Senior Study Lead

Job Purpose

Responsible, with per needed-bases oversight from the Study Director-community Lead, for the execution and delivery of the GCO supported clinical studies of standard to medium complexity and priority per the Operational Execution Plan (OEP) and clinical study protocol. The Senior Study Leader is the leader of the cross-functional clinical trial team, guides planning and management of the assigned clinical study/studies end-to-end to achieve Global Program Team, Global Clinical Team and GCO objectives. Accountable for proactive, iterative operational planning with effective contingencies and embedded risk management mindset in CRR. Oversee budget and people allocation within assigned study/studies. Contribute in promoting operational excellence through process improvement and knowledge sharing across studies. Fosters an empowered, psychologically safe organization that can navigate a matrix environment, learns, and adjust quickly to changing conditions and business needs.

Accountabilities

Leader of the Clinical Trial team

• Leads the clinical trial team with per needed-basis oversight from the Study Director-community Lead and support from the Clinical Operations Program Head, delivery of multiple medium to complex global studies and promotes learning, sharing, consistent performance, and operational excellence through an agile mindset, agile principles, and a team of teams’ model
• Acts as the CTT product owner with duties and responsibilities per established ways of working
• Guides planning and decision making at the study level and delivers assigned clinical study/studies per the Operational Execution Plan and clinical study protocol
• Fosters an agile culture within assigned studies to achieve sprint goals and cycles, maximizing collaboration and minimizing dependencies to achieve long-term business impact
• In collaboration with regulatory writing and clinical development, promotes operational excellence in the development of global clinical study protocol(s), by translating the approved study concept sheet(s) into efficient, high quality, executable clinical protocols, and study-related documents
• Create effective CTT dynamics and achieve on performance, prioritization, and communication in close collaboration with CTT sub-team leaders
• Proactive risk management and inspection readiness
• Responsible for developing clinical study timelines with per needed-basis oversight from the Study Director-community Lead and support from the Clinical Operations Program Head, and overseeing assigned study budgets
• Ensures systems are maintained with up-to-date study status, risks and issues
• Fosters a close working relationship with SSO Clinical Project Managers to strengthen the relationship between the global and local teams
• Oversees study recruitment and responsible for activating mitigation strategies in collaboration with the SSO Clinical Project Managers
• Fosters a close working relationship with the Vendor Program Managers to strengthen the relationship between the vendors and CTT to deliver on clinical study objectives
• Fosters a close working relationship with the CDO Trial Data Scientist to deliver on clinical study objectives
• Ensures proper handling of all study close out activities including but not limited to site close out, final drug accountability and audit readiness of Trial Master File documentation
• Promotes operational excellence and contributes to the development of Clinical Study Reports, reporting of clinical trial results and the internal/external publications, when appropriate
• May deputize for the Clinical Operations Program Head as a leader and spokesperson for the CTT at sponsor internal meetings
• Play a key role in achieving excellence in study operations and management through process improvement in collaboration with Study Leadership Community Lead/Host and GCO Process, Training and Compliance
• External budget accountability for multiple clinical studies

CTT Coaching and Resource Management

• Partners and collaborates with functional line leadership to ensure optimal people staffing of the study team
• Build high-performing teams and create an empowered, psychologically safe culture to foster high performance in a matrix environment
• Services as the single point of contact as the SSO representative in the CTT for internal/external customers

Community Participation

• Active member of a community as a citizen within the study leadership organization
• Apply and encourage new CTT mindset, values, and principles; be a catalyst for these CTT ways of working, including agile

Activities

• Facilities CTT collaboration across the CTT to include sub-teams through agile events, meetings and workshops
• Participates and reports study progre