Exec Dir, Clinical Resourcing Ops

Description

Executive Director, Clinical Development Operations

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

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

• Participates in both short and long-term planning for all aspects of the Company’s operations and growth. Contributes operational input to other departments as appropriate, including developing and distributing appropriate reports to executive management.
• May manages the forecasting, planning and logistics for clinical development operations activities, ensuring performance and quality standards are met. Reviews performance of the Company’s activities and makes recommendations for improvement in quality/efficiency. May be part of the Project Management, Clinical Monitoring or other leadership oversight teams.
• Liaison and facilitator between the Company’s operation’s departments and clinical business units supporting consistent implementation of standards, process optimization and quality delivery.
• May provide direction in company wide processes, which may include resourcing, Project Management processes, Clinical Operations processes, analytics or reporting.
• Develops and refines processes within the Company, using established process modeling techniques. May leads teams of subject matter experts to develop and review SOPs and WIs related to any area concerning clinical development to support new or existing operational processes. Implements enterprise-wide clinical development systems and tools. Evaluates project progress, while producing and distributing resource status reports as well as functional area plans, to appropriate members of executive and senior management.
• May develop, collects, and analyzes project metrics. Oversees conduct of project reviews with operational staff focusing on budget, schedule and risk analysis.
• Implements global systems and processes to increase efficiency. Plans for the efficient allocation of resources within operations.
• Within the department, may approves courses of action on all management / human resources’ matters, including salary administration; employment hires, transfers, terminations; performance appraisals and professional development; job description preparation, and employee counseling. Works with and advises staff on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities and methods.
• May support our internal billable teams with various activities, which may include resourcing, analytics and reporting.
• Interview candidates for positions in department. Represents the Company at professional meetings or seminars. Provide input and requirements for long range IT/enterprise plans.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
• Some travel may be required (up to 10%).
  
  

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

• BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; and extensive senior management experience preferably in a worldwide clinical research, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology company. MBA; or other relevant advanced degree preferred.
• Comprehensive management skills and experience, including but not limited to short and long-term planning, evaluation, directing and motivating staff, marketing and financial management.
• Thorough knowledge of FDA regulations, drug development, and clinical project management procedures is necessary.
• Additionally, experience developing and setting corporate plans and objectives that support the organization’s worldwide drug development processes, while making critical decisions related to changing the direction of the business is essential.
• Must have a record of engaging diverse interests for the common good; adept at marketing and able to communicate and work with a diverse group of individuals to accomplish common goals.
• Membership and/or affiliations with applicable professional organizations related to the Company’s business are highly preferred.
• Highly effective strategic planning, communication, written, presentation and analytical skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), email, and voicemail is required.
• Experience working in a matrix team environment is preferred.
  
  

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.

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.