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A career at our company is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 58,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your role: In this newly created role you act as the Start-up Solutions Lead, in accelerating the clinical start-up deliverables across our portfolio. You drive projects and collaborate with internal and external business partners in the development of the Country & Site Activation Strategy Plan for our clinical trials across Phase I-IV. You perform regular review of start-up performance and quality metrics at portfolio level and identify trends/gaps within the start-up processes, which may impact key deliverables and work closely with internal stakeholders and/or external partners to ensure action or mitigation plans are defined and implemented at a portfolio or program level. You identify and solve substantially complex or operationally important issues/problems, of high risk, impact or reach. In addition, you serve as the point of escalation to study teams for start-up process issues and facilitate resolution to issues identified. You will be accountable for raising awareness of such trends/issues in overall feasibility and start-up processes and facilitate solutions to ensure CAPA are defined and implemented. You take the lead and are the business process owner in the area of Feasibility, Site Selection and Site Activation process.

Who you are:

• Medical or Life Sciences degree, or equivalent qualification, with Advanced degree desirable (MPH, MS, MA, MBA, PharmD); PM certification (CPM, PMP) desirable.


• At least 15 years in clinical research in a CRO or Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Industry environment


• Understanding of the overall clinical development paradigm, especially in the area of clinical study operations and with global or regional experience.


• Experience in oversight of external service providers


• Thorough knowledge of ICH-GCP and applicable laws and regulations


• Experience in multiple Therapeutic Areas, especially in oncology and immuno-oncology


• Previous supervisory experience


• Familiar in process improvement framework and quality management tools


• Extensive clinical knowledge and experience in clinical development/ operations with the capacity to oversee study planning and set-up activities

What we offer:  With us, there are always opportunities to break new ground. We empower you to fulfil your ambitions, and our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons. We trust you with responsibility early on and support you to draw your own career map that is responsive to your aspirations and priorities in life. Join us and bring your curiosity to life!

Curious? Apply and find more information at jobs.vibrantm.com