Study Start Up Director

Key Responsibilities:

• Aligns the SSU plan and strategy accordingly as reflected in SSU systems, landmarks, and dashboards with Study Leader/Clinical Trial Team (CTT).

• Configures and ensures proper trial-specific set-up of SSU systems (e.g., Expected Document Lists, eTMF, landmarks, tasks, personnel, vendors, languages/translations, confirmed and back-up countries, CTMS, enrollment plan, vendor management tool, site contracting and budgeting tool, ICF template tool, etc.)

• Implements global aspects of protocol and OEP amendments, activates and oversees country implementation of amendments as determined per trial and in conjunction with Study Leader.

• Manages critical path to ensure timely collection of trial level document readiness (including vendor and IMP) into eTMF as necessary for country health authority submission and site activation.

• Drives clarity of timelines of global SSU deliverables with SSU Managers to ensure country alignment and efficiency.

• Global accountability of timelines, accuracy, and quality of global TMF (Trial Master File) documents in study start-up to ensure TMF inspection readiness.

• Provide proactive oversight and risk management for SSU team activities to achieve start-up timelines and quality execution, proposing and implementing corrective actions where appropriate, according to Novartis standards and local and international regulations.

• Ensures proper hand-off of activities applicable to the Study Leader and other roles as necessary.

• Ensure global deliverables to enable site initiation readiness is in place for initial drug release.

• Ensures global and country budget (TCF) processes and approvals support SSU activities

Essential Requirements:

• Fluent English, spoken and written.

• A degree in scientific or health discipline required and an advanced degree with clinical trial experience and/or project management, is preferable.

• Proven experience in clinical operations in a role that oversees (project management) and/or with monitoring clinical trials with experiene of people management experience in some aspect of conducting clinical trials in pharmaceutical industry or a contract research organization.

• Proven ability to actively engage and lead associates from varying backgrounds and functions within dispersed and highly matrixed organizations along with excellent communication, influencing and negotiating skills along with being data and timeline driven.

• Good knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, clinical trial set-up design and global drug development process.

• Data and Digital expertise. Experience working with electronic databases, clinical and/or project management planning and reporting and analytics systems.

• Proven record of accomplishment in process improvement.

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