Specialist, Clinical Operations - North Wales, United States - Merck

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**Job Description**

**Position Description:**

**Specialist, Clinical Operations**

Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO) is a global organization operating in over 50 countries and is responsible in the delivery of our company's diverse development portfolio comprising over 200 clinical trials in compliance with global and local regulations. The Regional Operations organization is comprised of 4 distinct regions (North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Europe) and is responsible for a significant proportion of the GCTO budget, staff and deliverables.

Global Site Agreements (GSA) is an organization within GCTO that drafts, negotiates, and executes agreements on a global basis in support of our company's research development and clinical trial portfolio. We are responsible for negotiating clinical trial agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other type of agreements related to clinical research.

**As a GSA Specialist you will work closely with experienced GSA team to:**

+ Review, escalate and stamp site CTRA and other type of the site agreements (e.g. MCTRA, FUA, CSA for both in- and outsourced trials.); and/or draft, negotiate, and execute scientific input Consulting Agreements and our company's Investigator Studies Program (MISP) agreements; and/or negotiate and execute licensing and translation vendor agreements in support of our company's use of clinical outcome assessments (COA)

+ Act as liaison to our company's Office of General Counsel, Privacy, Compliance and Clinical Teams, as appropriate, to resolve contractual/legal issues with sites, investigators, consultants and vendors.

+ Maintain high level of collaboration and interaction with the GCTO Country Operations/Research Division Functional area and act as a liaison with Global Operations.

+ Participate in regional and global improvement projects, identify and propose improvements to the internal systems or processes to ensure high compliance and efficiency standards.

+ Support appropriate GCTO region/Research Division functional area meetings and trainings to ensure understanding of contracting process.

+ Support departmental initiatives including filing, metric reporting and quality control.

**Position Qualifications** **:**

**Education Minimum Requirement:**

+ A minimum of an Associate's Degree with 10 years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry required OR a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry

**Required Experience and Skills:**

+ Demonstrated strong ability in communication, presentation and writing skills

+ Excellent analytical ability

+ Good team player and ability to work independently in a global setting Microsoft Office and data analytics proficiency

**Preferred Experience and Skills:**

+ Prior work experience in clinical outcome assessment licensing and translations agreement negotiation

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**Secondary Language(s) Job Description**

**Spécialiste, Accords mondiaux avec les sites - P2**

L'organisation mondiale des essais cliniques est une organisation mondiale présente dans plus de 50 pays et est chargée de la réalisation du portefeuille diversifié de développements de notre entreprise, comprenant plus de 200 essais cliniques, conformément aux réglementations mondiales et locales.

L'organisation des opérations régionales est composée de 4 régions distinctes (Amérique du Nord, Amérique latine, Asie-Pacifique et Europe) et est responsable d'une part importante du budget, du personnel et des livrables de l'organisation mondiale des essais cliniques. _Global Site Agreements (GSA)_ est une organisation au sein de l'organisation mondiale des essais cliniques qui rédige, négocie et exécute des accords à l'échelle mondiale pour soutenir le développement de la recherche et le portefeuille d'essais cliniques de notre entreprise. Nous sommes responsables de la négociation des accords d'essais cliniques, des accords de confidentialité et d'autres types d'accords liés à la recherche clinique.

En tant que Spécialiste, accords mondiaux avec les sites, vous travaillerez en étroite collaboration avec une équipe GSA expérimentée pour :

- Examiner, escalader et apposer un cachet sur les protocoles d'accord avec les sites (CTRA) et d'autres types d'accords avec les sites (par exemple, CTRA - Accord de recherche sur les essais cliniques

MCTRA - Accord-cadre de recherche sur les essais cliniques, FUA - Accord d'utilisation des installations

CSA - Accord de services cliniques) pour les essais externalisés et internes; et/ou rédiger, négocier et exécuter des accords de consultation scientifique et des accords de notre programme d'études des investigateurs ; et/ou négocier et exécuter des accords de licence et de traduction avec des fournisseurs pour soutenir l'utilisation des évaluations cliniques de résultats (COA) par notre entreprise.

- Agir en tant que liaison avec le bureau du conseiller juridique général, la confidentialité, la conformité et les équipes cliniques de notre entreprise, si cela est nécessaire, pour résoudre les problèmes contractuels/juridiques avec les sites, les investigateurs, les consultants et les fournisseurs.

- Maintenir un niveau élevé de collaboration et d'interaction avec les opérations pays/recherche de l'organisation mondiale des essais cliniques et agir en tant que lien avec les opérations mondiales.

- Participer à des projets d'amélioration régionaux et mondiaux, identifier et proposer des améliorations aux systèmes internes ou aux processus pour garantir des normes de conformité et d'efficacité élevées. - Apporter un soutien aux réunions et formations appropriées du domaine fonctionnel des opérations pays/recherche de l'organisation mondiale des essais cliniques pour assurer une compréhension du processus de contractualisation.

- Soutenir les initiatives du service, notamment le classement, le rapport de statistiques et le contrôle de la qualité.

**Qualifications requises pour le poste :**

**Expérience et compétences requises :**

**Formation** : Un diplôme collégial au minimum avec 10 ans d'expérience pertinente dans l'industrie pharmaceutique est requis, OU un diplôme de baccalauréat avec un minimum de 3 ans d'expérience pertinente dans l'industrie pharmaceutique.

**Expérience et compétences requises** :

· Compétences démontrées en communication, présentation et rédaction

· Excellente capacité d'analyse

· Bon esprit d'équipe et capacité à travailler de manière autonome dans un contexte mondial

· Maîtrise de Microsoft Office et des outils d'analyse de données.

· Expérience antérieure dans l'évaluation clinique des résultats et dans la négociation des accords de traduction et de licence (un atout).

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**Employee Status:**

Regular

**Relocation:**

No relocation

**VISA Sponsorship:**

No

**Travel Requirements:**

10%

**Flexible Work Arrangements:**

Not Applicable

**Shift:**

Not Indicated

**Valid Driving License:**

No

**Hazardous Material(s):**

NA

**Job Posting End Date:**

05/22/2024

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**Job Posting End Date:** 05/22/2024

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**Requisition ID:** R292117