Senior Manager / Associate Director, Clinical Change Orders

Precision for Medicine have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager or Associate Director of Clinical Change Orders to join our team (role level dependent on experience). This position is based remotely in the US.

Precision for Medicine is a precision medicine CRO. Precision’s uniquely integrated offering enables the science of precision medicine by combining novel clinical trial designs, industry-leading operational and medical experts, advanced biomarker and data analytics solutions, and an unequivocal real passion for rare diseases and oncology, in addition to working across other therapeutic areas.

Position Summary:

· This role is responsible for developing and producing high quality change orders and related documents in support of Precision’s business objectives. You would be responsible for leading, managing and growing Precision’s Change Order Department to deliver high quality and accurate change orders.

·You will work with leaders across the enterprise including Project Management, Functional Leads, Business Development, Finance, and Costing Teams throughout Precision for Medicine to ensure that the change orders meet the strategic objectives from both an Operational and Financial perspective of the company and our clients.

· The position also requires the ability to independently manage initiates in accordance with the company’s strategic objectives. This is a leadership position that includes global supervisory experience.

· Candidates for this position will be expected to have strong interpersonal and organizational skills, allowing them to set and achieve objectives in the execution of the programs and tasks to which they have been assigned.

· You would lead cross functional change order meetings, participate in client calls, and provide routine tracking and updates across the organization on change order pipeline, volume, signed wins, etc.

· The position is a highly visible position and will have an impact not only within Precision, across the departments at Precision, but also with our clients. The successful candidate must have strong leadership skills, emotional intelligence, and the ability to handle multiple priorities.

· This role will act as a liaison between Project Management, Business Development, Finance, and our Clients.

Essential responsibilities:

· Lead the team responsible for developing and producing high-quality change orders and associated documents (e.g. Change Orders, Amendments) in order for the finished product to be delivered to the client timely and accurately

· Manage the overall change order capabilities and resource capacity, including the partnership with the Proposals Team as it relates to the Costing/Pricing/Quoting Tools

· An emphasis on continuous process improvements with respect to the change order process and associated document delivery to improve all elements of delivery in order to facilitate success and a meaningful experience for Precision’s customers and internal teams. This includes, but not limited to presentation of the documentation and clearly outlining the assumptions within the change order inclusive of variance analysis in order to facilitate a meaningful review by the Project Team and Precision’s clients

· Meticulous attention to detail as it relates to the financial attributes of the change orders and overall process in order to enhance the accuracy and timeliness of the change order preparation and delivery.

· Lead initiatives to ensure the continued development of all staff within the Change Order department

· Responsible for developing, managing, and communicating monthly metrics and other KPIs to demonstrate effective management of the department’s workflows and processes

· Provide weekly updates on change order volume, progress towards deliverables and execution of change orders

· Actively participate in the change order negotiations to ensure the delivery of documents to clients remains on track and consistent with expectations

· Partner with Project Management, Financial Analysts, and the Contract Team in order to facilitate contract negotiations with business vendors and other service providers that contribute to the change order budget

· Lead the Cross Functional Change Order Meetings which includes team members from all management levels in order to communicate status, pending change orders, key deliverables, change order volume, signed change orders, etc.

· Partner with the Directors of Project Management and Directors of Operational Finance to form a Cross Functional Committee that meets routinely to evaluate current state in order to continuously increase the efficiencies of operations.

Requirements

• Degree, or equivalent experience ideally in a business, scientific or healthcare discipline
• Broad CRO/pharmaceutical industry, with cor