior experience using computerized information systems.
• Experience with PC-Windows, word processing, and electronic spreadsheets preferred
• Knowledge of ICH and local regulatory authority drug research and development regulations preferred
• Advanced French

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 maximise 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

At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. 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 through the form below.