Description
Associate Project Leads are an integral part of clinical trial delivery, liaising with clinical teams to improve patients' lives by bringing new drugs to the market faster.
The Associate Project Lead is a member of the core project team responsible for project delivery of clinical studies to meet contractual requirements in accordance with SOPs, policies and practices.
Responsibilities
- Provide input into the development of integrated study management plans with the core project team and/or sub-team.
- Be assigned as the primary contact for vendors leading project vendor management and vendor management related activities as per project requirements.
- Be accountable for assigned portion of clinical studies as per the contract while optimizing speed, quality and cost of delivery and ensuring consistent use of study tools and training materials and compliance with standard processes, policies and procedures.
- Set objectives of project sub-team(s), according to agreed upon contract, strategy and approach, effectively communicate and assess performance.
- Collaborate with other functional groups within the company where necessary to support milestone achievement and to manage study issues and obstacles.
- Monitor progress against contract and prepare/present project and/or sub-team information proactively to internal stakeholders.
- Identify risk (positive and negative) and contingencies and partner with project leader in problem solving and resolution efforts.
- Achieve project quality by identifying quality risks and issues, responding to issues raised by project sub-team members and partner with project leader planning/implementing appropriate corrective and preventative action plans.
- May serve as primary (for small projects) or back-up project contact with customer.
- Lead the efforts of a project sub-team, responsible for managing cross-collaboration of the sub-team to support milestone achievement and to manage issues and obstacles.
- Support the project leader in ensuring the financial success of the project.
- Forecast and identify opportunities to accelerate activities to bring revenue forward in partnership with the senior project leader.
- Identify changes in scope and partner with project leader to manage change control process as necessary.
- Identify lessons learned and implement best practices.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in life sciences or related field required.
- +4-5 years of clinical research experience, being the majority of those years in a project management capacity in a CRO or pharma company.
- Strong vendor management experience is mandatory.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including good command of English language.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Strong problem solving skills.
- Planning, time management and prioritization skills.
- Ability to organize resources needed to accomplish tasks, set objectives and provide clear direction to others.
- Experience planning activities in advance and taking account of possible changing circumstances.
- Ability to work across geographies displaying high awareness and understanding of cultural differences.
- Good understanding of project financials.