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Director, Clinical Patient Recruitment page is loaded
Director, Clinical Patient Recruitment
Apply locations Paddington, United Kingdom Germany France time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id REQ-18336Job Description
Summary:
- Reporting to the Head of FASTR (Feasibility, Activations and Strategy & Tactics of Recruitment), this role will be responsible for providing support to study teams across a number of programs, to enable greater engagement with patients that .
- Provides Strategic direction on recruitment and retention strategies and vendors that can support accelerated industry benchmarks
- Works in close collaboration with FASTR start up and feasibility teams to provide study acceleration strategies for program planning and integration in the wider study teams
- Leads a team responsible for supporting study teams with patient engagement and recruitment strategies and delivery of materials
- Acts as a key point of contact with patient advocacy, which can then be utilized by study and program teams to support study execution
- Key member of the FASTR team leadership structure with important input into the strategic direction of the department.
Key Requirements:
- High degree of customer focus and collaboration in a team environment
- Line Management experience
- Detailed knowledge of patient recruitment vendors
- Experience in developing patient recruitment strategies
- Extensive working knowledge of clinical trial conduct and direct study/program operations experience with proven evidence of success
- Excellent organizational, planning, presentation and interpersonal skills. A self-starter who motivates, has tact, diplomacy and leadership skills and who has a flexible and positive approach. Ability to work well in novel situations
- Excellent communicator, able to define tasks within a project, anticipate and address conflicts in the timely achievement of projects, complete tasks to deadlines and able to prioritize conflicting demands
- Extensive interpersonal skills, an ability to lead multifunctional teams, and to manage staff and mentor and develop junior staff
- Advanced capabilities and experience in Change Management and Business Transformation initiatives, building new teams and processes
- Strong Leadership Capabilities including resource allocation, organizing and mobilizing teams, strategic vision, and ability to drive for results through teams
- Track record for effectively communicating operation and organizational concepts to internal and external customers
- Demonstrated understanding of pharmaceutical regulatory requirements and impact on development of clinical trials
- Experienced with influencing across a matrix and creating a clear sense of direction
- Strong external industry networks
- Demonstrated planning and organizational skills including project management
- Able to prioritize various responsibilities and timelines and to adapt quickly to changing circumstances
- Be a senior point of escalation for resourcing, timeline or deliverable issues.
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