Job Description

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions Office

Summarized Purpose:
Serves as the Project Lead and primary sponsor contact. Accountable for the overall delivery of the project (quality, time, cost) on behalf of the organization. Establishes and communicates customer expectations to the project team. Ensures that escalation pathways are adhered to internally and externally. Leads the cross functional project team to meet or exceed deliverables
Essential Functions

• Serves as the primary contact between the sponsor and the organization at the project level.
• Ensures escalation pathways adhered to internally and externally (Rules of Engagement - communication pathways).
• On projects where the scope requires, ensures clear delineation in responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads (such as lead in a specific region, lead for a specific vendor(s) or subset of delivery).
• Accountable for the overall delivery of the cross-functional project (time, cost, quality).
• Ensures financial stewardship at a project level by demonstrating an intimate understanding of the contract, resource alignment to budget, management of Out of Scope activity, drive the Con Mod process/negotiations and team execution to timelines.
• Establishes, communicates and manages customer expectations to achieve optimal delivery during the project

• Drives Risk Identification and Issue Resolution at project level (RBQM/RESOLVE).

• Ensures project team compliance with organization policies, SOPs, ICH- GCP, regulatory and project specific requirements.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification in related to Life Science or Medical Science background
• 8+ years of experience in Clinical Monitoring related activities
• 3+ years of experience in Clinical Project Management related activities
• Strong experience in in Project finance and Budgeting related activities
• Experience in Oncology trial is preferred

• Technical and systems competency, such as computer skills, to include effective use of systems and applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as organization systems (CTMS, Preclarus, Clarity)
• Ability to delegate and effectively prioritize own and workload of project team members in a frequently changing environment
• Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Proactive, solutions oriented and adaptable to changing priorities and situations
• Advanced therapeutic area knowledge and clinical development guidelines and directives
• Strong understanding of the key principles of project management (time, quality, cost), including solid financial acumen
• Sound interpersonal and customer service skills, including the ability to lead, motivate and coordinate cross-functional project teams
• Good judgment and decision making skills and capable of applying critical and analytical strategic thinking skills to manage complex/ambiguous situations
• Ability to negotiate, persuade and influence others, including a cross cultural awareness