Study Start Up Specialist - Senior - Spain - FSP

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.

At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

If you want to be part of a leading CRO and transform scientific discoveries into new treatments, then Parexel FSP challenges you to live up to your potential by joining us at SSU Specialist Senior, home-based and sponsor dedicated, in Spain.

The Senior Study Start-up Specialist is responsible for quality deliverables at the country level; follows project requirements and applicable country rules, with minimal oversight from the SSU Manager and contributes to change initiatives across the SSU department. May have Line management/mentoring responsibilities for SSU Specialist.

We are looking for hard-working, talented, high-caliber people. We know that employee satisfaction leads to customer satisfaction, which is the ultimate driver of long-term success.

As the company that conducts vital clinical studies for sponsors, including the world's leading biotech’s and top 50 pharmaceutical companies, we offer you enormous security and long-term prospects.

The most significant aspect of this position is

• Collation and tracking of site feasibility.

• Responsible for ensuring CDA is in place.

• Responsible for the collection and maintenance of the current Regulatory/Competent Authority (CA) and Ethics Committee (EC) submission information within JVRIM/CTIS, and similar information for other related organizations, for the assigned country eg IRAS

• Responsible for ensuring clinical trial insurance is in place for submission.

• Responsible for the translation and co-ordination of translations for documents required for submission.

• Creation, review, and customization of country/site specific Informed Consent Forms (ICFs)

• Works with regulatory team members and SSU Lead to secure authorization of regulatory documents.

• Works with legal, contract vendor and SSU Lead to secure authorization of contracts.

• Collects and reviews initial regulatory packets and site contracts for investigator sites.

• Coordinate efforts for all site activation related activities including but not limited to obtaining and maintaining regulatory and ethics approvals, review, and approval of essential documents for IP Release

• Prepares ongoing submissions, amendments, and periodic notifications required by central and local IRB/EC, CA, and other local regulatory authorities as needed within the country. Including safety notifications as required by local laws/guidelines.

• Ensures all relevant documents are submitted to the Trial Master File (TMF)

• Responsible for liaising with local CRA/CTM, Contract Vendor, and Regulatory Lead to enable a rapid clinical trial start up.

• Inform team members of completion of regulatory and contractual documents for individual sites.

• Attend project meetings with cross functional department leads to provide updates.

• Identify site issues (risks) during start-up process; resolve minor to moderate issues independently; escalate and participate in the resolution of complex issues.

• Escalate risks (e.g. timelines, etc.) to SSU Lead or CTM, as appropriate.

• Reviews and provide feedback to SSU Lead on site performance metrics.

• Maintains and manages SSU data tracking entries, reviews for completeness and accuracy.

• Facilitates process improvement efforts both within the department and in cooperation with other departments.

• Support the creation and development of start-up plans and essential document checklists.

From you we expect

• Bachelor’s Degree or 3 -5 years’ relevant experience, including 2 years of regulatory & study-start up experience or other relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Pharmaceutical or related industry experience

• Previous experience of working in a Start-up team,

• Experience of in-house trials/process design

• Excellent knowledge of GCP and regulations

• Contribute to training within SSU and update SOPs/WI

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Ability to mentor, lead and motivate more junior staff

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