Associate Director - Clinical Delivery Capabilities

Portfolio Delivery and Therapeutic Area Expertise:

• Leverages technical expertise to coach study start up associate team members and to ensure plans are delivered ahead of/to plan and on budget
• Works with EMP leadership to ensure planning databases are accurate and up to date
• Ensures inspection readiness of team member’s respective study team (s) and leads teams in preparation for mock/real inspections
• Oversees appropriate escalation of portfolio related issues through TA pillars
• Oversees and provide direction in obtaining appropriate personnel involvement as compliance issues are identified which require further action or follow-up
• Manages resource needs and trade-offs across areas based on priority to meet/exceed portfolio milestones
• Facilitates discussions within clinical functions as needed to manage team priorities and address unplanned demands
• Ensuring that curriculum maps and training program/courses are maintained appropriately for team members to enable them to provide their job responsibilities. Consult as appropriate on new training programs/courses
• Ensuring quality in clinical research activities by promoting consistent use of GCP’s global SOPs and best practices.
• Leads and develops training in study-start up processes for team members, identifying areas for process improvements and efficiency gains to aid acceleration and simplification
• Stays up-to-date with current body of knowledge of relevant disease states/targets, competitors, and industry trends and best practices.
• Actively seeks and leads cross-TA standardization and efficiency projects for EMP

Process Improvements:

• Generate ideas, leads and/or provides input into new processes and process improvements within the clinical organization to enhance productivity, quality and site/participant experience
• Actively support team members to share any new learning opportunities or technologies within or across clinical functions
• Encourages team members to utilize metrics data in order to assess the current status of the portfolio, to monitor progress and seek opportunities for improvement
• Apply innovation and lessons learned in real time. Enable a culture of continuous improvement to drive efficiency through process improvement, technology and automation, and shared learning.
• Participates in process improvement activities within and outside of EMP
• Partners with other supervisors to improve processes and clarify steps or handoffs

People Management and Development:

• Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse and highly capable workforce
• Ensure robust individual training plans and timely completion of required training for direct reports.
• Support and enable talent identification and career development that reflects an end-to-end mindset and demonstrates judgement-based decision making.
• Contribute to succession planning, talent assessment and performance/promotion processes. Ensure high talent staff are appropriately rewarded and developed.
• Model behaviors and establish an environment where performance and results are valued, and where individuals are learning and growing developmentally.
• Seek opportunities to reward and recognize individuals and teams.
• Manage Team workload based on portfolio prioritization, regional requirements, and individual level of expertise, and address implications to overall resource management and strategies.
• Supports and encourages a culture of innovation and the learning that comes from new/novel approaches to clinical development and models inclusivity to ensure diverse voices and ideas are heard and considered
• Coach and mentor department personnel, and as needed, cross-functional members, in order to affect development and growth of all team members.

Leadership:

• Collaborates effectively with colleagues at all levels; able to work with, and deliver, through others.
• Skilled at working through ambiguity and effective problem-solving/solution oriented skills to help develop and evaluate molecule level strategies from lead to legacy.
• Successful in persuasion, influence, and negotiation skills in a matrix environment.
• Fosters spirit of learning agility, strategic thinking and the ability to think differently to incorporate new learning
• Contributes to the development of others by being an active source of constructive coaching and feedback to co-workers.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• 5+years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry with direct experience of managing clinical studies, ideally in exploratory and biopharmaceutics clinical development
• Strong knowledge of regulations and guidelines that apply to the conduct of clinical trials.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively cross-culturally and in a virtual work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence both internal and external environments appropriately and forge strong working relationships.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills; able to anticipate and recognize systemic problems, diagnose root causes and take corrective actions to prevent recurrence within the team.
• Strong self-management, organizational and interpersonal skills and the ability to be flexible in varying environments and with multiple customer groups. Strong leadership and networking skills. Demonstrated people manager experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to communicate clearly and with team members and leadership.
• Strong computer skills; skilled at using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project
• Ability to travel (up to 10% expected)

Other Information/Additional Preferences:

• Bachelor’s degree in a science or heath-related field from an accredited college or university.
• Advanced or Post-graduate degree,
• Exploratory and biopharmaceutics clinical development experience preferred
• Demonstrated high-level, end-user computer skills (e.g., word processing, tables and graphics, spreadsheets, presentations and templates).

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