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For our subsidiary in France, we are currently recruiting a Manager to lead our Start-Up Operations department. This is an exciting opportunity for professionals with broad expertise in Study Start-Up wanting to step up into a management position or an already experienced manager who wants to change working environment and to contribute their skills and knowledge to a dynamic team.

As such, your main responsibilities will be:

• Delivery of all country level start-up deliverables and timelines
• Legal and regulatory requirement compliance for study activation and may include maintenance
• Involvement and oversight of Regulatory Authorities and Ethics Committee submissions as well Site Agreement/Budget negotiations
• Line management responsibility for all start-up staff in France
• Recruitment, allocations, coaching, trainings and talent development responsibility for Start-up operational (SU Ops) staff
• Resource and utilization management of start-up operations staff
• Ensuring cross-departmental collaboration and communication to ensure client satisfaction
• May act as local contact for business development/client relations, works closely with strategic clients and ensures client satisfaction
• Can be involved in local vendor management (sub-CRO and suppliers)
• Have GCP oversight of direct reports by ensuring GCPs are understood and implemented
• Contribute to "at risk" sites identification within the QC risk assessment
• Provide input to relevant SOPs and standard plans/templates for use by start-up staff
• Assist with coordination and implementation of on-boarding new direct reports ensuring GCP and local regulations training before work begins
• Hold staff accountable for GCP issue escalation to the management team, the sponsor and QA, as appropriate and determine regional implications for corrective action plans
• Hold staff accountable for compliance with project plan and adherence to contract obligations in quality, forecast for start-up and on time deliverables

Job requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to lead by example and to encourage team members to seek solutions
• Proven interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to successfully participate as a member of a project team
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities
• Advanced planning and organizational skills
• Advanced oral, written and presentation skills

Education / Qualifications:

• University/college degree - life sciences preferred or certification in a related allied health profession from an appropriately accredited institution (e.g., nursing certification, medical or laboratory technology)
• In lieu of this required educational background the following relevant work history may be considered:
• Minimum of three (3) years supervisory experience in a health care or clinical research setting and
• Minimum of seven (7) years relevant clinical research experience in a pharmaceutical company/CRO

Does this sound appealing to you? You can apply right now and one of our recruiter will be shortly in contact with you.

We look forward to your application!

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