Global Study Lead

Pay

U.S. Pay Range $144,500 - $195,500 USD

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Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional trial teams to develop and execute study operational plans and deliver successful end-to-end trial execution.
• Accountable for trial-level delivery, including timelines, budget management, quality oversight, key milestones, and critical study deliverables.
• Oversee CRO and vendor selection, onboarding, contracting, budget management, performance monitoring, and issue resolution to ensure successful study delivery.
• Proactively identify operations risks and ensure that trial deliverables and milestones are met according to corporate and study-level goals.
• Identify risks and ensure mitigations and contingencies are being initiated and followed through.
• Ensure trial is operationalized in compliance with global health authority regulations and guidelines and internal operating procedures and processes.
• Participate in preparation for, and conduct of, Health Authority Inspections and internal QA audits
• Ensure that the trial team operates in a constant state of inspection-readiness, collaborating with R&D Quality to ensure quality oversight
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance study execution, operational efficiency, quality, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Mentor and support onboarding and development of Study Management colleagues, sharing best practices and lessons learned across teams.
• Interface with internal key stakeholders including, but not limited to; Finance, Program Management, Vendor Management, Safety, Accounting, Supply, Quality Assurance, Data Management, Statistics, Clinical Research, Commercial, Regulatory, Bio Analytical, Medical Affairs; which may include acting as a liaison between groups.
• Provide a variance analysis of budget to actual and notify finance of projected cost over/under expenditure.
• Prepare and provide operational updates, risks, and recommendations to governance forums, leadership teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to travel approximately 10% but flexibility to go over or below as per business need).

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree is required.
• Minimum 7+ years of clinical research experience gained with a CRO, Biotech or Pharmaceutical Company working on Phase 1-4 global clinical trials.
• 3-5 years leading end to end global clinical trials with experience in conducting Phase 3 registrational trials
• Experience leading global trials outsourced to a CRO and ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial

Skills

• Excellent decision-making, analytical and financial management skills are essential to this position
• Excellent leadership skills, proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness and the ability to operate and execute with limited supervision
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams in global matrix organizations and achieving results through influence.
• Experience mentoring/ coaching others
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to deal with competing priorities, also strong reasoning and problem-solving ability.
• Strong project planning/ management, communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and MS Project.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Lifestyle reimbursement program
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• 401(k) with a generous company match
• Paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and two company-wide recharge breaks
• Generous family resources and leave

Pay

U.S. Pay Range $144,500 - $195,500 USD