3 days ago

Clinical Trial Lead (m/w/d)

IQVIA

Amsterdam

3 days ago

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IQVIA's Clinical FSP department is seeking a Clinical Trial Lead (m/w/d) to manage global, cross-functional trial teams and ensure the operational performance of complex Phase III clinical trials. The role requires extensive experience in clinical trial leadership, protocol development, and matrix collaboration, with a minimum of 10 years of clinical research experience. The position is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and is on-site.

On-siteFull-timeSeniorClinical Trial ManagementProtocol Development

Clinical Trial Lead (m/w/d)

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On-siteFull-timeSeniorClinical Trial Management

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

On-site

Experience Required

10 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Clinical Trial ManagementProtocol DevelopmentGCPICH GuidelinesCTRSOPsRisk ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointClinical Trial Management Systems

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationConflict ManagementResilienceMatrix CollaborationInfluenceActive ListeningCultural Awareness

Key Responsibilities

•Lead global, cross-functional trial teams to ensure successful delivery of complex Phase III clinical trials with accountability for timelines, quality, budget awareness, and operational execution.
•Drive protocol development together with medical, statistical, and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring operational feasibility, implementation readiness, and translation of protocol requirements into clear study execution plans.
•Lead end-to-end trial delivery independently, covering study preparation, setup, initiation, conduct, close-out, reporting, governance, documentation, and performance oversight.
•Act as the primary driver of study execution and the main operational point of contact for trial progress at global level, governance, issue resolution, risk management, and escalation.
•Provide leadership to interdisciplinary core trial teams, including local/regional clinical operations functions, data management, statistics, pharmacokinetics, safety, medical, and other relevant functions.
•Facilitate effective trial governance, including Trial Oversight Meetings and other relevant forums, ensuring clear decisions, actions, ownership, and follow-up.
•Author study plans, tools, training materials, quality plans, risk management plans and other operational documentation and ensure are fit for purpose and consistently implemented.
•Monitor trial progress using dashboards, metrics, system data, and operational reviews to ensure timely and accurate reporting, system compliance, and milestone achievement.
•Manage study risks and quality issues proactively, including risk identification, impact assessment, mitigation planning, communication, escalation, and corrective or preventive action tracking.
•Work effectively within complex matrix organizations across functions, geographies, cultures, and external partner interfaces.
•Support continuous improvement by contributing to process optimization, cross-functional initiatives, and adoption of relevant technology, tools, and practices.

Clinical Trial LeadPhase IIIClinical OperationsOn-siteFull-timeHealthcarePharmaceuticalCROSeniorNetherlands

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationConflict ManagementResilienceMatrix CollaborationInfluenceActive ListeningCultural Awareness

Key Responsibilities

•Lead global, cross-functional trial teams to ensure successful delivery of complex Phase III clinical trials with accountability for timelines, quality, budget awareness, and operational execution.

•Drive protocol development together with medical, statistical, and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring operational feasibility, implementation readiness, and translation of protocol requirements into clear study execution plans.

•Lead end-to-end trial delivery independently, covering study preparation, setup, initiation, conduct, close-out, reporting, governance, documentation, and performance oversight.

•Act as the primary driver of study execution and the main operational point of contact for trial progress at global level, governance, issue resolution, risk management, and escalation.

•Provide leadership to interdisciplinary core trial teams, including local/regional clinical operations functions, data management, statistics, pharmacokinetics, safety, medical, and other relevant functions.

•Facilitate effective trial governance, including Trial Oversight Meetings and other relevant forums, ensuring clear decisions, actions, ownership, and follow-up.

•Author study plans, tools, training materials, quality plans, risk management plans and other operational documentation and ensure are fit for purpose and consistently implemented.

•Monitor trial progress using dashboards, metrics, system data, and operational reviews to ensure timely and accurate reporting, system compliance, and milestone achievement.

•Manage study risks and quality issues proactively, including risk identification, impact assessment, mitigation planning, communication, escalation, and corrective or preventive action tracking.

•Work effectively within complex matrix organizations across functions, geographies, cultures, and external partner interfaces.

•Support continuous improvement by contributing to process optimization, cross-functional initiatives, and adoption of relevant technology, tools, and practices.