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Associate Director, Project Quality and Risk Management
$134k-162k (estimate)
Full Time | Scientific Services
1 Week Ago
PAREXEL is Hiring an Associate Director, Project Quality and Risk Management Near Durham, NC
Home Based, USProvide leadership and management to other Project Quality & Risk Management staff. Innovate and implement quality improvement opportunities at the project, client, operational, department or cross department level.
Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and implement the strategy and direction for the PQRM team in support of Parexel’s and Quality’s goals/objectives.
Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and implement the strategy and direction for the PQRM team in support of Parexel’s and Quality’s goals/objectives.
- Support senior leadership to translate mission and vision to define PQRM’s contribution to Parexel’s success
- Enable line managers to define contributions to support PQRMs mission and vision
- Propose, lead and implement PQRM initiatives to accomplish PQRM’s goals
- Support PQRM leadership and staff in achievement of individual and collective goals
- Facilitate robust department-level risk management
- Work with PQRM leaders to identify, categorize, score and develop mitigations
- Integrate mitigations into departmental planning
- Support leaders in regular risk review
- Assess effectiveness of mitigations with leaders
- Verify compliance with Parexel SOPs and other requirements (e.g. applicable curricula)
- Review, approve and ensure accurate time recording for regional staff (e.g. billing out of department etc.)
- Provide guidance and ensure compliance with goal setting and PDC requirements
- Support audit/inspection preparation including coordinating with QA to ensure appropriate Quality resource availability
- Contribute to critical issue resolution by providing expert quality advice and direction
- Represent PQRM in audits and/or inspections
- Partner with operational leadership to promote first-time quality deliverables, applying solutions-focused consultancy.
- Review, analyze and provide guidance related to operational quality metrics as necessary or assigned
- Represent Parexel Quality in client meetings
- Serve as a resource for client escalations, including collaborating with Parexel operational leadership to repair or mend client relationships
- Serve as the point-of-contact for the client quality representatives.
- Lead quality-to-quality meetings as needed
- Perform client-level risk and issue management
- Provide client-level quality oversight serving as a point of escalation, communicating pertinent information to account leadership
- Develop/revise quality agreement.
- Serve as senior-level point-of-escalation, communicating with senior client quality partners
- Engage and recruit qualified staff
- Ensure trained, knowledgeable staff are sufficient to meet organizational needs, develop business case if insufficient
- Build employee pipeline, ensuring career growth opportunities and adequate succession planning
- Measure direct reports’ performance against expectations and standards, providing constructive feedback with strengths and areas for improvement, focusing on development of individual employees
- Provide feedback via the appropriate channel when gaps or issues are identified with Parexel processes.
- Propose ideas to Parexel Quality leadership related to departmental efficiencies, potential improvements, or innovations.
- Lead PQRM performance-improvement initiatives
- Comply with required training curricula
- Accurately complete timesheet as required
- Submit expense reports as required by SOP
- Update CVs as required by SOP
- Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written communication, active listening, providing constructive feedback and facilitating group discussions.
- Developing ability to think globally, strategically and analytically to problem-solve, make decisions keeping the patient and customer in focus.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to develop relationships and partnerships, build rapport, persuade and influence teams, motivate others, manage performance and develop talent.
- Developing change leader, able to understand and implement change while anticipating and managing resistance.
- Expert project manager with strong organizational and planning skills, competency in risk management with thoughtful action planning.
- Ability to travel 10%-15%
- 12-15 years’ experience in late phase clinical research
- 5-7 years’ experience managing people
- Expertise in ICH-GxP's
- Bachelor’s Degree or other relevant experience required. Life-science or other health-related discipline preferred.
- Master’s Degree in a science, technology or industry-related discipline preferred.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Scientific Services
SALARY
$134k-162k (estimate)
POST DATE
06/21/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/18/2024
WEBSITE
parexel.com
HEADQUARTERS
RUTHERFORD, NJ
SIZE
15,000 - 50,000
FOUNDED
1982
TYPE
Private
REVENUE
$1B - $3B
INDUSTRY
Scientific Services
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