Manager, Site Contracts with Clinical Trials experience Hybrid or Remote in USA-NC

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.
 
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
 
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

Job Summary

Responsible for interacting and engaging with internal and external stakeholders for functional team members, acting as a Syneos Health ambassador with customers.  Responsible for managing team members’ performance in line with project deliverables.   Accountable for direct supervision of FSP360 multifunctional staff.

Core Responsibilities 

•    Overall, the role will be responsible for three primary performance areas:

Customer Delivery and Success
Responsible for direct interaction with the customer points of contact (s) (PoC) on service delivery for their team members (direct reports). Develops and fosters strong, collaborative relationships with customers at a local level, promoting high levels of trust and satisfaction
Manages performance and daily activities of multifunctional team members to excel in service delivery and compliance with agreed-upon KPIs; develops and executes mitigation and remediation plans for non-compliance as needed
Participates in managing the resource availability for their team members to ensure they are suitably resourced and resource needs are identified in a timely fashion; resolves potential resourcing conflicts to facilitate mutually beneficial resolutions
Solicits feedback from customer PoC (s) for continuous improvement of service delivery and to strengthen customer relationships
Proactively communicates and manages customer issues through assigned escalation channels
Ensures quality and adherence to Standard Operating Procedures/Work Instructions (SOP/WIs) and compliance with federal and local guidelines and ICH GCPs
May conduct oversight visits as required for Clinical Research Associates
Responsible for all system updates, and compliance to systems and relevant procedure and practices applicable to the customer and Syneos Health processes

Business Impact
Proactively discusses resource needs with customers, driving growth at a local account level
Makes informed and data-driven decisions of their team members that result in positive impact on overall business unit performance
Listens to customer and shares knowledge across the business unit in order to disseminate best practices and lessons learned in support of the overall FSP 360 operating model
Drives revenue by attracting, selecting and retaining the right talent
Continues to assess and places talent on projects leveraging core competencies, margin impact and alignment to customer requirements
Attends and participates in FSP360 account meetings as well as regional management team meetings and Town Halls

People Leadership
Provides line management to FSP360 team members
Responsible for active management of team members’ performance through the established Syneos Health process, including goal setting, mid-year reviews, year-end evaluations and implementation of performance improvement plans as necessary
Verifies that team members adhere to training guidelines, maintain their training records and individual and corporate training needs are identified and addressed
Provides administrative oversight (for example, HR processes, timecards, expense reports)
May be involved in assignment of project work and will review workload and utilization for all their team members
Supports team members’ professional development through coaching, providing opportunities to increase knowledge and skill levels, and by delegating tasks commensurate with skill level. Supporting and advocating for team members to develop their Individual Development Plans
Proactively works to ensure team members’ engagement, retention and turnover rates remain within expected levels. Recognizes team members while encouraging a culture of accountability
Demonstrates commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion through continuous development of all staff, modeling inclusive behaviors and proactively managing bias

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, nursing degree, or equivalent related experience, plus extensive clinical research experience in a contract research organization, pharmaceutical or Biotechnology Company, including some time in a leadership capacity or equivalent combination of education, training and experience is required.

• Extensive knowledge of GCP/ICH guidelines and other applicable regulatory requirement

• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal skills; both written and spoken, with an ability to inform, influence, convince, and persuade.

• Strong time management, technical and organizational skills. Ability to work independently and within a team environment.

• Creative problem solver who is self-motivated, flexible, open to change, collaborative, and possesses a customer-centric mindset

• Knowledge of basic financial concepts as related to forecasting and budgeting.

• Must demonstrate good computer skills and be able to embrace new technologies

• Ability to travel as necessary (up to 25%)

At  Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time.  Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

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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.