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eCOA Vendor Start Up Manager, sponsor-dedicated

Caversham
1 week ago
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Job overview
 

As a Vendor Lead you will be a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for supplier services at a trial level and be the first point for issue escalation during study start up, acting as a conduit for clear communication and robust daily oversight

Main responsibilities

Maintain close interaction and collaboration with study team lead and study team members during study lifetime

Review of the vendor and category related specific sections of the protocol, ensure vendor expertise is leveraged when refining specifications towards Final Protocol

Ensure changes to protocol or study designs are consistently shared with vendors and incorporated into supplier budgets, timelines, and specifications.

Contribute to development of Study Specification Worksheet (SSW) to facilitate bid process and selection of Vendors.

Quote/Proposal review in collaboration with procurement (and vendor). If required, support contract negotiations.

Vendor budget review of final quotes

Co-ordinate vendor kick-off meeting and other vendor specific meetings

Collect HA submission documents from vendor, as requested by countries participating in a study

Support amendment of vendor contracts with Procurement team

Optimise a frontloaded and timely study start-up process in support of a timely vendor DB-go-live

Pro-actively create and maintains vendor related risk maps with contingency plan for documentation

For eCOA vendor manager:

Responsible for directing the vendor on the specific study requirements for system set up and leading the design, build, testing and validation of the system (UAT)

Collaborate with the Study Lead, External Relationship Lead, Procurement, and the Quality Assurance teams (QA) to assure the set up and delivery of ECOA supplier providers

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's Degree in health care or other scientific discipline required

Excellent communication skills.

Communication - Strong written and verbal communication skills including good command of English language.

Previous experience in: vendor management, system design, demand & contracting process.

Expertise with one of these vendors are required: eCOA, IRT, Central lab, Patient Recruitment and Retention

This position is not eligible for UK VISA Sponsorship

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