Clinical Operations Planner - Chennai, India - Pfizer
Description
ROLE SUMMARY
A regional or country level business lead for one/many of the key systems (namely Planisware & SalesForce)
used by Global Study and Site Operations (GSSO) during the lifecycle of Pfizer clinical trials.
Derives as well as executes the strategy/tactics required for the consistent use of key systems in support of specific
regions or countries by CRO partners, Pfizer business lines and GSSO in-country teams with the goal of:
- Executing country start up with industry leading speed while maintaining quality
- Provide and support incountry managers with the use of a resource management capability to predictably
Provides business as well as technical expertise to GSSO regional and country aligned teams (plus CRO partners), for
the creation and maintenance of a set of robust planning templates (country/site level) that are:
- Accurate predictors for delivery of key start-up tasks and milestones.
- Reflect current best practice.
- SOP aligned.
- Incorporate institutional knowledge in near realtime of working in countries/regions.
- Demonstrate risks and mitigations.
- Enable work to be predictably forecast and proactively allocated within a country/region.
platform and support structure for GSSO regional or country aligned teams (plus other key stakeholders), this enables
monitoring of all aspects of upcoming/current work.
A multi-talented individual who has a keen business understanding of site and country study start-up that marries
with excellent technical acumen of project management and workflow tools. Has the ability to provide the
knowledge and communicative bridge between digital/IT teams and in-country GSSO teams to deliver innovative
solutions to evolving business needs.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Is a member of the Operations Planning team that provides GSSO business support for Planisware and/or SalesForce used as Pfizer clinical study startup technologies
- Responsible for representing the business needs of GSSO incountry teams and stakeholders, in the creation/maintenance of a best in class technological back bone for the Pfizer clinical study startup process
- Consultant to GSSO incountry teams for clinical study startup technologies that provide planning and resource management capability
- Derive maximal utility of the clinical startup technology ecosystem by incountry teams to achieve aligned multifunctional planning and break through startup cycle times
- Partners with assigned stakeholders (Pfizer business, CROs, third party study vendors & software providers) to meet evolving business requirements of startup systems
- Key contributor in the provision of an access, training and support infrastructure for clinical study startup technology users with a focus on those that are regionally or country aligned
- Provides oversight of assigned CROs for compliance, status and performance aspects of use of Planisware and/or SalesForce
- Acts as SME and administrator within the SalesForce and/or Planisware systems and in conjunction with Pfizer Digital maintain their business integrity
- In partnership with assigned business stakeholders build, maintain and update designated planning template libraries within Planisware
- Be a key part of a continuous improvement culture ensuring consultancy services provided on clinical study startup technologies represents current best practice, intelligence and process standards
- Monitors and acts on KPI measures to actively enforce compliance with key business rules for the use of clinical study startup technologies for assigned regions and countries
- Supports the build and provision of a creative business analytics reporting environment covering startup compliance, status and performance as well as associated KPIs
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Degree qualification (BSc/BS and/or MSc/MS/MBA) with all of the following:
- Minimum of 3 years' clinical research working experience at a clinical research site, Contract Research Organization, software / technology / service provider or sponsor.
- Minimum of 2 years moderate working experience in either Plansiware or Oracle (goBalto) or a similar project management / planning / workflow system used to support the startup of clinical studies.
- Excellent knowledge of ICH-GCP and how it applies to the quality of clinical studies
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Broadbased experience in clinical research that includes expertise in clinical study startup
- Subject matter expert for Oracle ACTIVATE or Planisware or a similar project management / planning / workflow system used to support clinical studies
- Demonstrated technical acumen in the creation/use of business analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and dashboards to monitor, assess as well as inform the planning / execution of clinical studies
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