Thermo Fisher Scientific

Clinical Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇿🇦 South Africa

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

Google Cloud Platform

About the role

  • Manages staff, providing coaching, mentorship and work direction.
  • Conducts regular performance appraisals and career discussions with staff. Facilitates employee career development.
  • Interviews, recruits and selects staff.
  • Manages and conducts induction/orientation programs for all new employees, ensuring their smooth assimilation into the company.
  • Ensures all staff CVs, training records, position profiles and experience profiles are complete and up-to-date.
  • Ensures timeliness and accuracy of timesheets and expense reports.
  • Supports allocation activities per the local resourcing process.
  • Supports activities of project leads/functional leads to optimize the operational running of projects.
  • Escalates appropriately any issues which may impact project deliverables.
  • Delivers training on Working Practice Documents (WPDs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), local requirements and any other subjects that impact on clinical operations.
  • Identifies training gaps and ensures that training requirements are met. May contribute to development of training programs, where appropriate.
  • Assures adherence to good ethical and regulatory standards.
  • Alerts management to quality issues, request QA audits as appropriate, and facilitate client and internal quality assurance audits as required.
  • Manages and reviews systems (e.g. Activate, CTMS, Preclarus, Clarity) to evaluate employee and project metrics, KPIs and general project status.
  • Evaluates work of staff, including conducting PAVs (either remote or on-site) to thoroughly evaluate the employee monitoring skills and project conduction when applicable.
  • Participates in process improvement/development initiatives.
  • Ensures understanding and facilitation of the risk based monitoring approach.
  • May provide input into bids and contribute to the procurement of new business where required.

Requirements

  • 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 5+ years).
  • 1+ year of leadership responsibility
  • Advanced mentoring/leadership/supervisory skills
  • Excellent clinical trials monitoring skills; Remote and on-site
  • Demonstrated understanding of or ability to learn the company’s SOPs, WPDs, and relevant regulations (e.g. ICH/GCP, FDA guidelines)
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate medical research data
  • Strong organizational and negotiation skills
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Advanced written and oral communication skills
  • Good knowledge of English language and grammar
  • Demonstrated use of computer to include data entry, archival and retrieval
  • Ability to travel as needed
  • Excellent team player with team building skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
  • Advanced ability to utilize problem-solving techniques applicable to constantly changing environment
  • Solid knowledge of medical/therapeutic areas and medical terminology.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
clinical trials monitoringdata entryarchival and retrievalevaluation of medical research datarisk based monitoringperformance appraisalstraining program developmentproject metrics evaluationKPI evaluationSOPs understanding
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringsupervisory skillsorganizational skillsnegotiation skillsattention to detailwritten communicationoral communicationinterpersonal skillsconflict resolution
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeICH/GCP knowledgeFDA guidelines knowledge