Job Description

Some opportunities happen only once in a lifetime - like a job where you have the chance to change lives. At Alexion, people living with rare and devastating diseases are our Guiding Star. We are driven to continuously innovate and create meaningful value in all we do to help patients and families fully live their best lives. We value the uniqueness and diversity of our employees and recognize that nurturing the diverse perspectives and strengths of our people translates into innovative breakthroughs for patients.
This is what you will do: The Associate Director, Clinical Project Lead is responsible to lead the Cross-Functional Clinical or other program related Sub-Teams to define study and early access program(herein referred to as “study”) specifications, achieve study milestones through operational feasibility and budget and timeline estimates and operational accountability and management of study deliverables and is the primary point of contact interfacing between functional groups, investigator sites and vendors. The Associate Director will drive the scope of work, oversee CROs and will proactively manage patient safety and data integrity as applicable to ensure inspection readiness and compliance. The Associate Director, CPL may be accountable for setting and managing operations across multiple studies and may be a member of the Core Team depending on the scope of the project.
You will be responsible for:

• Accountable for the planning, implementation and execution of pivotal clinical trials, non-interventional, post-approval commitment studies (eg, Post-Approval Safety Surveillance (PASS) studies), and/or early access programs, including study deliverables, milestones and data quality. Lead the Clinical Trial or other study Team. Provide management oversight of CROs and relevant study vendors.
• Oversee third party vendors to operationalize the study specifications.
• Directs operational execution of study activities in accordance with Alexion SOPs, ICH Guidelines, and Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (GVP) to ensure overall data quality, integrity, and patient protection as applicable.
• Accountable for planning, tracking and forecasting the Global Clinical Operations budget and timelines for the studies against the agreed goals. Develops and maintains budgets for study(s) that include short and long-range clinical forecasting and monthly accruals based on clinical activity to support Clinical Development or Global Medical Affairs financial goals.
• Manages CRO relationship to ensure the appropriate scope of work, oversight and training of clinical investigators and achievement of study milestones within agreed upon timelines and budget.
• Communicates clinical studies performance data to other members of the management and scientific team.
• Prepare and maintain required study and regulatory documentation, e.g.: reports for Competent Authority submissions, master patient informed consent, Monitoring Plan, Pharmacy Manual, Investigator Agreements and budgets. Key contributor to the development, review and approval of study documents including but not limited to protocol, ICF, statistical analysis plan, and clinical study report.
• Conducts lessons learned exercises to provide continuous process improvement and sharing of best practices.
• Participate in and/or lead departmental initiatives.

You will need to have:

• >10 years of clinical research experience, 5 of which in a leading role accountable for the planning and execution of global clinical trials, non-interventional, relevant post-marketing studies, and/or early access programs.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in one of the disciplines related to clinical practice/health care, life sciences, or drug development.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and to provide management oversight of CROs.
• Experience in developing study budgets, forecasting and financial oversight of a project.
• The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment. As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.

We would prefer for you to have:

• Advanced degree (Master, PhD, MD) is desirable.
• PMP certification desirable.

Alexion is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on serving patients and families affected by rare diseases and devastating conditions through the discovery, development and commercialization of life-changing medicines. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Alexion has offices around the globe and serves patients in more than 50 countries. Further information about Alexion can be found at: www.alexion.com.
Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation, please contact accommodations@Alexion.com. Alexion participates in E-Verify.
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