Description

Associate Project Director (Project Lead) - Oncology / General Medicine **open to any EMEA country **

Come discover what our 25,000+ employees across 110 countries already know: work here matters everywhere.

Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives. Because to us, a patient isn’t just a number, they’re our family, friends, and neighbors.

Why Syneos Health;

We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Equal Opportunities Plan. Its objective is to achieve the principle of equality of opportunity in Syneos Health’s employment practicesensuring that our workforce is truly representative of each gender and that every employee is respected and is able to work under equal conditions.

Job responsibilities;

Project Leadership and Delivery:

Manages a project as Project Manager overseeing interdisciplinary clinical research programs ensuring compliance with Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and regulatory requirements.
Acts as primary liaison between the Company and the Customer to ensure project launch, conduct, and closeout according to the Customer’s and the Company's contractual agreement.
Leads clinical team to ensure quality, timelines and budget management.

Implements resource strategies to achieve project goals.
Accountable for the financial performance of assigned projects
Accountable for all project deliverables for assigned projects and/or project regions.
Develops contingency planning and risk mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery of study goals.
Identifies and implements performance improvement and operational efficiencies.

Reporting and Communication:

Accountable for maintenance of project information on a variety of databases and systems.
Maintains and evaluates project progress by maintaining timelines and other tracking/analysis tools.
Responsible for project management components of inspection readiness for all aspects of the project conduct, including Trial Master Files.
Provides oversight for development and implementation of project plans in accordance with Controlled Documents.
Independently prepares, coordinates, and presents project material at internal and external meetings.
Directs the activities of assigned Project Support staff; line manages and mentors other project management team members and clinical staff; facilitates team building and communication.
Prepares project management reports for clients and management.
Implements resource strategies to achieve project goals.
Develops contingency planning and risk mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery of project goals.

Business Development:

Develops strong relationships with current and prospective clients to generate new and/or add-on business for the future.
Supports the Business Development Department by providing information on Company's capabilities, patient populations, etc. and presents Company capabilities as well as project management specific responsibilities at Customer proposal defense meetings.
Works with Business Development and the Proposal/Contracts groups to develop proposals for Customer requested opportunities. Works with this team to develop budgets and scope of work for the final contract.

Project Administration:

Responsible for quality and completeness of TMF for assigned projects.
Accountable for the financial performance of each project assignment.
Accountable for all project deliverables for each project assigned.
Accountable for maintenance of study information on a variety of databases and systems.
Responsible for study management components of inspection readiness for all aspects of the study conduct.

Therapeutic Mastery:

Demonstrates mastery of current business unit therapeutic environment and drug development trends and facilitates the development of knowledge for more junior staff.
Facilitates team training in accordance with protocol and/or project requirements including therapeutic, protocol specific, and process training.

Management:

Serves as team leader and line manages and mentors other project management and clinical monitoring staff.
Facilitates team building and communication.
Ability to successfully deliver a project through successful delegation and oversight of project and functional leads.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for;

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) level of qualification in life sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/ICH guidelines, regulatory requirements, drug development process and clinical monitoring procedures.
Clinical research organization (CRO) and relevant therapeutic experience preferred.
Strong ability to manage time and work independently.
Ability to embrace new technologies.
Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal skills, both written and spoken
Flexibility and the ability to mentor and manage new staff and to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines delivering high quality work in a dynamic environment.
Ability to travel as necessary (approximately 25%).

Get to know Syneos Health;

We are the only full-service biopharmaceutical solutions company in the world. That means we bring together the best clinical and commercial minds to create a better, smarter, faster way to get medicines into the hands of patients who need it most. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Additional Information;

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities.

Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.

Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.

Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Syneos Health is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Syneos Health is willing to provide reasonable accommodations required for a medical condition or disability.

#LI-MS1

Syneos Health Clinical

New Jobs

Associate Project Director - Oncology / General Medicine ** open to any EMEA country **

Associate Project Director - Oncology / General Medicine open to any EMEA country