Associate Site Activation Manager

Associate Site Activation Manager

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Summary:

The Associate Global Site Activation Manager position within the GSL team in IQVIA is our project manager for the start-up phase in charge of design and implementation of our strategy towards sites activation from award until open to enrolment. The Associate SAM leads and oversees our country operations teams ensuring that our client commitments are delivered timely and according to project scope and processes.

Additionally, for the assigned projects, the Associate SAM represents the country site activation operations team to our internal project members and clients. The key project team members that the Associate SAM interacts are the project manager, the clinical lead, a regulatory and contract and budget solution advisors and the country regulatory specialists. The Associate SAM also counts on a rich regulatory intelligence database and best in class systems to enable the start up strategy execution. The Associate SAM is a fundamental role to deliver our clinical trial portfolio and belongs to a global unit with vast career growth opportunities.

Typical day to day includes working on 1-2 projects or a same client program performing the following activities:

• Participation of pre award and big defense meeting activities providing start up expertise input for the project strategy.

• Upon award, develop the site activation delivery strategy according to project scope and specifics, indicating the activation projection for sites in diverse countries, site identification, regulatory, contract and start up elements’ timelines.

• Oversee the execution of global site activation strategy, focusing in delivering sites in the agreed timeline, budget and within scope, pro-actively identifying and addressing risks.

• Communication with client, project team members and local regulatory specialists on study sites status, activation projections, risks, and opportunities to secure the activation strategy.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must have a Bachelor's Degree Life sciences or related field.

• At least 5 - 7 years global experience in a clinical research environment.

• Strong leadership competencies to lead projects and multi-cultural teams.

• Project ownership controlling delivery on time, within scope and controlling budget.

• Demonstrable experience working on multiple projects or clients balancing competing priorities

• Strong communication skills with the ability to negotiate and challenge decisions

• Proven ability to work through others to deliver results to the appropriate quality and timeline metrics on complex projects.

• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers, and sponsors.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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