Senior Start Up Team Manager (STM) - EMEA – Home based

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
Our goal-driven teams combine and deliver start-up activities for the clinical trials, collaborating to improve processes, cycle and flexibility. We partner with our sites, businesses and colleagues around the world to decrease start-up timelines and exceed expectations. 
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Start-Up Team Manager to join our team in EMEA, working remotely. The Senior Start-Up Team Manager develops and maintains strategic relationships with customers, executes and achieves site activation deliverables within assigned projects or programs and ensures all project deliverables, meet customer expectations and contracted deliverables. The Sr STM will provide accurate projections, report updates, and ongoing risk assessments and collaborates with PPD clinical research services teams to manage all financial and contractual aspects of the studies related to site activation. You will also coordinate feasibility, site contracts, and country teams in a matrix environment and manage the assigned scope of work against timelines, costs, and quality.
Qualifications
To be considered for the role of Senior Start-Up Team Manager you should have the following qualifications and experience:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 10+ years')
Demonstrated ability to lead, liaise and coordinate cross-functional project teams
Demonstrated knowledge and experience of cross functional project management
Demonstrated attention to detail, organizational and multitasking skills
Demonstrated solid financial acumen
Ability to accurately report and analyze project specific data & systems to ensure contractual deliverables met
Ability to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications
Demonstrated understanding of PPD Clinical Research Services' SOPs, WPDs, and relevant regulations, e.g. ICH/GCP, FDA guidelines
Ability to identify and remedy risks related to contractual deliverables and provides solutions
Comprehensive understanding and appreciation of clinical research/development including medical and therapeutic areas, phases and medical terminology
Understanding of cross-cultural awareness and can adapt appropriately
Ability to lead and manage multinational Start up teams across different regions (North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa) which includes a comprehensive understanding of general regulatory process for different countries.
Fluence in English

At PPD Clinical Research Services we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.  
Benefits
We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!
*only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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