Senior Trial Initiation Specialist

Job Description

Our Company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer health products, as well as animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of people like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

The Senior Trial Initiation Specialist in Global Site Budgets and Payments will be responsible for the following:

• Preparation, execution and delivery of global clinical study site budgets (including all other relevant site budget deliverables) within Fair Market Value based upon protocol design, industry benchmark data and clinical trial team feedback.

• Represent Global Site Budgets and Payments on Clinical Trial Teams during trial initiation as the single point of contact for budget development responsibilities.

• Support Global Clinical Trial Operations with budget process expertise and study specific support to ensure global standardization of Global Site Budgets and Payments deliverables.

• Analyze FMV/budget issues, obtain business partner input as needed, and provide risk assessments to expedite compliant resolution of complex budget/FMV issues in clinical trial contracting process.

• Collaborate with Global Clinical Trial Operations to support continuous process improvement and compliance in the spirit of what is best for the business.

• Track inquiries and monitor trends to identify need for additional standardized guidance and work with stakeholders to prepare such guidance for review/approval.

• Identify and promote best practices. Adhere to SOPs, ethics and departmental compliance as determined by GSBP management as well as our company’s guiding corporate policies. 

• Embrace the philosophy of holistic trial initiation support and streamline tasks to initiate trials within industry leading performance cycle times, unwavering quality and operational efficiency.

• Oversight of subordinate personnel/activities.

Required Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required with a preferred area of study in a scientific discipline.

Required Experience and Skills: 

• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience in clinical research setting.

• Business acumen and/ or financial background; preferably Investigator grants and payments.

• Strong understanding and dedication to our company's Leadership principles, with an emphasis on relationship development, rapid decision making, conflict resolution, and team …