[Hiring] (Sr.) Project Associate @Syneos Health

Role Description

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.

Job Responsibilities

• Drives the planning and execution of elements of clinical trials in partnership with the Project Lead.
• Ensures projects adhere to strict timelines and are delivered within budget.
• Serves as subject matter expert of relevant project management tools and systems.
• Coordinates internal resources and third parties/vendors for the efficient execution of projects.
• Maintains and distributes study-specific financial reports and contributes to study’s financial health using financial processes and systems.
• Conducts ongoing analysis of project performance to drive the successful completion of short and long-term goals.
• Documents project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders.
• Leads communication between project team members, ensuring all parties are informed of project status and changes.
• Documents and escalates project risks and issues and drives timely follow-through and completion.
• Maintenance of systems and project management tools and methodologies.
• Drives quality assurance activities, including preparation for audits and internal review, prepare documentation and follow through to resolution on actionable issues.
• Oversees tasks and activities by providing mentorship and coordinating junior team members, while operating independently with minimal oversight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) level of qualification in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, project management or related field or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/ICH guidelines and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to manage time and work independently.
• High proficiency with full MS Office Applications and/or project management software tools.
• Strong communication, presentation, interpersonal skills, both written and spoken, with an ability to inform, influence, convince, and persuade.
• Ability to travel if necessary preferred (approximately 5%).
• Effective verbal and writing skills in English.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.