Research Associate I for Scientific Data Curation

Research Associate I for Scientific Data Curation - Home or office based

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.

As a Research Associate I in the MRT Database Team at ICON, you will help maintain and develop high-quality scientific content within the ePROVIDE™ platform. You will curate structured data across three key databases: PROQOLID™, which describes Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs); PROLABELS™, which captures COA-related endpoint strategies and claims reflected in regulatory labels; and PROINSIGHT™, which describes clinical guidelines and agency recommendations relevant to COAs, endpoint selection, drug development, and health technology assessment.

What You Will Do:

In this role, you will support the accuracy, consistency, and scientific value of ePROVIDE™ by sourcing, reviewing, extracting, and curating information from scientific literature, regulatory labels, clinical guidelines, agency publications, client requests, and internal knowledge sources.

• Curating accurate, structured scientific data into the ePROVIDE™ platform across PROQOLID™, PROLABELS™, and PROINSIGHT™.
• Identifying, sourcing, and screening relevant information on COAs, COA endpoint strategies, regulatory label claims, clinical guidelines, and agency recommendations.
• Extracting and summarising information from scientific publications, regulatory labels, Summary of Product Characteristics documents, public assessment reports, clinical guidelines, and agency-published documents.
• Applying database-specific rules, scope criteria, taxonomy, and quality standards to ensure scientific consistency, traceability, and data integrity across the platform.
• Collaborating with internal Database Team members and cross-functional colleagues to support the client-facing and internal use of ePROVIDE™ data.
• Supporting database updates, quality checks, documentation, and continuous improvement activities to keep ePROVIDE™ content reliable, relevant, and up to date.

Your Profile:

You ideally bring a scientific background , strong attention to detail, and an interest in clinical outcome assessment, endpoint strategy, and structured data curation.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline, for example psychology, public health, life sciences, health sciences, pharmacy, biomedical sciences, or a related field.
• Previous experience in clinical research, health outcomes research, scientific literature review, data curation, or a related field; experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, academic, or health research environment is an advantage. 
• Ability to read, interpret, and summarise scientific, clinical, and regulatory information with accuracy and appropriate scientific judgement.
• Strong attention to detail, consistency, and documentation, with the ability to follow defined rules and quality standards.
• Flexibility to apply rules consistently while adapting scientific judgement when justified exceptions arise.
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage several curation tasks or database updates in parallel while respecting timelines.
• Proactive, independent, locus of control
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-based, cross-functional environment.
• Comfort working with digital platforms, structured databases, and data extraction tools; familiarity with COAs, regulatory labels, clinical guidelines, or endpoint strategy is an asset.
• Ability to work fully in English within an international department and team environment.

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, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized 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, subsidized 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.

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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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