About the Role
Provides global or regional leadership for a particular regional or global clinical program, ensuring the design and execution of high-quality clinical studies to guarantee product safety and effectiveness. Manages clinical project team members for timely project completion and oversees project timeline development and maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Responsible and accountable for several concurrent clinical studies for multiple programs and therapeutic areas.
- Leverages resources, expertise, and knowledge across projects to ensure deliverable attainment.
- Develops staffing plans to align resources with workloads.
- Hires, trains, develops, mentors, and supervises managers and clinical staff.
- Participates in and assists in the development of global clinical strategies for assigned therapeutic area(s) in collaboration with regulatory affairs, marketing, research & development, reimbursement and outcomes planning, and regions.
- Supports regulatory/clinical strategies as the clinical representative for the therapeutic area or region.
- Oversees the preparation and management of budgets for projects in therapeutic area.
- Negotiates contracts and budgets with sites and vendors.
- Reviews and approves protocols for projects.
- Reviews final study conduct documents such as study manuals, study tools, etc.
- Drafts, reviews, and approves instructions for use for investigational devices.
- Attends investigator and coordinator meetings, representing the region.
- Provides oversight of individual clinical trials to ensure safety concerns and/or adverse events are identified and appropriate responses are developed and executed.
- Provides advice on the reportability of adverse events and other clinical trial issues to regulatory agencies.
- Determines membership criteria and identifies potential members for clinical events committees and data monitoring committees.
- Reviews and approves trigger plans for Clinical Event Committee and Data Monitoring Committee.
- Manages data release and review meetings for projects in therapeutic area.
- Reviews and participates in finalizing and approving final manuscript or final reports for projects.
- Participates in the dissemination of clinical information to clinical team members and extended core team members.
- Reviews and approves corrective action plans at individual sites and across study.
- May participate in internal/external study-related audits.
- Develops and maintains Clinical Affairs infrastructure such as drafting and/or reviewing Divisional Work Instructions and local Instructions.
- Demonstrates thorough knowledge of and coaches others in the appropriate application of clinical research conduct, laws, regulations, and standards, and compliance with applicable company’s SOPs and policies.
Requirements
- 10+ years experience in clinical/scientific research, nursing, or medical devices/pharmaceutical clinical trials.
- 5+ years experience managing projects and working with clinical professionals within a team.
- 5+ years experience working in a cross-functional product development setting.
Location
- Japan > Tokyo : Hamarikyu Park Side Place 9F, 17F 5-6-10,Tsukiji,Chuo-ku
Work Type
- Standard
- Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Experience Level
- 10+ years experience
- 5+ years experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Degree in science/health related field (e.g., Biology, Nursing, Biomedical or Veterinary Sciences) preferred.
- PhD-level degree (or equivalent), or qualification in medicine preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- N/A
About the Company
- JOB FAMILY: Clinical Affairs / Statistics
- DIVISION: MD Medical Devices
