Clinical Project Manager en Madrid

IQVIA™ is the leading human data science company focused on helping healthcare clients find unparalleled insights and better solutions for patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness the power of healthcare data, domain expertise, transformative technology, and advanced analytics to drive healthcare forward.

IQVIA are looking for experienced Clinical Project Managers (CPM) to join our Real-World Evidence (RWE) Project Management group - a fast paced, dynamic and customer focused team.

You will have a strong background (c3 years for CPM and c5 years for Senior CPM) in Late Phase prospective and retrospective activity including Non-Interventional/Observational Studies in the CRO/pharmaceutical industry. You will also need prior Project Management experience.

In return the size and scope of IQVIA™ will allow you to experience rapid personal development across global studies enjoying a varied, busy and sometimes demanding schedule.  You’ll also have dedicated support to develop your Iqvia career.

Responsibilities:

Through your management of clinical project teams, you’ll be responsible for global clinical study and project productivity, delivery and quality, resulting in strong financial performance and most importantly, customer satisfaction.

You’ll participate in bid defence preparations, and, in the Senior CPM role, will have the opportunity to lead bid defence presentations in partnership with our Business Development teams for multi-country/region studies. You’ll also be involved in developing the delivery strategy for RFP’s.

Other responsibilities, depending on the level of the role may include:

• Managing and co-ordinating efforts of cross-functional project teams to support milestone achievement and to manage study issues and obstacles. Implementing continuous improvement activities for assigned projects
• Serving as primary project contact with Sponsor to ensure communication is maintained and continuously improved and reporting schedules are adhered to
• Reporting on team performance against contract, customer expectations, and project baselines to management
• Leading problem solving and resolution efforts to include management of risk, contingencies and issues. Developing proactive contingency plans to mitigate clinical risk
• Providing input to line managers of their project team members' performance relative to project tasks and supporting staff development
• Support less experienced CPMs
• Ensure high performance and efficiency of the clinical team through the scheduling of co-monitoring/accompanied site visits and ongoing mentoring of CRA team
• Prepare and present project information at internal and external meetings

Candidate Requirements:

Everyone in the RWE CPM function has previous experience managing international clinical studies in the CRO/pharmaceutical industry.  We also require our team to have previously been involved in late-phase trials.

For both roles you’ll also need:

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills, with experience of managing cross-functional project teams
• Proven ability to work independently in a complex matrix environment
• Thorough knowledge of GCP and global clinical development processes
• Demonstrable presentation, diplomacy, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• A strong customer-oriented mindset

And in addition for the Senior CPM role:

• Bid defense experience
• Study budget management experience
• Proven ability to coach and mentor

Next steps:

You will be contacted by one of our recruiters to arrange a prescreen call should your background be relevant for this opportunity who will be able to give you more information on this team and the opportunity and also explain the assessment process to you for this role.

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