Principal, Global Feasibility (pre-award strategy) - Sponsor-dedicated - EMEA in London

Syneos Health is a fully integrated life sciences services organization that accelerates customer success across the drug development and commercialization continuum. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Job Responsibilities

• Independently undertake the highest complexity level RFPs and feasibility objectives across all therapeutic areas; confidently assess the level of data and analysis required and propose reasonable approaches for RFPs and individual paid or partnership feasibility assessments.
• Proactively liaise with Business Units, Business Development, Medical Directors, Business Analysts, and other team members to review RFP challenges and work collaboratively to a solution with no oversight required.
• Proactively identify solutions to non-standard requests; apply knowledge and skills to a range of moderately complex activities; appropriately identify and escalate the issues from mentoring to management as needed.
• Act as representative of Global Feasibility in all interactions with internal and external stakeholders, with the highest degree of collaboration, professionalism, integrity, and quality.
• Work efficiently within processes and undertake delivery of an average to higher number of assignments and complexity concurrently across all therapeutic areas as needed.
• Develop, analyze, and deliver pre-award site level feasibility assessments into presentations and/or written reports for delivery to internal/external stakeholders, independently.
• Uphold highest standards of the Global Feasibility role.
• Maintain comprehensive records of work and store all relevant data within internal libraries in a timely manner, independently, without audit issues.
• Possess excellent editing-level verbal, written and visual communication skills.
• Independently manage and perform research of scientific literature using internet and internal metrics and tools to provide background information, with a high degree of understanding and detail.
• Independently support the preparation of material for and attend bid defense teleconferences and meetings, under minimal review and supervision of a line manager or delegate.
• May coordinate work of other team members as needed on larger joint projects, multi-study assignments or alliance/FSP partnerships.
• Ability to mentor junior team members up to Senior Feasibility Lead, Global Feasibility level providing text and slide deck editing, data collection and processing insights across all therapeutic indications.
• Support department management in development of group initiatives and achieving business objectives; may participate in and support activities related to department staff operations.
• Actively participate in developing relevant metrics to measure the impact of data asset use, protocol feasibility assessments, and other departmental activities.
• May participate as departmental Subject Matter Expert or represent Feasibility in development of feasibility-impacted processes and systems, including evaluation of departmental data asset assessments and support collection of associated metrics.
• May be asked to develop, audit, and maintain departmental systems for storage, retrieval, and analysis of historical feasibility data in support of current RFPs and RFIs.

Qualifications

• BS, RN, or MS plus 7 years relevant experience or PhD or MD and 3 years relevant experience.
• Knowledge of drug development and a thorough understanding of the processes associated with global country and site feasibility, clinical study start-up and business operations.
• Experience in clinical research, including clinical trial conduct; knowledge of GCP and a good understanding of the processes associated with study/project management, monitoring, clinical and regulatory operations.
• History of success in a customer service role with demonstration of meeting customer expectations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; effective presentation and facilitation skills.
• Well-developed strategic planning, observation, analytical operational execution and problem-solving skills.
• Strong business consultancy skills, including ability to persuade, negotiate, and moderate conflict.
• Ability to multitask under tight deadlines on several projects with specific and unique requirements, while providing attention to detail and high quality work.
• Ability to synthesize key messages pulling across multiple data sets.

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. Applicants will be considered under the equal opportunity employment standards of all legislative bodies. 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.