Remote Clinical Operations Lead

Summary

Join our team as a Clinical Operations Lead (COL) and oversee the clinical operations of a project within a defined regional/global level. As COL, you will provide oversight of project deliverables, assigned CRAs and Investigator sites in accordance with the Monitoring Plan, Protocol, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ICH guidelines and local regulations.

Requirements

• Fluent in the reading, writing, and speaking of English
• Undergraduate university degree (Bachelors or Honors Bachelors) AND 4-6 years' experience + substantial on-going job-related training
• Should have a minimum of 3 years CRA experience
• Demonstrate the following attributes: proactive, detail oriented, task-driven and highly organized
• Demonstrated ability in report writing and strong ability to critically understand clinical research documents

Responsibilities

• Provide overall oversight of regional CRAs to ensure site compliance with study protocol, study plans, ICH-GCP, local regulations and study timelines
• Conduct monitoring support visits (Co-monitoring), per project requirements, to aid the site/CRA in the satisfactory performance and compliance with standards mentioned above
• May support clinical project team by providing oversight of study deliverables related to other departments (e.g. Data Management, TMF Operations, etc.)
• Oversee regional startup and feasibility activities
• Assist in vendor management activities as required per project
• Perform review of visit reports for quality, compliance and appropriate site management
• Assure compliance with high quality and timely project deliverables according to the project requirements and the monitoring plan
• Proactive management of site and country performance (recruitment, data collection, document collection, TMF review etc.) and inform clinical project team on progress
• Contribute to financial project management processes as applicable. May include but may not be limited to input on revenue recognition, site payments, and site pass-through expense review
• May be required to manage/oversee investigator sites including CRA responsibilities, on a temporary or permanent basis
• Conduct regular global CRA calls with the monitoring and site management team, as well as individual/country CRA calls
• Attend meetings with Study Sponsor to provide status updates on country and site progress
• Provide operational support and guidance to the monitoring team throughout project
• Provide project training/mentoring to regional CRAs on study procedures, clinical plans and guidelines, and timelines for the study. Ensures study specific training requirements are completed and documented
• First point of contact for regional CRAs for study-specific questions and issues. Escalates to PM and other functions as appropriate
• Support line managers by providing status updates on utilization and performance of CRAs
• Liaise with line manager for assigning sites to CRAs following line manager allocation of a CRA resource to the project
• Conduct CRA Assessment visits per departmental requirements to assess the performance of the CRA against their monitoring responsibilities
• Develop training materials and study tools for sites and CRAs, including monitoring plans
• Develop and implement enrolment and recruitment strategies together with clinical project team
• Develop presentation materials for and presents at Sponsor Kickoff meetings, Investigator meetings and Sponsor Calls (as needed), and prepares presentations for Site Qualification Visits and Site Initiation Visits

Benefits

• Health Sciences, Life Sciences or Nursing specialty preferred, or SoCRA and/or ACRP Certification/Designation
• Strong experience with EDC systems, be proficient with MS Office, have strong written and verbal communication skills and highly effective interpersonal and organizational skills
• Demonstrate the critical elements of GCPs and local regulations as they relate to clinical monitoring, IRB/EC and Investigator responsibilities
• Ability to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment