Meidcal - Clinical Operation Manager - Shanghai
About this opportunity
Main responsibilities:
-Provide strategic operation input for data gap analysis and Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (IEGP) for assigned therapy areas as needed.
- Develop clinical study planning according to agreed business priorities.
-Lead medical studies, including Company Sponsored Study (CSS) & External Sponsor Research (ESR), global and local review process.
-Work on overall study execution, including vendor management to make sure on-time delivery of all study key milestones, identify and eliminate potential risks of study delays meet the commitment KPIs with/without CSO.
-Track study status and update monthly performance reports.
-Manage External Sponsor Research (ESR) from proposal/protocol review, contract, study progress follow up and payment, and etc.
-Ensure compliant management of all ISS/CSS status and documents in required systems.
-Liaise with Medical, CSO, and global cross-functional teams to ensure proper planning and execution of medical-funded studies according to business priorities, agreed timelines, and budgets.
-Budget Evaluation & Management: budget evaluations and review, budget transfers and increases, and budget follow-up and identify potential issues and serve as contact person for Controlling, CSU, CSO, global line functions and etc.
-Ensure compliance, governance and risk management of responsible studies, including internal audit, internal control and related activities.
-Support for external key stakeholders’ study operation related communication as need.
-Undertake other tasks as required.
About you
Education: Master’s degree in medicine/ biology or above
Experience:
8 years above working experience in pharmaceutical/CRO industry
Minimal 4 years of clinical trial management, preferable specialized in medical affaire study, including Company RWE study, ISS and etc.
Minimal 2 years CRO experience.
independent project management experience with at least 6 projects lasted for 1 year, and with more than five different stakeholders
PMP is preferred
Core competencies:
· Excellent spoken and written English and mandarin
· Good cross-function coordination and communication skills
Influencing, communication
Planning and Organising
Quality Orientation
Building Partnership
Initiative and leadership
Business Acumen
Working under pressure
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How this role compares
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We currently track 218 comparable Manager Medical Affairs roles across 70 biopharma companies.
Salary context
31 of 218 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
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Seniority mix
218 of 218 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
75 of 218 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
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