Eli Lilly and Company · 2 hours ago
Associate Director - Regional Clinical Research Lead
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$116K/yr - $205K/yr
5+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, focused on discovering and delivering life-changing medicines. The Regional Clinical Research Lead (rCRL) is responsible for overseeing the execution of clinical trials across regions, ensuring timely enrollment and addressing operational risks, while also managing relationships with clinical investigators and driving process improvements.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Accountable to gather the insights and represent the geographical complexity and leads the coordinated effort for delivery of large, complex and high priority programs within countries / regions / globally
Leverage deep expertise in regional trial execution to represent Investigator Engagement in cross functional clinical trial forums. Recognized as a Leader in Clinical Development, influencing study design and delivery and leads initiatives to drive improvements and deliver the portfolio
Anticipate, mitigate and resolve complex and key operational risks, driving to enable timely delivery of clinical trial enrollment commitments and database locks across a country/region or portfolio
Regional Leadership for inspection preparation and management. Proactively identify and drive for inspection readiness at all times
Leverage deep scientific and disease expertise within a TA (s), understand regional and local treatment paradigms and patient access mechanisms to influence platform/protocol decisions to enable reliable enrollment and implementation
Use insights from a broad range of sources including vendor oversight, best practices and metrics to identify and deliver functional process improvements
Utilize strategic knowledge of the Lilly portfolio and priorities to lead targeted prospecting and anticipate future needs for Investigator engagement
Leads CRLs in comprehensive Investigator management activities, including Investigator identification, qualification and selection, enrollment readiness, planning and execution through to database lock and close out for complex trials and portfolios across a country/region. Ownership for key hospitals / institutions / networks
Independently detects and leads potential opportunities to accelerate trial enrollment across a country/region/ globally. Proactively identifies risks and implements mitigations to ensure Investigator performance and Clinical Trial delivery
Leverages deep scientific, therapeutic area, and institutional/regional expertise to engage in scientific discussions with the investigator and institution personnel within a country / region
Owns strategic institutional/ Investigator relationships to optimize the delivery of clinical trial programs, including across therapeutic areas where applicable
Lead across portfolio / program to establish and develop strong professional relationships to expand/maintain clinical research partnership opportunities
Understand cross functional interdependencies and identify opportunities for collaboration and process improvement, enabling end to end delivery of clinical programs
Drive required interactions between external and internal partners (inclusive of affiliate and regional interactions and initiatives as applicable)
Identify long and short-term customer, competitive and environmental trends and develop solutions to meet changing needs of customers and the business
Identify and lead mechanisms for sharing of technical, scientific, and operational expertise with a broad focus to build Investigator Engagement capability and knowledge within the CDDA
Coach & mentor roles within the CDDA organization
Engage with Regulatory bodies, Ethical Review Boards, and other relevant external bodies to influence and challenge internal and external factors shaping clinical trial execution. Ensure internal processes and procedures reflect and comply with country requirements
Influence internal and external customers/partners to identify opportunities and implement strategies for improving technologies, processes, products, and services
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a scientific or health-related field
Minimum of 5 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical research, including 3 years as a CRL (or equivalent role) and strong working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice
Deep therapeutic expertise and knowledge of the clinical research landscape; ability to acquire and maintain additional therapeutic expertise to support portfolio needs
Proficiency in country regulatory guidelines/requirements
Strong self-management and organizational skills; ability to manage workload, set personal priorities and adjust as needed
Demonstrated strategic agility & broad business acumen
Demonstrated leadership behaviors with ability to accept challenges, seek opportunities to remove barriers, influence without authority, and lead in areas of uncertainty
Strong communication (both verbal and written) and language skills to break down complexity into clear and concise messaging
Demonstrated ability to enhance/improve customer experience
Fluent in English as well as required language to conduct day-to-day business
Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, including ability to work in cross-cultural teams
Demonstrated decision-making ability
Ability to identify, develop and implement creative solutions
Travel required (up to 50%)
Benefits
Company-sponsored 401(k)
Pension
Vacation benefits
Eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
Life insurance and death benefits
Certain time off and leave of absence benefits
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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