Description
Sr Project SpecialistSyneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.
Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.
Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE
Why Syneos Health
- We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
- We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
- We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.
Job Responsibilities
Essential Job Functions:
Project Administration - Utilizes designated clinical trial management system to track and process clinical trial information, (e.g., regulatory documents, enrollment, Adverse Events (AEs)/Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), protocol deviations, supplies, Institutional Review Board re-approvals, data queries) in order to provide analysis of information to PM. Processes and tracks vendor invoices, site invoices, and investigator grants payments on assigned projects. Supports assigned PM with initiating requests to Finance Department to generate customer invoices for project labor and expenses. Oversees regulatory documentation according to Essential Regulatory Document Guidelines and Trial Master File (TMF) Plan. May conduct secondary review of Essential Regulatory Documents. May coordinate internal TMF quality review activities and may serve as project representative for external TMF audits. Serves as in-house site contact for collection of non-essential regulatory documents, tracking and maintaining drug/study supplies, query resolution, administrative protocol and study related questions. Assists the PM with projection and validation of financial backlog and project realization on assigned projects. Includes review of regular financial reports and analysis of upcoming project events to verify financial forecasts. Assists in the development of Informed Consent Form using project specific knowledge and performs in-house Case Report Form review.
Reporting - Records the status of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in assigned systems, with input and oversight from the assigned PM. Assesses and communicates KPIs for associated job tasks to PM with proposed action plan. Prepares and provides status reports to customers with oversight from assigned PM.
Communication - Keeps Project Leadership and Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) fully appraised of sites and study status. Schedules and attends internal and external team meetings. May lead internal team meetings and portions of external team meetings as directed by assigned PM. Prepares and distributes all meetings minutes for both internal and external meetings. Follows-up with team members on action items from meetings. Attends clinical monitoring staff meetings, project team meetings, clinical committees, and clinical training sessions according to the project communication, project management, monitoring, and/or training plans. Prepares for and attends Investigator Meetings, Kick-Off Meetings, Quick Start Camps, and Quality Finish Camps. May serve as PS representative during external systems/process audits
Training- May train new employees assigned to project. May be assigned as a mentor to new project specialists.
Project Leadership - May serve as primary customer contact when PM is out of the office. Seeks input from Project Director for customer support.
Management – May have limited line management responsibility.
Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.
No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
http://www.syneoshealth.com
Additional Information
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.
Summary
Supports Project Manager (PM) to ensure the contracted services and expectations of a clinical study are carried out by the assigned project team in accordance with the executed contract and the Customer’s expectations. Tracks and analyzes project details and maintains internal systems for assigned projects within a therapeutic area. Assures compliance with local regulations, Code of Federal Regulations/International Conference of Harmonization (ICH), Good Clinical Practices (GCP) guidelines, and Company and Sponsor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Mentors and coaches site activation staff in specialized areas of expertise (e.g., ICF/IB/IRB/Advertising review teams). May lead and manage other assigned Project Specialists.
