Clinical Research Engagement Lead (CREL) - Central Region (Chicago, IL)
Strategic Planning & Alignment
You will develop and execute country-level site engagement strategies aligned with internal priorities, making strategic investment decisions regarding Principal Investigators and clinical sites to support the broader portfolio.
Early Feasibility & Study Set-Up
You will conduct early, strategic landscaping and site engagement (in-person or remote) during the protocol concept and study set-up phases to identify optimal sites, evaluate country feasibility, and accelerate recruitment.
Relationship Management & Site Support
You will build deep, multi-stakeholder relationships at strategic sites (including investigators, pharmacists, and administration), acting as a "site champion" and Primary Point of Contact to maintain cross-study consistency and address site needs.
Issue Escalation & Performance Oversight
You will serve as the local escalation point for study challenges, monitor investigator performance, support motivational site visits to boost recruitment, and manage sensitive communications during premature site closures.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Reporting
You will partner seamlessly with internal teams (e.g., Medical Affairs, Study Start-Up) and CROs to ensure unified site communication, while maintaining meticulous documentation of site visits and interactions in central systems (e.g., Veeva).
Portfolio Oversight & Compliance
You will manage assigned local/global clinical studies by overseeing CRO performance, mitigating timeline or operational risks, ensuring eTMF completeness, and maintaining continuous inspection readiness.
Digital Clinical Trial
You will focus on driving adoption of DCT and digital solutions with our sites i.e. eConsent, eSource, Remote Data Entry, etc. You will actively pursue and review digital tools with sites to examine challenges and provide solutions.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant clinical research or clinical operations experience in pharmaceutical, biotech or related industry; Sponsor experience preferred
- Experience in end-to-end product development and expert understanding of ICH/GCP are both essential
- Proven track record in managing site relationships and overseeing complex clinical trials
- Exceptional interpersonal, cross-functional, negotiation, and influencing skills with a proven track record of building high-trust, sustainable relationships with internal stakeholders, CROs, and site personnel
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically between 30-50% dependent on business or site needs
- Preferred qualifications: Postgraduate degree or master’s degree will be valued but not required, Prior experience working directly with local trial sites and a strong existing network within the regional healthcare ecosystem is a strong plus, Highly experienced in early and late phase oncology, Highly experienced across multiple disciplines/TAs in non-oncology
Benefits
The benefits for this role are detailed at the link provided below. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
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