Associate Director, Clinical Product Development

Description

Associate Director, Clinical Development Services (CDS), BU Ops

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.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: **

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE**

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.

Job Responsibilities

• Support financial targets by working with appropriate staff within CDS as well as other departments/BUs to support project completion according to budgeted expectations.
• Develops and manages measurement systems to track adoption and improvements to CDS BU financials and efficiencies based on process improvements.
• Partners with business/functional unit management to ensure business strategies are driven by and aligned with corporate business needs and financial goals for growth.
• Provides support to the Finance team and other CDS Business Units regarding project reviews.
• Acts as an interface between own department and management as well as other departments/BUs and the Company offices. May represent CDS on corporate initiatives.
• Promotes the identification and implementation of technological and process improvements across CDS to increase quality and efficiency.
• Provides expertise for procedures and Quality Issue support. Coordinates with management and internal Corporate Quality Assurance to monitor and ultimately bring to resolution any open Quality Issues.
• Proposes strategies for improvements to quality and compliance of Operations and services.
• Develops and enhances processes and procedures to support the CDS Business Unit.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor's degree with relevant experience or equivalent education or related experience.
• Strong facilitation skills required.
• Extensive project management experience, including development and maintenance of detailed project plans.
• Strong ability to manage time and work independently.
• Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/ICH guidelines, regulatory requirements and drug development process. CRO (Contract Research Organization), pharmaceutical, biotech development, or health care industry strongly preferred.
• Ability to embrace new technologies. Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). Highly effective verbal and written communication, presentation and analytical skills.
• Good financial acumen with general business finance understanding.
• Ability to travel as necessary (approximately 25%).

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

_Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Syneos Health customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Syneos Health and maintain compliance with these requirements.

_ At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from USD $87,570- $145,967. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. **

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.