Manager, Clinical Operations (m/w/d) – Sponsor Dedicated

We currently have an exciting opportunity as Associate Manager or Manager, Clinical Operations (m/w/d) to work in the Frankfurt office or home-based throughout Germany.

In our Clinical Functional Service Partnership team, we work in a close partnership with one of our key customers to deliver a comprehensive clinical trial management. Within this team, you will manage a team of CRAs/SrCRAs, be involved in interesting clinical trial projects of one single pharma client and gain direct and in-depth experience of collaborating with the sponsor.

While projects vary, your typical responsibilities might include:

• Manage staff in accordance with organization’s policies and applicable regulations. Responsibilities include planning, assigning, and directing work, assessing performance and guiding professional development, rewarding and disciplining employees, and addressing employee relations issues and resolving problems.

• Participate in the selection for hiring new employees by conducting candidate review and participating in the interviewing process. Ensure that new employees are properly onboarded and trained.

• Ensure that staff has the proper materials, systems access and training to complete job responsibilities. Provide oversight for the execution of the training plan, SOP review and training experiences, as applicable.

• Participate in the allocation of resources to clinical research projects by assigning staff to clinical studies based on their experience and training.

• Conduct monthly review and analysis of assigned projects, including review of revenue recognition, project performance variances, contract opportunities and ad-hoc financial analysis as required

• Monitor project and customer activity against contract terms to ensure compliance from operational teams and the customer

• Co-ordinate with Project Finance and Global Finance as appropriate to implement process improvements

• Review forecasting requirements from customer and completion of month end activities and provide global variance explanations to forecast

• Defend financial performance at the Finance review calls; proactively participate in discussions to identify, communicate and address financial issues

• Support in Business Review deliverables (Supply vs Demand, Volatility reporting)

• Meet Global Finance reporting needs (forecasting, anticipated revenue, variance analysis, ad-hoc requests)

• Attend Operational Reviews as needed; share finance results and key messages

• Work closely to ensure timely invoice payment

• Involvement/Leading initiatives and workstreams to investigate and implement improvements to processes

• Act as key point of contact for customer counterpart(s)

You should have:

• Bachelor’s or higher-level degree in life science

• 6 years clinical research experience, preferably including 3 years’ experience in a leadership capacity. Equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• Experience in a CRO or Pharma company, in a project management related role

• Fluent languages skills in German and good command of English

• Full knowledge of drug development process

• Full knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements, like ICH-GCP

• Strong knowledge of financial management and resourcing

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications

• Effective communication, organizational, interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills

• Ability to independently coordinate and manage new processes and to effectively prioritize tasks

• Positive attitude and ability to interact with all levels of staff and ability to lead and motivate teams

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients.

• Flexibility to travel and driving license

What you can expect:

• Complex and interesting trials, mixture of therapeutic areas

• Highly motivated and cooperative team

• Leaders who support career growth

• Dynamic work environment that expose you to new experiences

• Home-office, company car, pension, accident insurance and more

Whatever your career goals, we are here to ensure you get there!

We invite you to join IQVIA™.

Please apply with your English CV and motivation letter as well as your certificates and recommendation letters.

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At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 70,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.