Trial Vendor, Senior Manager
- Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, UK
- ICON Strategic Solutions
- Clinical Trial Management
- Home-Based
TA Business Partner
- Icon Strategic Solutions
About the role
Job title: Trial Vendor, Senior Manager
Location: UK, Spain, Poland, Bulgaria, Netherlands (fully homebased)
Fully sponsor dedicated
As a Trial Vendor, Senior Manager you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.
Working fully embedded within a growing, top 5 Pharmaceutical company, you will be independently managing all vendor related aspects of global clinical trials to delivery study outcomes within schedule, budget quality/compliance and performance standards.
What you will be doing:
- Close interaction and collaboration with study team lead and study team members during study lifetime
- Review of vendor related protocol sections during protocol development
- Collaborate with Vendor Start Up Manager to the development of study specification worksheet to facilitate bid process
- Contribute to the development of vendor contract amendments
- Accountable for vendor cost control, budget review, invoice reconciliation and PO close-out
- Initiate/co-ordinates vendor kick off meeting for categories not covered by VSMs during start up
You are:
- Bachelor degree or equivalent degree is required, with advanced degree preferred
- 3+ years working experience and excellent knowledge of the clinical operation processes and vendor management
- User acceptance testing for eCOA and IRT
- Excellent knowledge of GxP and ICH regulations
- You must have strong relationship building and communication skills with experience in working with diverse cross-functional teams and driving organizational excellence
- You must have strong vendor management skills
- You must have strong interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skillsWhat ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include: - Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others
Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.
https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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At ICON, our employees are our greatest strength. That’s why we are committed to empowering you to live your best life, both inside and outside of work. Whether your ambition is lead a global team, become a deep scientific or technical expert, work in-house with our customers or gain experience in a variety of different ICON functions, we will support you in realising your full potential. See all locations Learn more about Our Culture at ICON
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