Launch Excellence Lead

Parexel is hiring an Launch Excellence Lead to work remotely from the following countries:
- Spain
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Serbia
- United Kingdom**Title**:Associate Director/Director/Senior Director, Launch Excellence Lead (LEL)**Accountability and Supporting Activities**

**Project Delivery Management and Oversight**
- Demonstrate strategic thinking, planning, and critical path management of clinical trial programs and individual trials for an assigned client portfolio
- Monitor start-up delivery performance by close interaction with project leadership/functional leadership/client and may also be required to ensure that project documentation and correspondence is accurate and complete
- This may include taking the role of a senior level contributor on a project team to provide support and ensure high quality and timely delivery of own deliverables, generating study specific status reports for study teams, clients and/or management, and attending project team meetings as required at project level
- Provide expertise and consultation, facilitate metrics collection, and develop action plans in conjunction with project team to keep projects on time and within budget
- Provide strategic guidance to the study deployed Study Start-Up Lead / gCOL, in accordance with client expectations and/or with partnership processes

**Client Management and Business Development**
- Demonstrate a proactive approach to providing solutions for clients in a timely manner
- Strategize and drive efforts for generating NBA and sustaining current client relationships
- Support proposal review by providing strategic input on study launch activities
- Participate in and contribute to bid defense meetings, RFIs, partnership pursuits, and other client presentations, including travel as needed

**General Operations and Business Unit Management**
- Participate in department improvement activities or committees as needed
- Ensure implementation of process improvements in response to client and team feedback and quality audits
- Encourage teamwork, quality, and productivity efforts to the benefit of Parexel overall
- Implement and monitor compliance with partnership processes and Parexel SOPs
- Participate in departmental meetings and training initiatives, project team meetings, and maintain relationships with other departments, clients, and regulatory agencies as necessary
- Keep informed of client portfolio pipeline and provide accurate forecasting as required

**General Administration**
- Maintain a positive, results oriented work environment, building partnerships and modeling teamwork, communicating to the team in an open, balanced, and objective manner
- Maintain a working knowledge of applicable ICH Guidelines, Good Clinical Practices, Regulatory Agency requirements, and Parexel SOPs
- Complete routine administrative tasks in a timely manner (e.g., timesheets, training, travel expense claims) and in compliance with relevant guidelines

**Skills**:

- 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
- Client focused and demonstrating an ability to create and maintain trust with the client
- Ability to resolve issues independently with good judgement to escalate appropriately
- 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
- Knowledgeable in ICH and GCP regulations in relevant geographies
- Demonstrated strength in 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
- Demonstrated business acumen with ability to make difficult decisions as well as understand the business implications and potential impact on clients

**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 in a CRO/Pharma setting including substantial client management experience

**Education**:

- Educated to degree level (biological science, pharmacy, or other health-related discipline preferred) or other equivalent clinical experience

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