Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs (Imaging)

Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs (Metabolic Disease Imaging), US, Remote

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.

We are currently seeking a Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs to join our diverse and dynamic Medical Imaging team. As a Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs at ICON, you will oversee all aspects of imaging for MASH clinical trials. You will also support our business development team in bringing imaging expertise to the clients and helps to grow the business by promoting medical imaging in clinical trials and services provided by ICON.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Provide scientific expertise and guidance to the Commercial Development and Operations teams within IMC.

• Serve as a scientific expert and point of contact for customers, offering insight and support as needed.

• Review and provide scientific input on imaging charters, site-facing materials, and sponsor-facing reports.

• Ensure projects are designed and implemented appropriately to meet all required imaging endpoints.

• Represent the organization at scientific conventions by delivering presentations, participating in panels, and contributing to imaging standardization initiatives.

• Collaborate with the Marketing division to highlight key differentiators in imaging services for metabolic diseases.

• Conduct sales presentations and maintain strong client relationships, supporting the RFP and RFI processes.

• Act as an internal consultant, offering technical and scientific training and support to team members.

• Contribute to defining requirements for the development of proprietary imaging software for metabolic diseases.

• Travel up to approximately 10%, both domestically and internationally.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Your Profile:

• PHD degree in a relevant field such as Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, or a related discipline is required.

• Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry supporting imaging for clinical trials

• Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to manage cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment.

• Expertise in data analysis and interpretation, with a focus on translating scientific findings into actionable insights.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and drive strategic initiatives across the organization.

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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, 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.

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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