Clinical Trial Manager - SCP

Syneos Health; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health is seeking an experienced Clinical Research Associate to monitor sites for oncology-focused trials in a client-office based setting in Mumbai. You will oversee site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits, ensuring compliance with ICH-GCP and regulatory standards.

Strong communication with site staff and proactive issue escalation are essential. The role requires 7+ years of onsite clinical monitoring experience and a deep understanding of site management

Qualifications

• 7+ years of onsite clinical monitoring experience.
• Strong oncology experience is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for sites and monitor site performance.
• Perform site qualification, site initiation, interim monitoring, and close-out visits (on-site or remotely).
• Verify informed consent processes and protect confidentiality.
• Ensure regulatory, ICH-GCP and GPP compliance and data integrity in source documents and CRFs.

Job 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.

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Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Job Responsibilities

• 7+ years of onsite clinical monitoring experience
• Good experience of Site selection, site initiation, and site activation
• Client Office based opportunity in Mumbai
• Should be able to act as the primary point of contact for sites
• Strong oncology experience is mandatory
• Performs site qualification, site initiation, interim monitoring, site management activities and close-out visits (performed on-site or remotely) ensuring regulatory, ICH-GCP and/or Good Pharmacoepidemiologic Practices (GPP) and protocol compliance. Uses judgment and experience to evaluate overall performance of site and site staff and to provide recommendations regarding site-specific actions; immediately communicates/escalates serious issues to the project team and with guidance develops action plans. Maintains a working knowledge of ICH/GCP Guidelines or other applicable guidance, relevant regulations, and company SOPs/processes.
• Verifies the process of obtaining informed consent has been adequately performed and documented for each subject/patient, as required/appropriate. Demonstrates diligence in protecting the confidentiality of each subject/patient. Assesses factors that might affect subject/patient’s safety and clinical data integrity at an investigator/physician site such as protocol deviation/violations and pharmacovigilance issues.
• For the Clinical Monitoring/Site Management Plan (CMP/SMP): Assesses site processes, conducts Source Document Review of appropriate site source documents and medical records, verifies required clinical data entered in the case report form (CRF) is accurate and complete, applies query resolution techniques remotely and on site, and provides guidance to site staff as necessary, driving query resolution to closure within agreed timelines, utilizes available hardware and software to support the effective conduct of the clinical project data review and capture, verifies site compliance with electronic data capture requirements
• May perform investigational product (IP) inventory, reconciliation and reviews storage and security. Verifies the IP has been dispensed and administered to subjects/patients according to the protocol. Verifies issues or risks associated with blinded or randomized information related to IP. Applies knowledge of GCP/local regulations and organizational procedures to ensure IP is appropriately (re)labelled, imported and released/returned.
• Routinely reviews the Investigator Site File (ISF) for accuracy, timeliness and completeness. Reconciles contents of the ISF with the Trial Master File (TMF). Ensures the investigator/physician site is aware of the requirement of archiving essential documents in accordance with local guidelines and regulations
• Documents activities via confirmation letters, follow-up letters, trip reports, communication logs, and other required project documents as per SOPs and Clinical Monitoring Plan/Site Management Plan. Supports subject/patient recruitment, retention and awareness strategies. Enters data into tracking systems as required to track all observations, ongoing status and assigned action items to resolution.
• For assigned activities, understands project scope, budgets, and timelines; manages site-level activities / communication to ensure project objectives, deliverables and timelines are met. Must be able to quickly adapt, with the oversight of the Lead CRA, to changing priorities to achieve goals / targets.
• May act as primary liaison with project site personnel, or in collaboration with another CRA or Central Monitoring Associate (CMA). Ensures all assigned sites and project-specific site team members are trained and compliant with applicable requirements.
• Prepares for and attends Investigator Meetings and/or sponsor face to face meetings. Participates in global clinical monitoring/project staff meetings (inclusive of Sponsor representation, as applicable) and attends clinical training sessions according to the project specific requirements.
• Provides guidance at the site and project level towards audit readiness standards and supports preparation for audit and required follow-up actions.
• For Real World Late Phase, the CRA I will use the business card title of Site Management Associate I. Additional responsibilities include: Site support throughout the study lifecycle from site identification through close-out Knowledge of local requirements for real world late phase study designs Chart Abstraction activities and data collection Collaboration with Sponsor affiliates, medical science liaisons and local country staff.

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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.

Summary

Roles within the Clinical Trial Management job family are responsible for overseeing the development, coordination, and implementation of Phase 1 clinical research studies at the organization's facilities. Individuals in these roles collaborate closely with the principal investigator, serve as liaisons between research subjects, client teams, investigators, and clinic operations teams, and meticulously plan logistics and resource usage. These roles require tracking study progress in alignment with project milestones, client deliverables, and budget, while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations globally and by region. Impact and Contribution Individual contributors with responsibility in a professional or technical discipline or specialty, but may manage two or fewer employees. May direct the work of lower level professionals or manage processes and programs. The majority of time is spent contributing to the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs, and policies, using knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. Individual contributor with developing subject matter expertise and responsibility for processes. In-depth knowledge and skills within a professional discipline, understanding the impact of work on related areas. May be responsible for entire projects or processes within area of responsibility.