At Covance, you can redefine what is possible and discover your extraordinary potential within our Functional Service Provider team (FSP).

As a Covance employee dedicated to an FSP project you will bring your specialized discipline to a core team working directly withone sponsor. Currently, we have a job opportunity for aClinical Research Manager- CRM to work 100% client dedicated with a Top 5 global Pharmaceutical company, within the area ofOncology.

Our ideal candidate is located inRome, although other well connected cities can be considered for the appropriate person.

This role is perfect to gain a combined rich experience within the CRO and sponsor environments: this would suit experienced Clinical Team Leaders looking for a closer partnership with a Sponsor, or Study Managers or Local Project Managers looking to have experience within a Global CRO.

THE JOB

Under the oversight of the Country Therapeutic Area Director, you will be responsible at country level for the performance and execution of your assigned protocols from feasibility to close out.

This position has a significant impact on how Italy can deliver country-specific trial commitments and objectives. Unlike other roles with a similar job title, you will not be involved with Submissions or Budget management, rather your time will be dedicated to the clinical side:

• The successful execution, enrollment and quality of your assigned clinical trials
• Active participation in Feasibilities
• Ensure timelines and key milestones are met in assigned clinical trials
• Quality and compliance, engaged with quality control visits, Monitoring Visits Report review, escalating performance issues.

Strong scientific and clinical research knowledge is required for this job:

• A strong understanding of clinical trial planning, management and metrics is essential as well as the ability to focus on multiple deliverables and protocols simultaneously.
• This job requires skills to effectively build and maintain professional relationships with investigators and other external stakeholders, requiring strong communication, educational/pedagogic, diplomatic and empathic skills.
• The role will require proven ability to collaborate and lead high performing cross-functional teams also in a virtual environment.

WHAT MAKES THIS JOB SPECIAL

• This sponsor dedicated job will offer you a unique opportunity to be a part of the drug development cycle and see a product through to launch.

• Career progression will be exceptional because there are lots of studies coming through in 2019

• As a customer-facing role, this job will build business relationships and represent Client with investigators, functional outsourcing partners and other external partners and therefore have a significant impact on country-level customer relationships.

• You will find a rich and collaboratively working environment, internally with Country and Regional Operations; Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory, Global Medical Affairs... you will build and maintain relationship with investigators and with external functional partners.

Our employees make a difference in the lives of millions of people... and you will too.

Join us and see why LabCorp/ Covance have been named for the second consecutive year to FORTUNE´s 2019 List of `World´s Most Admired Companies´ and more than 90% of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies are repeat customers. We can offer you not only a job, but a stable, long-term international career.

OTHER INFORMATION

This role is a full time & permanent position to be employed through Covance.

For more information please contact Carlos Villanueva on (0034) 648 853 615or mailcarlos.villanueva@covance.com

Education/Qualifications:

University degree, life science.

Extensive knowledge of:

• Drug development process and client needs.
• ICH Guidelines and GCP including international regulatory requirements for the conduct of clinical development programs.

Experience:

This is a high profile job for Covance, this is why we can only consider candidates with:

• Significant clinical research experience in a sponsor/CRO: minimum 10 years of total experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry, with minimum the last 2 leading project multifunctional teams in a matrix organization
• Recent hands-on experience in ph I-III Oncology studies