Associate Director Clinical Operations Process Improvement

Your Main Responsibilites Are:

• Support cross-functional efforts to build out infrastructure necessary to identify, evaluate and execute on functional growth opportunities
• Plan, develop and track process improvement and operational initiatives related to clinical trials and ensure integration with systems, risk-based management approach
• Partner across functions to build and maintain a continuous improvement culture, drive fit-for-purpose clinical process development and improvement, support procedural change management, and conduct various quality checks
• Review results/data from internal as well as external sources to identify implications to clinical operations and make recommendations for process improvements
• Support to establish and optimize internal functional relationships/dependencies to increase internal executional efficiency. Share best practice and learnings across the organization to facilitate harmonization.
• Support onboarding, training, and inspection-readiness activities
• Work with Quality Assurance and Global Clinical Operations to analyze root causes for identified issues and devise potential solutions for Corrective Action Plans

What You Have To Offer:

• Bachelor’s/Master's degree in business, science, or healthcare
• Minimum 8 years of experience in pharma/biotech/CRO, especially in Clinical Operations or related fields
• Strong understanding of drug development with solid experience in clinical operations

• Advanced understanding of regulatory requirements (ICH, FDA, EMA, etc.) and GCP guidelines

• Proven project management skills and experience with application of operational excellence concepts

• Strategic thinker with ability to translate strategy into action
• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement

• You value flexibility, personal responsibility, and collaboration with colleagues, and you see failures as opportunities to learn, improve, and make progress

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable in dynamic, fast-changing environments
• Fluent in English; German is a plus

Your Benefits:

It's our priority to support you:

• Your flexibility: flexible hours | vacation account
• Your growth: Digital Learning | Performance & talent development | leadership development | Apprenticeships | LinkedIn Learning
• Your value: Your voice at the table | Culture on an equal footing | Opportunities to shape & impact | Support for your full potential
• Your health and lifestyle: Company bike
• Your mobility: Job ticket | Deutschlandticket
• Your life phases: Employer-funded pension | Childcare

Apply now - We look forward to your application!

Apply to our Mainz, Germany; Cambridge, US; Gaithersburg, US location by sending us your documents via our online form. For any questions, contact our talent acquisition team on: + 49 (0) 6131-9084-1291 (Monday-Friday from 12 PM to 4 PM CET).

Job ID 9611 (please always specify if you have any questions)

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