Principal Auditor, Quality Assurance
ICON plc • Reading, England • Posted July 11, 2026
Position Overview
Principal Auditor, Quality Assurance - Office Hybrid in Reading, UK or Dublin, Ireland
ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.
As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.
What You Will Do:
Audit Management & Execution:
ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.
As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.
What You Will Do:
Audit Management & Execution:
- Plan, schedule, and conduct technology, data integrity, and process audits across internal functions and external vendors
- Develop risk-based audit plans, defining scope, audit approach, and regulatory alignment
- Conduct audits of AI/ML-enabled systems, including:
- AI lifecycle (development, validation, deployment, monitoring)
- Dataset governance and model evaluation
- Human oversight and quality control mechanisms
- Prepare cl...