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Associate Director, Trial Clinical Delivery Lead

  • Merck Group
  • Warsaw, Poland
  • PLN 200,000 – PLN 260,000

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

This role requires to be on-site in our office in Warsaw, Poland for 3 days per week.

Your role:

As a Trial Clinical Delivery Lead, you are accountable for the high-quality delivery of site-level activities across Phase I–IV Clinical Development Studies. You serve as a single point contact for site management & operational topics. As a link between Clinical Site Leads (CSLs), Global functions and CROs counterparts, you are ensuring clear communication, timely escalations and effective issue resolution.

You provide leadership, strategic direction and operational oversight for CSL activities across assigned study(ies) in response to quality and performance oversight measures and trends. Using performance and quality data, you identify risks, trends and improvement opportunities while driving realistic, data-informed planning, accountability and ownership across internal and external partners.

You represent the CSL group at the Clinical Operation Team/Clinical Trial Team meetings and support country and site selection, design country start-up strategy in consultation with responsible teams/specialists and patient- and site-centric recruitment and retention strategies with CTL and CRO/Vendor(s), and patient and physician insight initiatives.

You develop and implement a monitoring strategy in collaboration with CTLs and CROs, using a risk-based quality management approach including action plans and KPIs, and oversee service providers to ensure delivery within agreed timelines, budget and quality standards.

You promote product and protocol knowledge, collaboration, consistent information sharing and best practices. You lead regular CSL calls, support onboarding and act as the functional lead for process improvement initiatives.

Travel: Position may require domestic/international travel up to 20% of time.

Who you are:

  • Bachelor’s Degree Medical or Life Sciences degree in a clinical research related discipline
  • 8-10 years professional and project management experience in delivering Clinical Operations of global clinical trials required
  • Expert knowledge of clinical development (principles and concepts as well as regulatory environment e.g., ICH GCP and applicable regional/local regulations)
  • Oncology and/or Neurology and/or Immunology TA experience desired
  • Experience in clinical operations in a CRO, pharma or biotech company including site management/oversight, clinical study planning and conduct
  • Ability to work independently on assigned tasks/projects
  • Aptitude to interpret outputs from analytical tools to enhance and improve study execution
  • Ability to assess risk, solve problems and take decisions
  • Demonstrated ability to handle and oversee multiple tasks simultaneously and to prioritize in a meaningful way
  • Comfortable working in a fast‐paced environment where speed is paramount
  • Exhibit strong interpersonal skills: adaptability / flexibility, critical and strategic thinking, strong communication and analytical skills, business partnering and influencing skills, and cultural awareness to effectively lead and collaborate with diverse teams

YOUR MAIN BENEFITS:

  • Health and well-being: Get access to private medical care, life insurance, and sports card, receive prepaid lunch card
  • Work-Life balance: Enjoy additional paid days off, flexible working hours.
  • Learning and Development: Take advantage of co-financing for language courses, trainings, and certifications as well as other development opportunities
  • Employee support and engagement: Benefit from Employee Assistance Program and join employee engagement groups for support and connection.

Information on how we process your personal data for recruitment purposes, you can find on the registration form in our Recruitment Portal.

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Skills

  • Clinical Trial Management
  • Site Management
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Vendor Management
  • Project Leadership
  • Phase I-IV Studies
  • Stakeholder Coordination

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