[Innovative Medicine] R&D, Senior Local Trial Manager/Lead Local Trial Manager, Clinical Operation,

Lead Local Trial Manager

Position Summary:
A Lead, Local Trial Manager is considered as a senior trial management role with at least 4 years of clinical trial management experience or more than 6 years of clinical monitoring experience.

This role is responsible for local management of a clinical trial (or Medical Affairs data generation activity) in a country or countries.

The Lead, Local Trial Manager is the primary point of contact at a country level for assigned studies and has operational oversight of assigned protocol(s) from start-up through to database lock and closeout activities as described in GCO procedural documents.

The Lead, Local Trial Manager is responsible for coordinating and leading the local trial team to deliver quality data and trial documents/records that are compliant with the assigned clinical trial protocol, company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and regulatory requirements.

The Lead, Local Trial Manager actively leads or contributes to process improvement; training and mentoring of other LTMs and Site Managers (SM).

Compared to Associate, Local Trial Manager and Senior, Local Trial Manager roles, a Lead, Local Trial Manager is often assigned to more complex protocols and can work across Phase 1 - 3 studies in multiple therapeutic areas as needed to drive business needs.

The Lead, Local Trial Manager may also perform the role of Trial Delivery Manager (TDM)/Trial Delivery Leader (TDL) for single country as described in GCO procedural documents.

Principal Responsibilities:
1.

May be delegated by Functional Manager (FM)/Clinical Research Manager (CRM) to lead country protocol feasibility (if applicable) and site feasibility assessment in conjunction with CTA (if applicable), SM and TDM/TDL.

Implements any local criteria for site selection.

Ensure consistent conduct of Site Qualification Visits and instruct teams on appropriate follow-up of Site Qualification Visit report and country feasibility report.

Recommends suitable sites for selection to participate in trial.
2.

Collaborates with the Program Delivery Leader (PDL), TDM/TDL, local management/Country Head and other study team member to select final site list.
3.

Contributes input to the study management documents at a country level or initiates development of these documents for a single country trial, as per SOPs.

May be delegated by study team to initiate document development for global/regional studies.
4.

Leads and coordinates local trial team activities in compliance with SOPs, other procedural documents, and applicable regulations.

Leads local project planning activities to meet recruitment targets and to deliver high quality data on time and within study budget.

Including but not limited to: development of local trial specific procedures and tools, recruitment planning, contingency and risk management, and budget forecasting.

Expected to guide Associate LTMs.

5.

Ensures that all Adverse Events (AE)/Serious Adverse Event...