Country Study Lead

Welwyn Garden City
3 weeks ago
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CK Group is recruiting for a Country Study Lead to join a company in the Pharmaceutical industry, at their site based in Welwyn Garden City, on a contract basis for 6 months.

Salary:
Daily: £339 - £376.97 PAYE or £450 - £500 per day Umbrella.

Country Study Lead Role:

Drive Operational Excellence by developing operational plans, creating & managing clinical study budgets & overseeing the consistency of operations.
Manage vendors & stakeholders by managing relationships with vendors & cross-functional stakeholders.
Oversee performance of vendors and third-party providers.
Provides direction and leadership to the local study team, including Clinical Research Associates (CRAs), to ensure delivery of the study
Ensure timely delivery of the study within the UK while ensuring quality and compliance and diversity plan.
Collaborate with the relevant colleagues to ensure timely feasibility, start-up, site payments etcYour Background:

Previous experience in clinical trial management of UK based studies.
Experience working in all stages of the study in the UK, with a preference for CV or IBD experience.
Study start-up experience highly desirable.
Hold a university degree or equivalent years of experience, preferred focus in life sciences.
Possess strong working knowledge of drug development process and respective regulations, including ICH and GCP guidelines.Company:
Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

Location:
This role is based at our clients site in Welwyn Garden City, for 2 or 3 days a week, then offers home working for the remainder of the week.

Apply:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (phone number removed) in all correspondence.

Please note:
This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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