Associate - Clinical Trial Foundations

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Associate - Clinical Trial Foundations
Purpose:
Clinical Trial Foundations as part of Clinical Design, Delivery & Analytics (CDDA) provides leadership in the strategy and development of contemporary clinical trial processes, technologies, information, and capabilities and in shaping external policy and guidance to speed the delivery of medicines to patients globally.
The Associate, Sr.
Associate, Manager, Sr.
Manager Clinical Trial Foundations will serve as the business subject matter expert for the systems within the clinical development.
These roles will be responsible for executing business projects and maintaining capabilities on system processes, integrations and improvements.
These roles are responsible for collaborating with other functional areas within Clinical Design, Delivery & Analytics (CDDA) and to execute implementation.
These roles will also partner with our vendors who are delivering these capabilities.
Primary Responsibilities:
This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared.
The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not specifically described in the job description.
Consult with your supervision regarding your actual job responsibilities and any related duties that may be required for the position.
1. Clinical Systems and Capability Expertise
Manage clinical technology projects that span across multiple functions, vendors, and external organizations pertinent to the area of focus.
Ensure process and/or technology interfaces are optimized across all affected areas.
Provide business case analysis as needed.
Define, measure and achieve proficiency with new tools/technology and processes applicable to focus area.
Support internal audits and external inspections.
Provide knowledge of technologies and how they can enable processes across clinical development
Continually seek and implement means of improving processes to reduce cycle time and decrease work effort.
2. Project Management
Resolve operational issues that arise and apply shared learnings across functions and to external partners
Create best practices to be shared cross functionally.
Perform root cause analysis and apply knowledge to current and future projects.
Partner with various business and therapeutic areas as appropriate to deliver the portfolio.
Develop, track and maintain metrics for area of focus.
Partner with LRL Financial and Procurement to manage budgets, invoice processing, work orders and contracts related to projects.
Coordinate system testing
Create training and job aides for system releases
3. Partnership
Proactively identify, anticipates, monitor and communicates global customer needs and requirements that are related to process and/or technology.
Partner and/or strengthen relationships between key providers or customers within clinical development and IT.
Partner with vendors to facilitate a good customer experience.
Actively participate in shared learnings across the team.
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Bachelor's degree OR 3 yrs experience in medical, quality, clinical drug development, Or clinical information flow with expertise in related processes and evolving technologies as in CDDA, IDS, and/or Quality.
Indianapolis Based Position.
Other Information/Additional Preferences:
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Project management skills.
Technical knowledge to develop requirements and/or study project deliverables (i.e. SAS, .xml).
Vendor management/oversight skills.
Technical/System experience.
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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location.
The anticipated wage for this position is
$63,000 - $140,800
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).
In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).
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