Clinical Trial Lead - #151887

Astellas Pharma


Date: 11 hours ago
City: Addlestone
Contract type: Full time
Description

Clinical Trial Lead

About Astellas

At Astellas we are making treatments that matter to people.

We are tackling the toughest health challenges putting the patient at the heart of every move we make.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We have developed ground-breaking, innovative medicines in immunology, oncology and urology. Our medicines are extending and saving the lives of cancer patients, making transplantation possible and improving the quality of life for those living with conditions where needs are often overlooked.

We take a patient-focused approach, that allows us to convert brilliant early science into treatments and solutions that directly improve and save patients’ lives.

From lab to clinic to patient, we focus on the most promising science, empower the best talent to pursue it, and develop life-changing solutions alongside the best partners.

The Opportunity

As the Clinical Trial Lead, you will be accountable for the planning, set-up and execution of assigned drug trials, which may include: pre/post-proof of concept (POC) interventional drug trials, Clinical Pharmacology normal healthy volunteer clinical trials, pre-approval access and post-marketing regulatory commitment trials (interventional and non-interventional).

This position reports into the Clinical Operations Lead and will lead the cross-functional clinical extended team to ensure efficient and compliant clinical trial set-up, execution and delivery of assigned trials.

This role forms a part of the Clinical Operations, Development team. This role forms a part of the Clinical Operations, Early Development team. This position is primarily based in the UK or EU4 major markets.

Hybrid Working

At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life. This role offers a remote working solution so you can optimise the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.

Responsibilities

  • Managing and leading the day-to-day operations of assigned trials to ensure completion per established project team goals and objectives in compliance with applicable GCP/ICH guidelines and other regulatory requirements.
  • Managing and leading cross-functional trial teams, including vendor set-up, performance oversight and closeout activities.
  • Ensuring oversight and guidance to clinical study team members in completing deliverables according to agreed timelines and quality standards, including awareness and escalation of high impact quality-related topics for assigned studies.
  • Leading or overseeing the development of core study documents, study plans and systems set-up to ensure operational excellence in execution of the clinical trial protocol and quality across investigative sites, vendors and data.
  • Participating in and/or facilitating cross-functional collaboration and strategic problem solving to ensure risk mitigation, appropriate progress and timely completion of trials and deliverables according to established objectives, milestones and goals.

Essential Knowledge & Experience

  • Significant experience in working on and managing clinical trials within Oncology across Europe or globally.
  • Proven project management skills and trial leadership ability.
  • Must have strong knowledge of protocol and clinical drug development processes, clinical trial design, trial planning and management, and monitoring.
  • Strong knowledge of ICH/GCP guidelines and regulatory requirements
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, administrative skills and computer ability.

Preferred Experience

  • Strong knowledge of protocol and clinical drug development processes, clinical trial design, trial planning and management, and monitoring.

Education/Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Additional Information

  • This is a permanent, full-time position.
  • This role forms a part of the Clinical Operations, Early Development team. This position is primarily based in the UK or EU4 major markets.
  • This position follows our hybrid working model. Role requires a blend of home and a minimum of 1 day per quarter in our local office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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