Assoc Lab Project Svcs Mgr

Iqvia Biotech; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Iqvia Biotech seeks a Clinical Trial Project Manager to oversee laboratory aspects of assigned clinical trial projects. You will act as the main customer contact from study award through lifecycle, ensuring SOPs and good practices are followed.

Role requires PM experience in clinical/research settings, strong communication, and ability to coordinate cross-functional teams to meet timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of clinical or research industry experience.
• 1 year of project management / study setup experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and customer management skills.
• Working knowledge of clinical research terminology and PM processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee study setup, planning, and protocol documentation.
• Monitor timelines, milestones, and study deliverables throughout the lifecycle.
• Ensure proper filing into eTMF and study documentation control.
• Coordinate communications with customers and internal teams.
• Lead investigator meetings and audits as required.
• Support training of sites and junior staff where needed.

Skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

English communication

Microsoft Office

Customer management

Relationship building

Education

Bachelors Degree Life Sciences

Equivalent combination of education, training and experience

Tools

eTMF

Central laboratory systems

Laboratory operations tools

Job description

Shift Timing: Evening shift (5pm onwards)

Job Summary

Under general direction, manage all laboratory aspects of assigned clinical trial projects for a Customer or a specific program for a Customer. May have responsibility for a specific Customer, drug program, indication or drug compound. Acts as the main point of contact for the Customer after study award and throughout the entire study lifecycle (startup, maintenance, closeout). Ensures work is conducted in line with standard operating procedures, policies and good practices.

Responsibilities

• Study Setup and Planning: Facilitate seamless study set-up including Protocol and Budget review, leading meetings, develop and implement project plans, milestone, risk, issue and action logs. Partner with Study Setup team to ensure quality database set-up, oversee preparation of protocol specific documentation. Will prepare and present protocol-specific materials at Kick Off and Investigator meetings
• May participate in the proposal and business development process including bid defence meetings. Support development of Customer standards
• Study Activity Monitoring and Closeout: Will monitor the Project Management Plan, timelines and deliverables, manage study documentation throughout the Project lifecycle including filing into eTMF, oversee study monitoring and reporting, conduct meetings to meet needs of the Study and Customer requirements
• Will manage study scope changes and budget monitor quality of the study and any service-related issues, implementing changes as required. Lessons learnt will be reviewed and shared
• Proactive Lines of Communication: Build and own the Customer relationship, facilitate communication, collaborate with all operational areas within the company
• Will serve as an escalation point for study level issues and will coordinate and triage study-specific issues
• Coordinates customer survey follow up and ongoing health checks to support Customer relationship building
• Meetings, Initiatives and Training Activities: Will represent the company at Investigator meetings and other internal / external face to face meetings. Will participate in audits and inspections as required
• Will provide study training to sites, CRAs and customers
• Will establish regular lines of communication with sites to manage on-going project expectations and issues. Will participate in improvement projects as needed
• Will assist in training of less experienced staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree Life Sciences and/or related field Pref Or
• Other Equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• 2+ years of clinical or research industry experience, including 1 year project management / project set up experience Pref Or
• Equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Strong interpersonal and customer management skills.
• Working understanding of medical and clinical research terminology.
• Working knowledge of Project Management processes, the company laboratory processes, and/or equivalent working knowledge of central laboratory operations (kits/supplies, logistics, laboratory operations, specimen storage, data reporting and transfers, site alerts, etc.) preferred.
• Demonstrated computer proficiency with Microsoft Office and the company systems, or equivalent experience with similar Centralized Laboratory systems preferred.
• Experience in successfully leading Phase I-IV clinical trials preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment while possessing strong organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including good command of English language. In certain geographies where communication in local language is desired (e.g. Japan, China), excellent command of local language with reasonable proficiency in English preferred.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and customers.

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