Clinical Trial Leader / Senior Project Leader - US Remote - FSP

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At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

Job Summary:

The Clinical Trial Leader (CTL) is a key member of Clinical Delivery Team nominated to a specific. CTLs are accountable for the set-up, execution and delivery of their assigned trial(s) and contribute to delivery of client’s pipeline through accurate planning and efficient execution of trials that bring speed and value to participating subjects and sites. The CTL provides leadership and direction to the trial team (core and extended team members) and is accountable for the overall success and delivery of their assigned clinical trial according to defined milestones and key performance indicators. They are responsible for steering and directing clinical trial activities, including patient and site engagement activities, direct communication, and interaction with multiple internal and external stakeholders (e.g. investigative sites) and team members on a global, multi-country or regional basis. The CTL is responsible for managing the planning, implementation, and tracking of the clinical trial process as well as risk mitigation. The CTL serves as a proactive member of the clinical delivery team, liaising closely with the Clinical Trial Managers (“CTM”) on all study-related issues. As leader of the Trial Team, the CTL communicates trial status to stakeholders, escalating issues as appropriate.

Key Accountabilities: 

Trial Preparation 

• Accountable for the accurate planning and operational feasibility of trial timelines; and oversight of trial preparation to ensure trial team members are aligned and on track. Supports development of trial level documents owned by other functions (e.g. Statistics, Data Management, Study Physician, Medical Writing, Site Monitoring) 

• Verifies and provides input into the country allocation and oversees trial feasibility 

• Accountable for development and implementation of trial level engagement plans, recruitment planning and risk mitigation 

• Leads development of core trial and patient facing documents 

• Integrates patient/site level feedback during document development and ensures trials are designed with a focus on patient value  

• Ensures activities are frontloaded where possible at the trial level and cascaded to country level to facilitate efficiencies as well as to ensure and leverage speed 

• Oversees outsourcing of vendor services in conjunction with other functions; supports identification of vendors, vendor selection and development of vendor scope of work 

• Works with functional partners to ensure that all required trial processes are in place to meet trial delivery milestones (e.g. clinical quality monitoring, safety monitoring and reporting, investigational medicinal product, trial budget, site monitoring) 

• Aligns and supports team members in timely responses to questions from Regulatory Authority/Ethics Committee and other external stakeholders  

• Provides/supports provision of appropriate study- specific and standardized non-trial specific trial team training, internal and external partners 

Trial Conduct 

• Maintains oversight during clinical trial conduct including adherence to GCP and all global and local regulatory requirements; compliance with SOPs and continuous risk monitoring/mitigation 

• In collaboration with other functions, ensures budget oversight, including support of regular clinical quality monitoring, Safety Management, Data Management, management and safety reporting 

• Prepare and implement amendments of co