Associate Clinical Country Lead

About This Role

As an Associate Clinical Country & Site Lead you will be in an external-facing country-aligned clinical operations position focused on providing key local operational and scientific knowledge to support country-level clinical development strategy. You will help enable local partnerships enhance customer satisfaction and support the focused delivery and execution of Biogens development pipeline.

You will work closely with the Director Clinical Country & Site Lead as well as the Clinical Country & Site Lead or Senior Clinical Country & Site Lead in country to provide study teams with detailed local operational and scientific knowledge that supports clinical operations execution. You will ensure that local opportunities needs and insights are thoughtfully integrated into operational plans.

You will serve as a single point of contact for investigators affiliate office staff CRO staff and QSDO/global teams helping enable the delivery of local clinical trials with a strong focus on quality patient safety and oversight of CRO activities and performance.

You will also act as a site escalation point for investigator concerns including issues related to data integrity data quality patient safety or matters unresolved by the CRO ensuring these are communicated to the appropriate Biogen responsible party.

What Youll Do

• Maintain up-to-date local knowledge of Biogens therapeutic areas standards of care clinical trial requirements and the needs of local investigators and research sites.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with investigators and sites helping position Biogen as a partner of choice for clinical research.

• Support country and site selection activities by gathering local insights and feedback from investigators and other key stakeholders.

• Act as the primary country-level QSDO/Biogen contact for sponsor oversight activities including Sponsor Oversight Visits (SOVs) audits inspections and CRO oversight.

• Perform co-monitoring activities during Sponsor Oversight Visits ensuring trial records informed consent documentation and source documents are maintained in accordance with protocol ICH-GCP SOPs and local regulations.

• Lead interactions with investigators affiliate teams CRO staff and global stakeholders to facilitate information flow and timely issue resolution across clinical studies.

• Monitor and assess overall trial and country performance to support QSDO objectives and country-level goals.

• Contribute to local projects and broader Clinical Study Operations activities as a representative of the country.

Who You Are

You are a collaborative and adaptable clinical research professional who thrives in a matrix environment. You bring strong relationship-building skills sound judgment and a proactive approach to problem-solving. You are eager to learn comfortable navigating ambiguity and able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a strong focus on quality patient safety and stakeholder experience. Above all you are motivated by the opportunity to contribute to clinical research and help bring innovative medicines to patients.

Required Skills

• University degree or the equivalent combination of education with a science background and experience.

• Minimum 5 years clinical research experience.Experience managing clinical trial activities desirable especially sponsor oversight activities in an outsourced /FSP model with CROs/vendors.

• Understanding ofcross-functional drug development process and high scientific/clinical knowledge across key therapeutic areas enablingaCCSLto discuss compound (s) development plans and protocol endpoints with investigator site personnel.

• Understanding of ICH/GCP applicable country regulations and clinical trial monitoring in an outsourced model.

• Strong organizational skills especially project management skills with an ability to set clear goals alignprioritiesandexecute onmultiple tasks/activities.

• Effective working knowledge of relevant IT tools to promote virtualteam working.

• Excellent knowledge of clinical operational activities/challenges across local geography.

• Ideal candidate will be customer-focused with excellent interpersonal skills cultural awareness high emotionalintelligenceand a collaborative decision-making approach. Must build relationships throughout and across the organization whilstoperatingremotely.

• Proven ability to handle a high volume of tasks of varying complexity within a giventimeframeand in consideration of relative priorities.Strong communicationskills including English language skill in countries where English is not the primary language.Ability to assimilate new knowledge rapidly.

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