Specialist, Clinical Operations
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Job Description
Our company is on a quest for cures and is committed to being the world's premier, most research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. Today, we're doubling down on this goal. Our Research Laboratories are a true scientific research facility of tomorrow, and will take our leading discovery capabilities and world-class small molecule and biologics R&D expertise to create breakthrough science that radically changes the way we approach serious diseases.
Global Site Agreements (GSA) is a Research Laboratories organization that drafts, negotiates, and executes agreements on a global basis. We are responsible for negotiating industry sponsored clinical trial agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other type of agreements related to clinical research.
As a GSA Specialist you will work closely with experienced GSA team to:
Review, escalate and stamp site CTRA and other type of the site agreements (e.g.MCTRA, FUA, CSA, UDPD, DOA for both in- and outsourced trials.); and/or draft, negotiate, and execute scientific input Consulting Agreements and Investigator Studies Program (MISP) agreements
Act as liaison to Office of General Counsel, Privacy, Compliance and Clinical Teams, as appropriate,to resolve contractual/legal issues with sites, investigators, and consultants
Maintain high level of collaboration and interaction with the GCTO Country Operations/division Functional area and act as a liaison with Global Operations
Participate in regional and global improvement projects, identify and propose improvements to the internal systems or processes to ensure high compliance and efficiency standards
Support appropriate GCTO region/division functional area meetings and trainings to ensure understanding of contracting process
Support departmental initiatives including filing, metric reporting and quality control
Education Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience and Skills:
Minimum of 5 years of relevent experience in pharmaceutical industry
Superior communication, presentation and writing skills
Excellent analytical ability
Good team player and ability to work independently in a global setting
Microsoft Office and data analytics proficiency
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Prior work experience in contracting/budgeting in clinical research setting
Good Clinical Practice Certificate
Project Management Skills
Location Note: If someone lives within 50 miles of Upper Gwynedd, PA location, would like to have them as a hybrid employee per company policy. Remote candidates outside this area will also be considered.
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