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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive expertise in clinical operations leadership, vendor management, and strategic relationship development, with a strong focus on clinical trial methodology, regulatory standards, and effective team collaboration.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Clinical Operations LeadershipVendor ManagementClinical Trial MethodologyRegulatory StandardsStrategic Relationship Development
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAbout the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Act as the business partner for all vendor activities with the Clinical Operational Program Head (COPH)
- Define the end-to-end program vendor strategy in collaboration with the COPH, Portfolio Innovation Director, ERMT, and Procurement
- Own program-level vendor delivery across the clinical study lifecycle, including study start-up, recruitment, maintenance, and closeout
- Maintain a program view of supplier performance against the defined strategy
- Align program strategies with Alliance Lead, ERMT, PID, and Procurement
- Review the geographic scope of global vendors and drive local vendor service-delivery discussions with country representatives
- Understand upcoming portfolio demand and communicate requirements to the Vendor organization
- Translate emerging service needs and engage Vendor Alliance Leads to identify, qualify, and contract vendors
- Engage with Head Vendor Alliances regarding category strategy, supplier performance, and supplier innovation
- Enable early supplier engagement during protocol development and feasibility
- Manage program-level productivity targets and accountability
- Serve as the single point of contact for Trial Vendor Management Team representatives on program-level strategies
- Lead proactive supplier risk management, program impact assessment, quality improvement, and contract issue resolution
- Support health authority inspections and audit readiness
- Manage escalated program-level issues unresolved at the operational level
- Provide operational and functional support to Trial Vendor Managers and Vendor Start-up Managers
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years relevant industry experience, including expertise in clinical operations leadership of multidisciplinary teams and management of outsourced trial activities at an operational and strategic level
- Demonstrated executive leadership in developing and managing external and internal strategic relationships
- Experience with clinical processes and associated supplier services, with excellent understanding of trial management, trial monitoring, and integration of clinical data systems and processes
- Strong technical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent understanding of clinical trial methodology, GCP, and medical terminology
- Excellent understanding of clinical development, quality and regulatory standards and policies relevant to defined services
- Ability to provide thought-leading insights into the competitive environment and internal partner interfaces
- Outstanding skills to facilitate/optimize contribution of team members as individuals and members of a cohesive team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to bridge scientific and business participants
- Track record enabling effective international collaboration
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Hard Skills
Clinical Trial ManagementTrial MonitoringIntegration of Clinical Data SystemsSupplier Performance ManagementProgram-Level Productivity ManagementRisk ManagementQuality ImprovementContract Issue ResolutionAudit ReadinessGCP Compliance
Soft Skills
Executive LeadershipProblem-SolvingInterpersonal CommunicationTeam FacilitationInternational Collaboration
Industry Keywords
Clinical OperationsOutsourced Trial ActivitiesMultidisciplinary TeamsHealth Authority InspectionsSupplier ServicesCompetitive Environment InsightsOperational SupportProgram Impact AssessmentVendor Alliance ManagementTrial Vendor Management