Site Activation Manager

**JOB DESCRIPTION**:
PPD, now Thermo Fisher’s clinical research business, is a leading global contract research organization providing comprehensive, integrated drug development, laboratory and lifecycle management services.
At PPD, we are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our purpose
- to improve health

**Accelerated Enrollment Solutions (AES)** is a business unit of PPD that helps biopharmaceutical companies overcome patient recruitment and research site challenges by optimizing each step in the patient journey to deliver greater speed, certainty, and control to clinical trial delivery.

We are currently looking to recruit a **Site Activation Manager/ Start-up Manager, working from home, in South Africa**.

This role is responsible for overseeing and managing global site activations for multiple assigned studies and leading Site Activation Associates/Specialists to deliver operational milestones.

**Key roles and responsibilities of a Site Activation Manager/ Strat-up Manager are as follows**
- Within the study matrix structure leads and manages regional Site Activation Associates/Specialists to ensure delivery of site activations according to agreed timelines and strategy. Collaborates with various cross-functional teams including internal and external stakeholders.
- Oversees site activation for assigned projects according to agreed timelines, site activation strategy and quality standards.
- Inputs into GSSU (Global Site Start Up) process optimization to expedite site activations across projects within GSSU.
- Acts as main Point of Contact to external stakeholders and internal cross-functional teams for assigned global projects/ studies.
- Provides oversight and communicates progress on site start-up milestones such as PSVs, Regulatory submissions/ approvals, vendor equipment qualifications, site activation readiness, and SIVs.
- Chairs and leads SSU meetings with external and internal stakeholders.
- Oversees and monitors progress of all site start-up activities, project status to ensure successful delivery and communication to the successful progress and completion of all assigned projects and provide metrics to upper management, using the available tools within the Start-up process
- Communicates metrics, issues & solutions to various stakeholders including upper management, cross-functional teams, Sponsor client and CRO.
- Drives country and study level Risks & Mitigations assessment for timely and compliant study site activations.
- Works with Oversight Directors to develop country and site acceleration plans

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**Job Qualification**:**
To be considered for this exciting opportunity you will need the following skills and experience **
- Ideally degree qualified paired with several years’ experience in Clinical Research (Site operations/ Project management) environment
- Previous clinical trial related experience, preferably at a regional level
- Preferable line management exposure with a focus on motivating/developing a team through leading by example
- A strong background in providing coordination support to a team with a strong focus on delivering to commercial targets, along with a focus on quality
- Experience in providing good customer service, through strong customer interaction and effective delivery
- Experience and comfort interacting in a matrix environment across a global organization
- Strong IT and written literacy skills
- Fluent English

**Our 4i Values**:
**Integrity - Innovation - Intensity - Involvement**

**Diversity Statement**:
PPD is proud to be an affirmative action employer that values diversity as a strength and fosters an environment of mutual respect. PPD is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, pregnancy, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or status within any other protected group.