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Current CEO: Ciaran Murray

Status: Active

Founded in 1990 in Dublin, Ireland, ICON has quickly turned into one of the world''s leading clinical research organizations for drug development. Through acquisitions and organic growth, the company has since grown into a 79-office strong firm with a presence in 38 countries.

The company is divided into five international divisions. The company''s laboratories, clinical research, development solutions and medical imaging divisions all work in tandem to provide customers with a whole-industry pharmaceutical solutions approach. In addition to those, the fifth division, DOCS, provides staffing services from head-hunting to temporary staff and large-scale resource needs.

The ICON culture can be summarized as work-heavy and centered around a commitment to clients and excellence. As a leader in its field, ICON strives to instill its employees with a desire to help maintain its industry position, and it cites three main components to that end.

People — The company cites its people as the key to success, and it tries to instill top-performer attitudes in all employees. ICON touts a friendly and open work environment that values teamwork and leadership, as well as supporting others in personal and career development.

Clients — As the cornerstones of the business, clients are each seen as unique from all others. These needs are met proactively through flexible and relationship-driven account management.

Performance — Excellence is the goal of all things done at ICON, and as such the company demands it from all employees. Speed and efficiency is important, but not at the sacrifice of quality.


With modern work environments and competitive salaries, the company does well with employee retention. ICON benefits also include paid time off, comprehensive health coverage and flexible work arrangements.

Careers with ICON offer high pay and positive lateral opportunities. With many industry partners, such as its most recent partnership with Pfizer Inc., offer good networking and career advancement prospects. With so many regions serviced, working at ICON can be done from one of many countries. Some of the ICON careers offered include positions in:

• Applications Support

• Bio Lab Program Management

• Bioanalytics

• Business Development and Operations

• Client Service Administration

• Clinical Laboratories and Operations

• Clinical Research and Development

• Corporate Management

• Data Systems

• Information Technology

• Marketing

• Project Management

• And much more


The company has hundreds of positions in dozens of locations available at any given time, and applicants should keep in mind that availability changes as positions are filled and vacated.

What jobs pay the most at ICON?

Senior Project Manager is the highest paying job at ICON at $132,000 annually.