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Clinical Trial Operations Specialist (Senior PS) - Spain - FSP

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
Senior (5-10 years)
English

Other Skills

  • Decision Making
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Active Listening
  • Intercultural Competence
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Intrapreneurship
  • Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

  • University degree and/or comparable professional education with at least 5 years of clinical trials experience.
  • 4+ years of experience as Project Specialist in the clinical trials industry.
  • Scientific and operational expertise across all aspects of clinical trial planning and execution, with experience managing complex trials (protocols, patients, sites, countries, and vendors).
  • Strong regulatory knowledge of major regulations (FDA, EMA, PMDA) and ICH-GCP, with familiarity of SOPs, BPs, and filing conventions.

Requirements:

  • Plan, coordinate, and conduct trial activities according to ICH-GCP, ensuring seamless trial execution within defined timelines in close coordination with the Clinical Trial Leader.
  • Collaborate with core and extended trial team members, Regional Operating Units (R/OPUs), and interface functions (e.g., Clinical Trial Supplies Unit, Sourcing, Legal) and external partners (CROs, investigators) to conduct trials.
  • Independently manage correspondence, complex reports, tracking tools, and budget overviews; monitor trial progress and implement corrective actions as needed; oversee trial wrap-up and data cleaning.
  • Prepare, finalize, and archive trial documentation (e.g., Investigator Site File, TMF-related records) in compliance with internal and external regulations; perform quality checks, ensure TMF readiness, and support regulatory submissions.

Job description

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.

At Parexel FSP, you will be joining a team with a wide variety of experiences and knowledge. We’re looking for people like you to take the initiative to do things better and smarter people who want to grow personally and professionally. We recognize and uphold the importance of all people, the way we do things, our quest for innovation, and most importantly, our patients.

We are looking for a Clinical Trial Operations Specialist (Senior Project Specialist) 100% home based in Spain.

Your tasks will be

- Accountable for the planning, coordination, and conduct of trial activities
according to ICH-GCP
- Assures the seamless conduct of trials within defined timelines in close
coordination and communication with the Clinical Trial Leader (CTL)
- Collaborate and interact with other core and extended trial team members,
Regional Operating Unit (R/OPUs) level functions (e.g. Clinical Trial Manger)
and interface functions (i.e. Clinical Trial Supplies Unit, Sourcing, Legal)
- Ensures cooperation with external functions (i.e. Clinical Research Organizations, advisors, investigators) to conduct clinical trials
- Independently manage correspondence, complex reports, tracking tools and
budget overviews
- Address and answer complex questions from global and local trial teams and
trial sites; mediate decisions under own responsibility
- Communication, ordering, and tracking of information related to the trial
supplies distribution to R/OPUs and support the planning of clinical trial
supplies
- Independently monitor trial progress and perform plausibility checks;
implement corrective actions if needed
- Overview and update of records to address local regulatory demands from
Ethics/Authorities to ensure timely submission/re-submission Oversight of all trial related wrap-up activities (i.e. data cleaning)

- Preparation, finalization, and archiving of documentation related to clinical
trials, in accordance with internal and external regulations and guidance and
in adherence to the clinical trial document management process
- Oversight of the preparation, compilation and maintenance of trial level documents (e.g. Investigator Site File (ISF) documents) in liaison with Clinical Trial Leader, Site Management Lead and other functions, relevant for submission; timely transfer of these documents to CTMs of participating countries, clarification of questions
- Perform quality checks of trial level documents and ensure their correct
formatting
- Initiation / coordination of workflows in Documentation Management System
(i.e. for the authoring of the Clinical Trial Protocol)
- Responsible for tracking communication with Regional Operating Unit
(R/OPUs) regarding the assessment, update, and collection of applicable
records requiring updates from Ethics/Authorities for re-submission
- Coordinate the setup, exchange of information, and documents between
applicable stakeholders
- Generate Clinical Trial Report (CTR) appendices and ensure they are
Quality Checked and completed in time
- Coordinate activities related to the preparation of Data Independent Sections
(DIS) of CTR, addressing the corrections and updates needed from R/OPUs
- Ensure ICH-GCP conform distribution, retrieval, check, translation, and
archival of essential documents for the Trial Master File (TMF) during the
trial in close cooperation with the TMF Records Specialist and other trial
team members as needed.

- Ensure the appropriate set-up and maintenance of internal and external
systems and tools in close cooperation with the trial team
- Oversight of complex technical systems to ensure accurate reporting of trial
information to senior management
- Responsible for accuracy of data, user account management, functionality of
systems and understanding of data impact and follow-up activities
- Independently coordinate work on questions to entries in the systems and
validate information in respect to completeness and consistency between
systems
- Oversees Trial Management System completion to ensure correct and timely
safety reporting setup.

- Contribute to highest quality within the conduct of clinical trials; contribute to
adequate control and coordination of all trial activities and processes
- Support the trial team by compiling data for internal and external reporting
purposes and tracking of trial relevant information
- Proactive engagement, and contribution of own experience in global and
local initiatives for improvement in respect to structure, processes, systems
and guidelines and development of solutions and new approaches in global
context
- Represent CTOS in working groups and committees, as needed

From you we expect:
 

- Requires a university degree and/or comparable professional education with at least 5 years clinical trials experience.

- 4+ years experience as Project Specialist in clinical trials industry.

- Scientific and Operational Expertise across all aspects of clinical trial planning and execution.
- Dimensions of trial complexity include protocol, patients, sites, countries, and vendors.
- Leadership and Influence: Demonstrates skills and capabilities in addressing complex situations.
- Demonstrates leadership behaviors including supporting, connecting, and enabling teams, demonstrating innovative thinking to support trial implementation. Executes activities with a clear aim to deliver value to patients.
- Regulations: Understanding of major regulations (US FDA, EMA and PMDA) in which CTOS is operating (e.g. local requirements, ICH-GCP, appropriate SOPs, BPs etc., List of Essential Elements and documents Naming Convention for filing, etc.).
- Project Management: Plans effectively, setting priorities and defining actions. -- Makes effective use of resources and proactively strives for transparency and clarity to accomplish business deliverables.
- Translates complex situations to actionable parts. Anticipates and resolves challenges and translates learnings to new projects.
- Cross geographical experience: Working in multi-cultural environment; strong understanding of corporate culture and cross-cultural dynamics.
- Strategic Mindset: Strategic and visionary thinker who is future focused, creative, courageous, and able to navigate through ambiguity. Integrates study strategy with overall TA portfolio. Embraces cross functional initiatives, applying innovative learnings. Is results-oriented with a global mindset using analytical thinking to provide risk-balanced solutions.
- Digital Savviness: ability to use technologies to access information, be creative, innovative, solve problems, communicate, navigate, learn and apply in a digital environment.

- Strong communication skills; articulates and aligns business strategy/plan on an ongoing basis, ensuring alignment between words and action
- Demonstrates active listening skills and cultural awareness and ability to have a positive impact on others to gain their support
- Demonstrates skills and capabilities in setting priorities, managing pace of activities, and efficient usage of resources
- Demonstrated competencies in Agility, Accountability, and Intrapreneurship: fast decision-making, flexibility, ownership, outcome-based thinking, results orientation, and smart risk-taking
- Proficiency with Windows, MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
- Proficiency in written and spoken English and (local language)

Join a global community where you can transform your career into a life-changing achievement.


Apply directly or contact us via email at marta.kuniewicz@parexel.com

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