When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.
At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.
Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.
If you want to be part of a leading CRO and transform scientific discoveries into new treatments, then Parexel FSP challenges you to live up to your potential by joining us at Study Start-Up Leader, home-based and sponsor dedicated, in Spain/Poland/Romania/Serbia.
In this role you will be is accountable for the global execution of site activation for assigned clinical trials, performing responsibilities with moderate oversight. The Global SSU Lead is accountable for ensuring site start-up is efficient, timely and in accordance with sponsor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ICH/GCP. This role applies to internally sourced studies and studies outsourced to Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) and the balance of direct leadership versus oversight will vary accordingly. Contributes to ongoing process improvement initiatives.
We are looking for hard-working, talented, high-caliber people. We know that employee satisfaction leads to customer satisfaction, which is the ultimate driver of long-term success.
As the company that conducts vital clinical studies for sponsors, including the world's leading biotech’s and top 50 pharmaceutical companies, we offer you enormous security and long-term prospects.
You will work from your home office base, supporting studies within their country or region. ‘Manageable sites, manageable protocols’ is our mantra. Expect exciting professional challenges in inspiring studies, but with time for your outside life.
The most significant aspect of this position is
Site Start-up Strategy
Develop the site start up strategy for each study, outlining all dependencies impacting site activation and actively mitigating and escalating risks. Oversee the tracking and analysis of study metrics, including risks and mitigation strategies and to evaluate CRO performance and implement corrective actions.
Advocate for optimized site selection strategies, leveraging data-driven insights to guide cross-functional teams toward effective decision-making.
Lead the development, assessment, and alignment of site activation projections, ensuring cross-functional and CRO collaboration to meet strategic objectives.
Ensure comprehensive and compliant documentation of site start-up materials in the Trial Master File (TMF) to maintain inspection readiness.
Country Start-up
Partner with cross functional and CRO partners (where applicable) to develop a comprehensive global country start up strategy, outlining all dependencies impacting country start up and actively mitigating and escalating risks cross functionally.
Monitor and maintain country intelligence data to support informed decision-making and develop accurate startup projections and strategic plans.
Support regulatory submissions as needed, including activities such as providing required site documentation, coordinating submissions to Central Institutional Review Boards (CIRBs), supporting sites with Local Institutional Review Board (LIRB) submissions, and handling or supervising Clinical Research Organization (CRO) insurance requests, etc.
Ensure timely country submission deliverables (ensure task completion; all roles clarity, identification of critical path items, effective communication pathway).
Site Start up Management
Lead and oversee all aspects of site start-up activities, including fast-track site initiation, site calls, document collection, and milestone tracking, ensuring timely and efficient completion of processes.
Serve as the subject matter expert for essential site documents, providing training, guidance, and support to teams and sites on regulatory requirements, document management, and TMF filing.
Oversee CRO site start up management or in house site facing regional SSU team, where applicable
Lead the collection and analysis of site intelligence to support strategic site selection and site start-up.
Oversee the preparation and approval of site regulatory package, ensuring compliance with country-specific requirements, TMF standards, and ICH-GCP guidelines, while supporting inspection readiness and maintaining high-quality site documentation.
Team Interactions
Represent SSU on cross-functional teams, providing updates, escalating challenges, and proposing mitigation strategies for site start-up issues.
Act as the escalation point for CRO and internal team to ensure timely SSU issue resolution
Process Improvement
Recommends and participates in cross functional and department process improvements.
May require up to 25% travel
From you we expect
Bachelor degree
Minimum 4 - 6 years global SSU management and regulatory submission experience, regulatory document management in Pharmaceutical /CRO industry , understanding of clinical study start up requirements and working knowledge of relevant documentation.
Project Management and Clinical Trial Management experience is a must.
Demonstrated interpersonal & leadership skills
Ability to understand and implement the operational strategic direction and guidance for respective clinical studies
A data driven approach to planning, executing, and problem solving
Effective communication skills via verbal, written and presentation abilities
Proactive and self-disciplined, ability to meet deadlines, effective use of time, and prioritization
Ability to influence and negotiate across key stakeholders
Ability to build productive study teams collaborations
Experience in the clinical drug development process, with expertise in study start-up
Demonstrated vendor management experience
Technical proficiency in trial management systems (CTMS, TMF) and MS applications including (but not limited to) Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel
Knowledge of ICH/GCP and regulatory guidelines/directives
Effective project management skills, cross-functional team interaction and organizational skills
We will offer you
- Premium salary.
- Attractive benefits.
- Medical care plan: Health, Dental & Vision.
- Life Assurance.
- Excellent work environment.
- Culture of teamwork and collaboration.
- People who motivate and face challenges together.
- Innovative technology.
- Excellent training.
Base Pay Range for Poland: 220,000 - 250,000 PLN gross annual
Actual salaries may vary within the range based on several factors including, but not limited to education, training, experience, professional achievement, and location.
In addition to base salary, some roles may be eligible for participation in Parexel’s annual performance-based bonus plan, annual salary review and total rewards incentives.
Our talent acquisition team will provide additional details on our bonus plan or incentive programs for those eligible roles.
For an immediate interview, please contact [email protected]
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