Job Description

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

Graduate in a clinical or life sciences related field. Relevant experience/qualifications in allied professions may also be considered. Must be able to communicate clearly, able to priorities, meet deadlines and able to work well in teams across time-zones. Preferably experience of working in clinical research, pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry or a related field per role level as follows:

• Therapeutic Strategy Team Lead: At least ten years clinical research experience, including role as a Senior Project Manager or equivalent, in a CRO, biotech or equivalent environment.

• Line management including performance management, induction, mentoring and perform annual appraisals.

• On all assigned opportunities, ensure a thorough understanding of the requirements, scope and client expectations; undertaking a critical review of the Request For Proposal (RFP), proposed project outline and any other available resources. Proactively undertake additional self-learning on the therapy area, investigational product and standard of care as required. Perform review of scientific literature, commercial databases and internal tools where required to support the development of the clinical strategy for new opportunities

• Attend meetings with potential new clients providing clinical and operational expertise to discussions on new business (pre-award) opportunities. Obtain an understanding of the client\'s key drivers to ensure the most appropriate sites and countries are considered in the development of an operational and clinical strategy for each assigned opportunity. Liaise directly with clients, CRO and other vendors, investigators, and study site staff as required to ensure a robust operational strategy is proposed in the RFP response.

• Critically review results from pre-award feasibility on an ongoing basis and amend feasibility strategy as needed to ensure robust clinical solution is developed and presented to clients.

• Proactively seek out new prospects to expand Novotech\' s business opportunities, including existing/ new clients, investigational site referrals and vendors.

• Represent Novotech at external events where requested. These may include Bid Defence Meetings, KOL engagement visits, site/ vendor meetings, professional association, scientific conferences. Be mindful of the role of ambassador for Novotech when conducting day to day business.

• Review and revise operational and clinical strategy sections of the proposal and Executive Summary, as needed, to ensure the proposal is specific to the opportunity, addresses the requirements of the client and as outlined in the RFP, and clearly defines Novotech\' s proposed strategy for successful delivery of the project. Overall responsibility for final output of the following sections of the proposal of assigned opportunities: Executive Summary, feasibility, country and site strategy, timelines, and recruitment initiatives.

• Collaborate with BD-Sales, Proposals, Budgets and Contracts (PBC) team, functional heads/designees and CRO Vendor(s) (as applicable) to develop the study budget, providing input into timelines, study specific requirements and identification of any needed vendor quotes.