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Associate Director, SSU Strategy & Planning – Account Lead

Parexel International Corporation

USA - Any Region - Home Based

The Associate Director/Director, SSU Strategy and Planning, will be appointed as the SSU Account Lead for Biotech and/or Enterprise business account. They are responsible to strategize, lead, and manage client partnership(s) within Study Start-Up to ensure Parexel delivers quality projects to its clients and achieves agreed operational targets. The role is accountable for study start-up delivery of their respective portfolio of client partners and ensuring alignment to delivery of commitments, within the agreed expectations, including alignment to operational processes. The role is an experienced leader responsible for liaising with senior levels of management and the ability to work with leaders within other core delivery functions. The role provides the overall strategy and leadership of large, complex clinical trials or clinical trial programs, and directly or indirectly manages staff, including their development to achieve operational excellence, deliver projects/programs on time to meet client expectations.

The role monitors and evaluate the industry, changes in policy, and technologies that impact SSU operations to ensure the highest standard of delivery to the client. The role is responsible to actively promote new business by participating in project bids and client presentations as appropriate. The role is responsible to ensure that appropriate management practices are in place on the partnership to maintain project and business continuity, including providing start-up expertise as needed to support delivery and business requirements. The role will own project(s) or program(s) reporting within a portfolio, to assess trends, ensure mitigations are effective and to develop start-up delivery KPIs for overall client satisfaction.

QualificationsSkills:

• Strategic Thinking skills that support the ability to create a sense of urgency and take a proactive, solutions-based approach

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, to define and resolve issues in a variety of complex situations

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

• Leverage communication across boundaries and uses multiple communication mechanisms to convey information across functional lines and upward within Parexel.

• Client focused and demonstrates an ability to create and maintain trust with the client through project and personal interactions; act as a trusted advisor and become involved in the client’s decision-making process.

• Ability to resolve issues independently and knows when to call on senior management for involvement in communicating to client executives after assessing the organizational implications of the interaction and consultation with Senior Management.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Power Point, and Word, and project planning software

• Ability to become proficient with Parexel systems

• Familiarity with standard business and eClinical systems used in Clinical Research such as CTMS, EDC, IXRS, TMF and project planning tools

• Expert in ICH and GCP regulations in relevant geographies

• Demonstrated strength in managing Managers and leading diverse teams

• Advanced ability to successfully manage a full workload across multiple and varied projects/tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail

• Outstanding negotiation, influencing and organizational skills

• Demonstrable experience of stakeholder/relationship management with a client focused approach to work.

• Able to understand the business implications of decisions and impact on customer

• Advanced ability to manage and motivate direct reports and wider team

• An ability to assess situations and make and carry through difficult decision

Knowledge and Experience:

• Fluent in written and oral English and local language

• Knowledge in clinical research industry, including expert understanding of Study Start-Up

• Significant work experience including substantial Client management experience

Education:

• Educated to degree level (biological science, pharmacy, or other health-related discipline

preferred) or equivalent nursing qualification or relevant clinical other equivalent experience

This role may be subject to government and/or customer requirements regarding vaccination against COVID-19 that are more stringent than Parexel policy. Accordingly, successful applicants may need to be either vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved religious or medical exemption. Employment is contingent on disclosure of your COVID-19 vaccination status and, if relevant, proof of vaccination.

EEO DisclaimerParexel is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, which in the US includes race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Job posted: 2022-06-08