Collaborates with major functional areas including Business Development, Alliance Management, Contracts and Proposals Development, SSU Country Managers, Project Management, Clinical, Data Management and Medical Writing.
Identifies and evaluates fundamental issues pertaining to Site Start-Up, project regulatory pathway, successful patient enrollment, interpret data on complex issues, make good business decisions, and ensure solutions are implemented. Ensures all project deliverables meet the internal and customers’ expectations as per contracted deliverables, providing accurate projections, reports and updates, and ongoing risk identification, mitigation and management. Develops and maintains relationships with customers in alignment with their assigned projects. Ensures that individual project targets and client needs are met, services are provided with the highest quality standards, and policies and procedures are followed. Provides oversight of all project start-up deliverables which encompasses all activities from site selection through site activation ready and into the life cycle maintenance of projects. Assumes accountability on start-up deliverables including Site Identification and selection, Start-up and life cycle maintenance regulatory activities, Oversight of delivery of executed clinical trial agreements and investigator budgets, Establishing and overseeing Essential Document collection leading to site activation, Overall SSU timelines. Develops plans in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and/or sponsor-scoped processes. Develops and manages integrated site start-up timelines and reports weekly progress including plans to address potential timing risks/gaps. Prepares and presents overall SSU strategy and status at client meetings and communicates outcomes to project team. Reviews the project SSU budget with functional leads, PM, and SSU Business Unit Controller against project milestones and budget to ensure project profitability. Uses professionally recognized tools for planning and management of scope, timeline, and resources and ensures effective budget management. Prepares the core submission documents and core clinical trial application dossier for amendments during life cycle maintenance. Performs a Regulatory Impact Assessment on core amendment submission documents and communicates any risk mitigation. Responsible for or assists in initial or amendment updated development of master Subject Information Sheet/Informed Consent Form. Oversees collation, quality review, and submission of country-specific applications. Contributes to change initiatives across and within the SSU department. Ensures all relevant documents are submitted to the Trial Master File. Performs other work-related duties as assigned. Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%).