TMF Oversight Manager
About the Role
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Responsible for timely assessment of quality and completeness of TMFs for an assigned portfolio of studies.
- Identify and communicate TMF risks/trends/patterns and works with key stakeholders to define and implement pragmatic remediations.
- Execute vendor oversight plan, monitors service metrics, and identifies opportunities for improvement to the operating model. Acts as point of escalation for issues.
- Serve as Subject Matter Expert on TMF training materials, formal and informal processes and tracking tools for TMF oversight activities in collaboration with CDM Process team and other key stakeholders.
- Provide Audit/Inspection readiness support by driving TMF quality reviews in preparation for audits/inspections, contributes to root cause analysis identification and creation/delivery of CAPAs.
- Identify and implement improvements to document management processes to improve quality of TMFs. May act as business lead for innovation projects to enhance TMF quality assessment.
- Support the forecasting and tracking of TMF Quality Review resource needs including proactive identification of resources to support TMF Quality Review activities for high-risk and priority projects.
- Support definition and refinement of TMF management strategy for assigned portfolio of studies. Ensures clear expectations for TMF set up and maintenance, including contractual agreement with third parties, for outsourced studies.
Minimum requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and relevant industry experience
- Minimum of 5 years working in clinical research and development in the pharmaceutical industry (and/or Contract Research Organisations) with specific experience in clinical documentation and/or records & information management.
- Demonstrated success in planning and executing cross functional projects.
- Strong influencing and presentation skills. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- High organisational awareness, including experience working in multi-disciplinary teams, across cultures and geographies.
- Good negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills; experience establishing trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
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