Clinical Sciences Project Manager in London

Location: UK London New Oxford Street; USA - North Carolina - Durham.

Role Overview

ViiV Healthcare is a specialist pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing medicines to treat and prevent HIV. This unique role represents a great opportunity to join the ViiV Healthcare Global Collaborative Studies Group (CSG), which currently supports over 120 investigator sponsored research (ISR) studies, generating important evidence on our products and for the field of HIV across the world. The role involves developing, refining, and executing processes, risk management strategies, and other activities essential to the ongoing success of the CSG team and our ISR program. It includes taking a leadership role in management and delivery of our Request for Proposal study process and may also involve managing certain study related activities.

In this role you will:

• Support the CSG team, including Regional Investigation Leads, with study related activities and process management, such as budget and milestone monitoring and updating, risk management and tracking, and optimisation of processes for ensuring timely and compliant study review, progression and start up and study close out.
• Support prioritised evidence generation aligned to Integrated Evidence plans by generating regular updates on ISR study progress and publication plans.
• Optimise process for and lead central project management of Request for Proposal (RFP) study programs, in conjunction with project teams, RILs, external facing teams and Global Medical Operations as applicable.
• Work cross functionally with key internal stakeholders groups to ensure timely, compliant and efficient delivery of ViiV support for and communication of ISS and SCS. Key collaborators include Medical Affairs (global, regional and local); Clinical Operations and Clinical Supply teams; Finance; Scientific Communications and Legal.
• Co‑ordinate and support the development and implementation of training materials and programs for Study Accountable Persons (SAPs) and medical team members.
• Co‑ordinate and support the execution of Global review and ISS update meetings, materials and minutes.
• Serve as SAP for specific studies including supporting life cycle and close out activities (mentored by senior CSG member) potential development component to role, as applicable.
• Support use of and embed ViiV Enhance and appropriate project management and digital tools within CSG activities.

Qualifications & Skills

• Life Science degree (MSc, PharmD, PhD, etc).
• Pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical research experience.
• Understanding of clinical trial process from study concept to publication.
• Project management experience including the design, planning, governance, phasing and implementation of projects as well as tools and techniques for issues and risk management, decision making and reporting.
• Proficiency in multiple digital and software applications and ability to provide expertise and lead user capability.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Knowledge of and experience in the HIV therapy area.
• Experience in managing multiple projects, including complex projects, in a matrix environment.
• Strong teamworking and relationship building skills with external and internal partners across multiple functional areas.
• Excellent written and spoken communication and able to effectively influence within team and across partner groups.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ViiV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.