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Post: Clinical Project Operation Manager

Job Description:
Accountable for accurate clinical trial budget management. Support the Clinical Project Management Group Leads in generating/maintaining the headcount and revenue target reports. Contribute to the generation and maintenance of trial budget and subsequent consolidation through budget review meetings. Support the study lead during the TTG process as well as during the regular budget review with the customers.
1.Support study lead and line functions with the development of trial budget and financial strategy, and assist with securing approvals. Contribute to quarterly trial budget review meetings.
2.Systematically estimate the life-time costs of all relevant studies. Contribute to the original phasing of life-time costs for the studies and subsequent updates. Work with all stakeholders to ensure that this estimate is of high quality.
3.Ensure budgeting systems are accurate regarding financial forecasts, expenditures, and internal resource planning. Coordinate generation of consolidated latest estimates on current year budget vs. originally planned and model potential impact on future year budget planning.
4.Challenge and track project(s) resource requirements, expenditures and revenue target.
5.Identify issues and propose mitigating plans for facilitating decision making. Liaise with relevant line functions (e.g., PLS finance, Pricing, Clinical Project Management) regarding financial deviations and forecast.
6.Support the Clinical Project Management Group Leads in actively monitoring adherence to budgetary targets including management reporting with variance analysis, proposals for corrective measures and decision support.
7.Provide financial training to Clinical Project Management and PLS staff as required.
8. Develop best practices for allocating and managing resources. May participate in or lead cross-functional process improvement initiatives.
9.Improves and enforces compliance with business and financial control processes
10.Ad hoc financial analysis to support CPM group leads and PLS Finance as required.
As per Objectives stated in the performance management plan Ability to maintain study budget within agreed targets External & internal customer satisfaction survey

Candidate Profile:
Advanced degree or equivalent education/degree in life science/healthcare is required. Fluent English (oral and written)

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1.8-10 years’ Clinical Operations experience preferably with 4 years managerial experience in planning, executing, reporting and publishing clinical studies in a pharmaceutical company or contract research organization.
2.Proven ability to work independently in a complex matrix environment (including remote).
3.Good project management skills
4.Proven experience in managing clinical trial budget. Ability to address budget review question and reconcile planning with actuals, be it with customers, service providers and PLS finance
5.Demonstrated presentation and diplomacy skills. Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
6.Strong customer oriented mindset
7.Ability to resolve issues with minimal supervision and understand when to escalate.
8.Willingness to act accountably in project / trial management
9.Thorough knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, clinical trial design, statistics, regulatory processes, and global clinical development process.

Additional Information:
Experience: 8-10 Years
Education:
Advanced degree /degree in life science/healthcare
Industry Type: Pharma/ Biotech/Clinical Research
Functional Area: CR
Division: Pharma
Job Type: Full Time
Employment Type: Permanent

Job ID: 186532BR
End Date: 16th May, 2016

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