Clinical Sr Project Manager / Assoc Director (Global role, Multisponsor) ** Remote US & Canada **

Syneos Health is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. The role involves managing and delivering operational and financial aspects of clinical projects, ensuring compliance with regulations, and leading a clinical team to meet quality, timelines, and budget management.

Responsibilities:

• Manages a project as Project Manager overseeing interdisciplinary clinical research programs ensuring compliance with Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and regulatory requirements
• Acts as primary liaison between the Company and the Customer to ensure project launch, conduct, and closeout according to the Customer’s and the Company's contractual agreement
• Leads clinical team to ensure quality, timelines and budget management
• Accountable for the financial performance of assigned projects
• Accountable for all project deliverables for assigned projects and/or project regions
• Coordinates activities and deliverables of all project conduct partners and proactively identifies and manages issues
• Accountable for maintenance of project information on a variety of databases and systems
• Maintains and evaluates project progress by maintaining timelines and other tracking/analysis tools
• Responsible for project management components of inspection readiness for all aspects of the project conduct, including Trial Master Files
• Provides oversight for development and implementation of project plans in accordance with Controlled Documents
• Independently prepares, coordinates, and presents project material at internal and external meetings
• Directs the activities of assigned Project Support staff; line manages and mentors other project management team members and clinical staff; facilitates team building and communication
• Prepares project management reports for clients and management
• Implements resource strategies to achieve project goals
• Develops contingency planning and risk mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery of project goals
• Participates in bid defense meetings where presented as potential project manager/director
• Develops strong relationships with current clients to generate new and/or add-on business for the future
• Keeps a current awareness of business unit’s and assigned projects’ therapeutic environment and drug development trends
• May train and support new Project Managers. Facilitates team training in accordance with protocol and/or project requirements, including therapeutic, protocol specific, and process training
• May be required to line manage other project management team members and clinical monitoring staff

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) level of qualification in life sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/ICH guidelines, regulatory requirements, drug development process and clinical monitoring procedures
• Strong ability to manage time and work independently
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal skills, both written and spoken
• Flexibility and the ability to mentor and manage new staff and to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines delivering high quality work in a dynamic environment
• Ability to travel as necessary (approximately 25%)
• Clinical research organization (CRO) and relevant therapeutic experience preferred