Global Trials Optimization Specialist — Remote Project Lead

Syneos Health, Inc.; Wyoming (OH); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health, Inc. is seeking a Global Trials Optimization Specialist / Project Manager I (Sponsor Dedicated/Remote - US only) to drive trial feasibility, recruitment planning, and cross-functional collaboration across global studies.

You will partner with clinical trial teams, vendors, and analytics to translate goals into practical strategies, improving enrollment and study execution. This role emphasizes data-driven feasibility, enrollment optimization, and performance analysis with remote

Qualifications

• Experience supporting clinical trials, feasibility, recruitment planning, enrollment strategy, or trial optimization.
• Strong ability to gather, interpret, and apply data to support planning and decision-making.
• Experience coordinating timelines, deliverables, stakeholder reviews, and cross-functional inputs.
• Ability to work with clinical trial teams, vendors, legal, analytics, and other business partners.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to develop clear reports, plans, updates, and study-facing materials.
• Detail-oriented approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced clinical research environment.

Responsibilities

• Gather data, benchmarks, and modeling inputs to support feasibility and trial optimization planning.
• Support program review development, including content review and escalation of requirements as needed.
• Plan timelines for validation, deliverable development, stakeholder alignment, presentation preparation, and country validation requests.
• Support validation and Clinical Trials Allocation Committee activities, including scenario planning, risk table inputs, validation review, modeling updates, and final allocation requests.
• Author the initial Global Trials Optimization Report and maintain subsequent report updates throughout the trial lifecycle.
• Complete recruitment needs assessments and ensure trial-level GTO reports remain current and actionable.
• Lead early recruitment and retention planning during feasibility, including inputs for project cost estimates.
• Develop initial recruitment needs assessments and, where applicable, program-level recruitment budget estimates.
• Submit vendor requests and prepare recruitment and retention plans.
• Partner with legal on concept reviews, vendor proposal reviews, scope of work finalization, and material or tactic reviews.
• Ensure recruitment and retention plans, including enrollment support materials, are implemented effectively.
• Oversee enrollment support material development and tactic execution.
• Provide required materials to the Metrics, Analytics & Performance team to support accurate Study Optimizer plan entry.
• Request and manage appropriate system updates as trial needs evolve.
• Partner with study teams to identify enrollment challenges, assess risks, and recommend potential mitigations.
• Manage routine enrollment support materials and vendor activities.
• Monitor enrollment performance and prepare standard reporting.
• Analyze performance trends and identify opportunities for enhanced support.
• Coordinate enhanced enrollment support activities, including rescue site activities and outreach.

Skills

Data analysis

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Syneos Health, Inc. is seeking a Global Trials Optimization Specialist / Project Manager I (Sponsor Dedicated/Remote - US only) to drive trial feasibility, recruitment planning, and cross-functional collaboration across global studies.

You will partner with clinical trial teams, vendors, and analytics to translate goals into practical strategies, improving enrollment and study execution. This role emphasizes data-driven feasibility, enrollment optimization, and performance analysis with remote