Parexel International, a Dublin-based CRO, is opening a new global decision-making hub in Kilmainham, Dublin. Parexel plans to hire an additional 130 people over the next 12 to 18 months across all areas of business—clinical, technology, legal, consulting and logistics—and at all levels, including senior decision-making roles in their Kilmainham location. Seventy employees are in place, and recruitment is under way for the new positions.

The investment is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland, Ireland’s inward investment promotion agency.