Project Manager II (South Africa) Homebased, Ophthalmology and Rare Diseases Experience at Syneos Health Clinical Solutions

Job responsibilities

Project Leadership and Delivery:

• Manages a project as a project manager overseeing interdisciplinary clinical research studies and ensures compliance with GCP, relevant SOP’s, and regulatory requirements.
• Acts as a primary liaison between the Company and the Customer to ensure timely study launch, conduct, and closeout according to the Customer’s and the Company’s contractual agreement.
• Lead project team to ensure quality, timelines and budget management.
• Accountable for the financial performance of each project. 
• Coordinate activities and deliverables of all study conduct partners and proactively identify and manage issues. 
• Ensure studies are conducted in compliance with GCP, relevant SOP’s and regulatory requirements.
• Accountable for all project deliverables for each project assigned.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Responsible for quality and completeness of TMF for assigned projects.
• Accountable for maintenance of study information on a variety of databases and systems.
• Responsible for study management components of inspection readiness for all aspects of the study conduct. 
• Oversight for development and implementation of project plans.
• Plan, coordinate and present at internal and external meetings.
• Prepare project management reports for clients and management.
• Developing contingency planning and risk mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery of study goals. 

Business Development:

• Develops strong relationships with current clients to generate new and/or add-on business for the future.  
• May participate in bid defense meetings where presented as potential project manager.

Management:

• May be required to line manage other project management team members and clinical monitoring staff.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) level of qualification in life sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing or equivalent combination of education and experience.  
• Clinical research organization (CRO) and relevant therapeutic experience preferred.  Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/ICH guidelines and other applicable regulatory requirements
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong ability to manage time and work independently.
• Direct therapeutic area expertise.
• Ability to embrace new technologies.
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal skills, both written and spoken.
• Ability to travel as necessary (approximately 25%).