Assoc Mgr Clin Operations

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future.

Our global Clinical Operations colleagues within our PPD® clinical research services provide end-to-end support for clinical trials from study start up to monitoring through to study close out, across commercial and government contracts. Together, we help clients define and develop clinical programs, minimize delays, and execute high-quality, cost-efficient clinical studies.

This role is within our FSP (Functional Service Partnership) division, which is a partnership between Thermo Fisher Scientific and one of our strategic clients. In this position, employees will be assigned to work with a specific client to carry out the responsibilities outlined below.

Summarized Purpose:

Manages, selects, trains, resources, coaches and performance management of respective staff. Focuses on end results using metrics and key performance indicators to lead performance. May lead or help to enhance the department's performance or lead to process improvement across PPD. Collaborates with clinical operations senior management and executive staff on strategic planning and business development as required. Acts as point-of-escalation regarding performance concerns and training needs to ensure adherence to PPD SOPs and WPDs. Works in collaboration with the leadership team for resourcing needs.

Discover Impactful Work:

Clinical Research Group is dedicated in improving health. It starts as an idea to cure. It becomes a life saved. All in-between, it's you! We know that meaningful results not only require the right approach, but also the right people. We invite you to re-imagine health promoting protocols with us, working alongside our dedicated, forward-thinking and upbeat teams.

Essential Functions and Other Job Information:

• Manages and conducts induction/orientation programs for all new employees, ensuring their smooth assimilation into the company.
  • Ensures all staff CVs, training records, position profiles and experience profiles are complete and up-to-date.
  • Supports allocation activities per the local resourcing process. Supports activities of project leads/functional leads to optimize the operational running of projects.
  Escalates appropriately any issues which may impact project deliverables.
  • Delivers training on Working Practice Documents (WPDs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), local requirements and any other subjects that impact clinical operations. Identifies training gaps and ensures that training requirements are met.
  May contribute to development of training programs, where appropriate.
  • Participates in process improvement/development initiatives.
  • Ensures understanding and facilitation of the risk based monitoring approach.
  • Alerts management to quality issues, requests QA audits as appropriate, and supports direct reports and project team in providing audit responses as required.
  • Manages and reviews systems (e.g. CTMS, Preclarus, Clarity) to evaluate employee and project metrics, KPIs and general project status.
  • Evaluates work of staff, including conducting PAVs (either remote or on-site) to thoroughly evaluate the employee monitoring skills and project conduction when applicable.
  • Manages staff, which may include interviewing and selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, coaching and mentoring, employee counseling, and separations. Approves courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations. Reviews and approves time records, expense reports, requests for leave, and overtime.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
  Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0
  to 5 years).
  1+ year of leadership responsibilit

Working Conditions and Environment:
• Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Frequently drives to site locations and frequently travels both domestic and international.