Manager Study Start Up and Regulatory Affairs

The Manager, Study Start Up and Regulatory Affairs is responsible for developing the strategy based onregulatory requirements and for coordinating and overseeing all SSU deliverables from site selectionthrough site initiation readiness. The manager actively assists senior management in securing newbusiness by participating to BDMs and contributing to proposals/budgets. They also provide strategicregulatory guidance, training, coaching and mentoring to junior members; may be required to line

manage members of staff.

Leads study start-up and regulatory activities for assigned projects of medium to high complexity,ensuring delivery aligned with timelines, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.

Accountable for end-to-end delivery of study start-up and regulatory milestones across assigned

projects.

Ensure collection, review for completeness/compliance, and tracking of essential documents forStudy Start-Up to facilitate efficient site initiation and activation. Investigate incomplete, inaccurateor missing documents to ensure accuracy and completeness of information. Prepare study teamreports or updates regarding status of essential document collection, review and approval.

Ensure negotiation and execution of clinical site agreements, ancillary agreements as well asamendments, in accordance with project requirements and country regulations and within the

projected delivery timelines.

Defines and implements study start-up and regulatory strategies at project level, ensuringalignment with sponsor expectations, regulatory requirements, and operational feasibility.

Proactively identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks impacting study start-up and regulatorytimelines, ensuring timely resolution of issues.

Builds and maintains strong relationships with clients, regulatory authorities, and internalstakeholders to ensure effective collaboration and delivery.

Ensure all team members assigned to the project for departmental deliverables are aware of thetasks and time allocated, monitor project budgets, hours spent vs budgeted and promptly identify

and escalate any OoS.

Assist in securing new business or repeated business by participating to BDMs, developing andreviewing regulatory sections of proposals, regulatory costing and budgets.

Provides strategic input into bids and contributes to winning new business opportunities

Provides coaching, guidance, and performance feedback to team members to support

development and delivery excellence.

Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

Graduate degree in Chemistry or Life Sciences, Nursing or equivalent

combination of education and experience.

6-8 years within pharmaceutical or CRO industry or Regulatorybody, of which at least 3 years in a leading/project management

role

Proven ability to successfully manage global projects

When you join [Employer] Group, you make a difference by helping to bring safe and effective pharmaceutical treatment to patients around the world. You’ll join a passionate and collaborative team of experts in clinical research, pharmacovigilance, and quality consulting.

We are diverse in many ways, yet our values unite us. Our values are how we work, not words on a wall. If they sound like you, you will feel at home here.

• Quality: we hold ourselves to the standard patients deserve.
• Integrity and trust: we do the right thing, especially when it is hard.
• Drive and passion: we care about the outcome, because someone is waiting on it.
• Agility and responsiveness: we move quickly, because patients cannot wait.
• Belonging: everyone is welcome, and every voice counts.
• Collaborative partnerships: we go further by going together.

We look forward to welcoming your application.

Medicine moves forward here. So will you.

[Employer] is a specialist clinical research organization focused on rare disease and select oncology indications. We focus on the most complex trials, the studies where experience, judgement, and rigorous operational accountability make the biggest difference. We partner with small to midsize biotech companies to move promising therapies through early phase development, so they reach the patients sooner.

We choose complex work on purpose. Rare disease and oncology trials carry real operational risk, and our people are experts at reducing it, protecting timelines, data quality and the experience of sites and patients at the same time. It is demanding, meaningful work, and no one here forgets that patients cannot wait.

That is why culture matters to us as much as capability. We have built a collaborative, international team where people share ideas, grow their careers and are trusted to take ownership early. With colleagues across North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, we value teamwork, flexibility and a real commitment to work-life balance, because good science comes from people who feel supported.

If you want work with purpose, the agility to make an impact and a team that cares about the people behind the work as much as the work itself, we would love to hear from you.

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