[Hiring] (Senior) Feasibility & Strategy Leader @Parexel

Role Description

The (Senior) Feasibility & Strategy Leader (FSL / sFSL) acts as a key contributor to the proposal team to support Parexel in winning new business. Working independently, the FSL is responsible for delivering, in collaboration with Integrated Solutions Director and Patient Recruitment Strategy (PRS), an optimized patient-focused, risk-informed strategic solution that delivers the right countries, right sites, and right patients and is operationally deliverable. This therapy aligned role supports all types and phases of study pursuits, including programs.

The person in this role must demonstrate:

• Excellent communication ability
• Strategic thinking
• Independent decision-making competency
• A track record working in a fast-paced, time pressured environment
• Strong analytical and persuasive, client-focused writing skills

Key Accountabilities:

• Strategic collaboration with the virtual RFP team: Take active role in creating and presenting integrated strategy for strategic scenario planning for each study or program.
• Risk-informed recruitment benchmark data analysis: Create the basic foundations for the enrolment scenario building, including range of countries and sites as well as months of recruitment required to enroll the target patients.
• Patient-focused approach to feasibility recommendations: Determine where these patients are found in the healthcare section, recognizing the global nature of the study.
• Determine and operationalize relevant pre-award feasibility activities: Evaluate and deploy fit-for-purpose activities to support Parexel's strategic delivery plan.
• Conduct country analysis and develop risk-based recommendations: Use available country selection tool/platform and deliver protocol-specific country recommendations.
• Lead the development of an integrated operational strategy: Develop evidence-based strategy to successfully recruit patients for clinical trials.
• Articulate and defend the proposed strategy both internally and externally: Develop strong selling proposal text and prepare compelling slides to present the strategy.
• Thought leadership / Therapy Area expertise: Actively contribute to relationship building activities with clients and investigators/thought leaders.
• Drive therapy area KPIs including reducing zero enrolling investigators.
• Innovate and evolve the approach within assigned TA, using optimized strategy and innovative solutions.
• Oversee gold standard paid feasibility “early engagement” projects for clients.

Qualifications

• Very strong experience in the Pharmaceutical/CRO Industry within Clinical Research and/or Sales operations
• Strong experience in Project Management/Clinical Management/Feasibility Management of global clinical trials
• Experience in or associated with CRO proposal process and solution development
• Experience in strategic drug development planning or significant involvement in planning clinical or operational strategy preferred
• Demonstratable expertise and experience in clinical trial feasibility assessments

Requirements

• Undergraduate Degree
• Further degree: MSc, MBA, Ph.D. (preferred)
• Scientific/Medical/Nursing background
• Fluent in English, oral and written

Benefits