Global Site Activation Lead – Study Start-Up

IQVIA; México; Remote; MXN 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA's Global Study Leadership is seeking an Assoc. Site Activation Manager to drive site activation for global studies, partnering with sponsors and investigative sites to accelerate patient enrolment and study delivery.

You will lead Site Activation Management Plans, coordinate regulatory submissions, ethics approvals, and contracting across regions, while mentoring teammates and shaping activation strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or a related scientific discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in site activation, study start-up, or related clinical operations.
• Experience leading regional or global site activation within CRO/pharma.
• Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, regulatory submissions, and site activation processes.
• Proven ability to manage timelines, budgets, and stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead site activation activities from study award through site activation, ensuring enrolment and on-time delivery.
• Develop and execute Site Activation Management Plans aligned to study strategy, scope, timelines.
• Partner with sponsors, sites and cross-functional teams to drive study start-up, regulatory submissions, ethics approvals, contracting and country activation activities.
• Provide strategic guidance on regulatory requirements, submission strategies and site activation approaches across diverse global markets.
• Manage study timelines, risks, budgets, scope and operational performance, proactively identifying and resolving critical path challenges.
• Build strong relationships with sponsors and investigative sites, delivering an exceptional customer experience and fostering long-term partnerships.
• Drive issue resolution, stakeholder alignment and decision-making across countries and regions to ensure successful study execution.
• Support bid defence activities, proposal development and study start-up strategy discussions for new business opportunities.
• Mentor and support colleagues, contribute to process improvements and champion operational excellence across Global Study Leadership.

Skills

Site activation

Study start-up

Regulatory affairs

Clinical operations

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related

Job description

IQVIA's Global Study Leadership is seeking an Assoc. Site Activation Manager to drive site activation for global studies, partnering with sponsors and investigative sites to accelerate patient enrolment and study delivery.

You will lead Site Activation Management Plans, coordinate regulatory submissions, ethics approvals, and contracting across regions, while mentoring teammates and shaping activation strategy.