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The Associate Director Study Management is responsible for leading, developing and providing direction to Study Management Late-stage Development Operations personnel to enable delivery of drug projects and non-drug projects. The role holder ensures that individuals/skill groups are equipped with the right skills, core & leadership capabilities to lead & deliver clinical studies.

Working in collaboration locally and globally (both within project and function) to support delivery of clinical programs in the Development Operations, BioPharmaceuticals R&D area of responsibility.

The Associate Director Study Management takes ownership and acts as change agent for building and developing the Study Management Late-stage Development organisation, processes and technology related to delivery of clinical studies or other core activities in Development Operations, BioPharmaceuticals R&D.

The role holder is also responsible for building a balanced capability development framework to ensure Study Management Late-stage Development has the right capabilities to deliver future clinical studies.

Typical Accountabilities

Line management of Global Study Associate Managers and Global Study Associates in Study Management Late-stage Development:

• Recruit & retain & develop talents;
• Encourage/reward staff practice of AZ values;
• Ensure appropriate training, learning and development is provided to Hub personnel;
• Mentor staff for optimum performance;
• Develop & nurture future AZ leaders by leading and driving the capability development of the function;
• Develop individual and manage performance;
• Provide expertise and direction to support the team with proactive problem/risk identification, solution building and issues resolution to facilitate achievement of objectives on time and to appropriate quality.

Delivery of projects:

• Provide appropriately skilled Study Management Late-stage Development Operations personnel to study delivery teams to ensure delivery of clinical studies to time, budget and quality through an integrated skill set model in accordance with clinical performance targets;
• Ensure staff understand global project priorities and specific project challenges;
• Support staff/team to achieve project milestones and study deliverables;
• Participate in decisions for allocation of staff to projects (globally cross-R&D organisations and/or within R&D organisations);
• Work across departments with the other Development Operations leadership teams/ line managers (SMM country heads, Regional CPrMs, DMADs, etc.) either to support/ facilitate/ develop the framework for the project delivery or organizational/ Development Operations integrity/ Development.

Study Management Late-stage Development Leadership:

• Sets & implements the vision & strategy for the individual Study Management Late-stage Development organisation, aligned with Development Operations, BioPharmaceuticals R&D vision and strategy;
• Lead and support change by encouraging diversity of solutions that are value proven;
• Act as a change agent, with local and global impact, to ensure adoption of global initiatives;
• Promote and encourage innovation and creativity by bringing suggestions/good examples to Study Management late-stage Development leadership;
• Work with Directors within Study Management Late-stage development to support capacity management, achieving accurate resource forecasting, analysis and solution building to efficiently and flexibly resource study teams;
• Ensure quality and compliance to external regulations and AZ standards, within and across global R&D organisations;
• Work across the R&D organisations to develop global efficient ways of working;
• Provide expert input into functional and cross-functional global processes;
• Act in accordance with SHE delegation;
• Leads dynamic sharing of Study Delivery knowledge, information, and standard methodology;
• Networks with colleagues and professionals.

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Bachelor’s of Science in an appropriate field;
• Extensive experience in Drug Development within a pharmaceutical or clinical background;
• Detailed knowledge of Study Management processes and local regulations;
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.

Desirable:

• Advanced degree in a scientific subject area;
• Experience within the business and industry;
• Line Management experience.

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