Therapeutic Area Head

2 weeks ago

Midrand, South Africa MSD Full time

Our Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance team push the boundaries of global healthcare through research and innovation. Through clinical trials and surveillance, we ensure the safety and efficacy of our existing and pipeline products to produce safe, effective, innovative medicine.

**Brief Description of Position**
This role will be key to further develop the country capabilities in clinical research. Under the oversight of the country or cluster Clinical Research Director, the person will be responsible for the end to end performance of clinical trials in one or several Therapeutic Areas, from feasibility to close out in one or several countries.

The role should be responsible for 30 to 50 clinical trials and will ensure excellent study performance with strict adherence to local regulations, company standard operating procedures and ICH Good Clinical Practice. The role is responsible for oversight of all the employees working in the Therapeutic Areas, with line management for Clinical Research Managers and functional oversight of other roles in his studies. As line manager the role is critical to develop key talents in the organization to ensure a pool of successors in critical roles.

The role will work at country level with other local stakeholder like Global Medical Affairs, Global Human Health, Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Affairs to ensure alignment and development of the country capabilities and can represent the Clinical Research Director of cluster in local management if required.

**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Will lead one or several Therapeutic Areas of the growing portfolio in the country.
- Accountable for the successful execution, enrolment and quality of their clinical trial portfolio.
- Accountable to ensure timelines and key milestones are met.
- Accountable for performance metrics.
- Accountable to develop operational strategies and quality plans for the conduct of all programs and studies in the Therapeutic Area portfolio.
- Collaborates with other Therapeutic Area directors, local and regional stakeholder in Global Clinical Trial Organisation in order to develop and build territory of principal investigators and sites.
- Ensures oversight and line management of Clinical Research Manager (CRM) team within the therapeutic are.
- Leads team independently with supervision from Clinical Research Director to high performance.
- Accountable for Clinical Research Manager performance reviews, including addressing low performance situations, and taking appropriate actions.
- Ensures key talent development and retention.
- Collaborates and works closely with other stakeholders in the Therapeutic Area in Global Clinical Trial Organisation & Global Clinical Development regional and headquarter teams, quality, finance, IT and HR.
- Collaborates externally with investigators, regulators and vendors.
- Member of the Global Clinical Trial Organisation country leadership team.
- Supports strategic initiatives across Global Clinical Development and Global Clinical Trial Organisation.
- Supports local strategy development consistent with long-term corporate needs in conjunction with Clinical Research Director.
- Together with direct reports contributes significantly to effective conduct of clinical studies and to develop the pipeline, while maintaining regulatory requirements and compliance.
- This position impacts directly the country´s ability to reach business targets and objectives and ensures that productive collaboration with internal and external business partners are built.

**Qualifications, Skills & Experience**

CORE Competency Expectations:

- Business and financial acumen
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to think cross-functionally and working across boundaries internationally
- Ability to identify problems, conflicts and opportunities early and lead, analyse mitigation plans and drive conflict resolution is critical
- Fluent in Local Language and business proficient in English (verbal and written) and
excellent communication skills
- Sound ICH-GCP knowledge and knowledge of Good Documentation Practices
- Good understanding of Global, Country/Regional Clinical Research Guidelines and ability to work within these guidelines.

**Behavioural Competency Expectations**:

- High emotional intelligence
- Strong leadership and negotiation skills
- Positive proven success in people management
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships with senior business executives
- Influencing skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, conflict management
- Relationship management and networking: strong integration into local and Headquarters Therapeutic Area network and ability to build productive relationships with all parties
- Effective time management
- Effective communication with external customers (e.g. sites and investigators)

**Experience Requirements**:
**Required**:

- Minimum of 10 years´ experience in clinical trial organization
- Minimum of 2 yea

  • Medical Manager, Oncohematology

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa AbbVie Full time

    **Company Description** **Job Description** Medical Manager, Oncohematology** **Summary**: Represent the affiliate’s medical/scientific voice of expertise for assigned product(s) and relevant therapeutic areas. Provide medical / scientific expert advice / guidance to key customers for assigned products and relevant therapeutic areas, including scientific...

  • Head: Academic Operations

    4 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College Full time

    **Direct Reporting Line**: Campus Head **Varsity College** is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications...

  • Banqueting Manager

    2 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa HotelJobs.co.za Full time

    Busy Corporate hotel and venue in the Midrand area is urgently seeking the skill and services of dedicated Banqueting Manager - Discussing sales contract details with the banquet sales director and the head chef. - Planning the venue layout according to the number of guests and the type of event. - Determining the number of table waiters and servers...

  • Clinical Research Manager

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa MSD Full time

    This role is primarily accountable for the end to end performance and project management for assigned protocols in a country in compliance with ICH/GCP and country regulations, company policies and procedures, quality standards and adverse event reporting requirements internally and externally. For certain studies, the Clinical Research Manager could be...

  • Head of Marketing

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa Mshindi Consulting Full time

    Head of Marketing **1. Reporting to Managing Director** Job Purpose: The Head of Marketing leads a dynamic marketing team to shape the marketing strategy of the division across a diverse portfolio of top SA healthcare and personal care brands. The incumbent plays a vital role in driving the business and is responsible for driving the overall success of the...

  • Head of Service

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa HRInsync Full time

    **Head of Service** **About** This global multinational works in the process automation space and provides manufacturing solutions to the food and beverage industry. The company offers growth opportunities for employees **Responsibilities** - Steer and coordinate the Service activities for SFT (Separation and Flow Technologies) together with Country...

  • Head: Client Solutions Engineering

    4 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa SHARON NUROCK RECRUITMENT CC Full time

    **Purpose of the Role**: - Bring together roles that are otherwise disparate and fragmented in traditional organisations thus not enabling effective design thinking and DevOps. - The domains that are brought under this role, in new ways of working are the following: - Segment value proposition build - Data science and analytics - Customer journeys -...

  • Head of School: Humanities and Social Sciences

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College Full time

    **Direct Reporting Line** **Operations Manager** Varsity College** is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education...

  • Product Specialist

    4 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa ABBVIE Full time

    **Purpose** Execute brand strategy and tactics in field, sales performance, effectively manage assigned territory and targeted accounts, build strong customer relationships and customer needs solving capability to maximize short - and long-term sales performance placing the patient into the center of any efforts and operating within AbbVie’s business code...

  • Head of Sales

    4 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa Siemens Full time

    **Job Title / Role**:Head of Sales** **Organization**:Lead Country South Africa** **Location**:Midrand, South Africa** **Reporting Manager**:Country Head of (Digital Industries)** The Business Siemens is a global powerhouse in diversified engineering providing products, systems and solutions across the Electrification, Automation and Digitalization...

  • Head of Sales

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa Siemens Mobility Full time

    **Job ID**: - 371180**Company**: - Siemens Proprietary Limited**Organization**: - Digital Industries**Job Family**: - Sales**Experience Level**: - Experienced Professional**Full Time / Part Time**: - Full-time**Remote vs Office**: - Office/Site only**Contract Type**: - Permanent**Job Title / Role**:Head of Sales** **Organization**:Lead Country South...

  • Executive Head: Finance Operations

    4 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa Vodafone Full time

    **Role purpose**: The Executive Head of Division (EHOD): FinOps is responsible for effectively leading the teams and implement the FinOps strategy regarding financial cycles, policies, procedures, systems and controls in an agile well-controlled environment for activities managed locally, as well as in the Vodafone Shared Services (_VOIS), within the...

  • Service Operations Trainee

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa Siemens Healthineers Full time

    Do you want to help shape the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with...

  • Area Security Manager

    7 days ago

    Midrand, South Africa Enshrine Placements Full time

    Area Security Manager needed to develop and roll out the best security practices for the security discipline at North Stations. **Position details**: Type: Permanent Reports to: Security Business Unit Manager Reporting, total staff compliment: Job titles of direct reports: Assistant Station Head Security, Security Control Centre Key internal...

  • Head: Student Recruitment

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College Full time

    **Direct Reporting Line**: Sales Manager **Varsity College** is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications...

  • Team Coordinator Trainee

    4 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa Siemens Healthineers Full time

    Do you want to help shape the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with...

  • Head of Grid Technologies Service Southern Africa

    1 week ago

    Midrand, South Africa Siemens Energy Full time

    Head of Grid Technologies Service Southern Africa About the Role Location South Africa Gauteng Midrand Company Siemens Energy (Pty) Ltd Organization Grid Technologies Business Unit Service Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Experienced Professional About the role Location: South Africa Department: SE GT SV EA AF Mode of...

  • Order to Offer

    4 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa Siemens Healthineers Full time

    Do you want to help shape the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with...

  • Service Operations Trainee

    1 month ago

    Midrand, South Africa Siemens Mobility Full time

    **Job ID**: - 378465**Company**: - Siemens Healthcare Proprietary Limited**Organization**: - Siemens Healthineers**Job Family**: - Customer Services**Experience Level**: - Recent College Graduate**Full Time / Part Time**: - Full-time**Remote vs Office**: - Office/Site only**Contract Type**: - Fixed Term- Do you want to help shape the future of...

  • Project Manager Gauteng

    4 weeks ago

    Midrand, South Africa Siemens Healthineers Full time

    We at Siemens Healthineers are committed to helping healthcare providers globally to succeed in today’s dynamic environment. We are inspired to transform the way things are done - because we want what is best for our people, our customers and ultimately the health of mankind. While we are investing in engineering excellence - leading-edge medical...