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Launch Excellence Lead

Employer
Parexel
Location
Spain
Salary
Competitive
Start date
23 Mar 2023
Closing date
22 Apr 2023

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Discipline
Project Management
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Experienced (non-manager)
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Job Details

Parexel is hiring an Launch Excellence Lead to work remotely from the following countries:
  • Spain
  • Belgium
  • Ireland
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Serbia
  • United Kingdom


The role provides the overall strategy and planning for clinical trial programs and individual trials to achieve operational excellence and enable on-time and quality delivery that meets client expectations. The role acts as a subject matter and process expert for collaboration with assigned clients and provides critical path oversight of delivery, assesses trends, identifies risks and effective mitigations, and manages metrics for overall delivery.

Title: Associate Director/Director/Senior Director, Launch Excellence Lead (LEL)

Accountability and Supporting Activities

Project Delivery Management and Oversight
  • Demonstrate strategic thinking, planning, and critical path management of clinical trial programs and individual trials for an assigned client portfolio
  • Monitor start-up delivery performance by close interaction with project leadership/functional leadership/client and may also be required to ensure that project documentation and correspondence is accurate and complete
  • This may include taking the role of a senior level contributor on a project team to provide support and ensure high quality and timely delivery of own deliverables, generating study specific status reports for study teams, clients and/or management, and attending project team meetings as required at project level
  • Provide expertise and consultation, facilitate metrics collection, and develop action plans in conjunction with project team to keep projects on time and within budget
  • Provide strategic guidance to the study deployed Study Start-Up Lead / gCOL, in accordance with client expectations and/or with partnership processes

Client Management and Business Development
  • Own the client relationship for study launch activities at an account level, and act as a subject matter and process expert responsible for client communication and satisfaction of start-up delivery
  • Demonstrate a proactive approach to providing solutions for clients in a timely manner
  • Strategize and drive efforts for generating NBA and sustaining current client relationships
  • Support proposal review by providing strategic input on study launch activities
  • Participate in and contribute to bid defense meetings, RFIs, partnership pursuits, and other client presentations, including travel as needed

General Operations and Business Unit Management
  • Participate in department improvement activities or committees as needed
  • Ensure implementation of process improvements in response to client and team feedback and quality audits
  • Encourage teamwork, quality, and productivity efforts to the benefit of Parexel overall
  • Implement and monitor compliance with partnership processes and Parexel SOPs
  • Participate in departmental meetings and training initiatives, project team meetings, and maintain relationships with other departments, clients, and regulatory agencies as necessary
  • Keep informed of client portfolio pipeline and provide accurate forecasting as required


General Administration
  • Maintain a positive, results oriented work environment, building partnerships and modeling teamwork, communicating to the team in an open, balanced, and objective manner
  • Maintain a working knowledge of applicable ICH Guidelines, Good Clinical Practices, Regulatory Agency requirements, and Parexel SOPs
  • Complete routine administrative tasks in a timely manner (e.g., timesheets, training, travel expense claims) and in compliance with relevant guidelines


Skills:
  • Strategic thinking skills that support the ability to create a sense of urgency and take a proactive, solutions-based approach
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, to define and resolve issues in a variety of complex situations
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
  • Client focused and demonstrating an ability to create and maintain trust with the client
  • Ability to resolve issues independently with good judgement to escalate appropriately
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Power Point, and Word, and project planning software
  • Ability to become proficient with Parexel systems
  • Familiarity with standard business and eClinical systems used in Clinical Research such as CTMS, EDC, IXRS, TMF, and project planning tools
  • Knowledgeable in ICH and GCP regulations in relevant geographies
  • Demonstrated strength in leading diverse teams
  • Advanced ability to successfully manage a full workload across multiple and varied projects/tasks with enthusiasm, and prioritize workload with attention to detail
  • Outstanding negotiation, influencing, and organizational skills
  • Demonstrated business acumen with ability to make difficult decisions as well as understand the business implications and potential impact on clients


Knowledge and Experience:
  • Fluent in written and oral English and local language
  • Knowledge in clinical research industry, including expert understanding of study start-up
  • Significant work experience in a CRO/Pharma setting including substantial client management experience


Education:
  • Educated to degree level (biological science, pharmacy, or other health-related discipline preferred) or other equivalent clinical experience

Company

Parexel International Corporation is a leading global biopharmaceutical services organization, providing a broad range of knowledge-based contract research, consulting, and medical communications services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Committed to providing solutions that expedite time-to-market and peak-market penetration, Parexel has developed significant expertise across the development and commercialization continuum, from drug development and regulatory consulting to clinical pharmacology, clinical trials management, medical education and reimbursement. Parexel Informatics, Inc., a subsidiary of Parexel, provides advanced technology solutions, including medical imaging, to facilitate the clinical development process.

 

Mission: Parexel’s mission is to combine the strength of our expertise, experience and innovation to advance the worldwide success of the bio/pharmaceutical and medical device industries in preventing and curing disease.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 1895 238000
Location
The Quays
101-105 Oxford Road
 Uxbridge
Middx
UB8 1LZ
GB
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