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A leading company is seeking a Study Start-Up Head (Director) in the UK. This role involves overseeing global site activation for clinical studies, ensuring compliance and alignment across teams. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in clinical trial management and a strong leadership background, driving operational efficiency in study execution.
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Study Start-Up Head, Director
About Astellas: At Astellas, experience is coupled energised with a relentless challenger spirit. Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We are unusual in our ability to combine the experience, expertise and resources of an established company with the agility, flexibility and tenacity of a start-up. Relentless curiosity and a hunger for discovery flows throughout our entire organisation. We harness the latest technology and insights from big data with our research expertise to create powerful solutions that could transform the way doctors and nurses treat and care for their patients.
We are accelerating product development, driving operational efficiencies and gaining a better understanding of the needs of patients and their healthcare providers. We partner and collaborate with academic research institutes and biotechnology companies who share our passion for bringing breakthrough discoveries to patients.
As the Study Start Up Head (Director), you will oversee and provide strategic direction for the global execution and coordination of study start up activities for all Clinical Development Studies (Early Development & Late Stage) which may include (but not limited to): Contract & Budget Negotiations, Site Activation Management and regional country start-up activities and personnel to support site initiation. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the identification and execution of interventional trial support strategies aimed at increasing productivity and quality while decreasing cycle times and cost and for the development and implementation of cross- functional and cross regional strategy to ensure operational alignment within Medical and Development, along with functions outside of M&D, and across the early and late stage (including MA and RX+, where applicable ) clinical organizations for the relevant support functions.
This role reports to the Head, Site Activation & Business Management and forms a part of the Clinical Operations, Development team.
At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.