Clinical Material Management Senior Manager

A Clinical Support and Material Management Senior Manager is required to join a leading global pharmaceutical business based in Cork. This is an opportunity to join a vibrant multi-cultural and multi-lingual team where you will play your part in making a difference for people the world over by supporting the business as it discovers, develops and delivers medicines that help people live longer, healthier and more active lives.

The Clinical Support and Material Management Sr. Manager will drive operational excellence related to supplies, capabilities, and foundational systems for internally and externally sponsored research. The Sr. Manager’s key accountabilities will be people leadership; portfolio delivery; compliant business processes and deliverables in support of clinical research; and driving innovation and effective ways to do work.


The role

People Leadership

• Lead, inspire and influence a team up to 50 individuals, with 6-10 direct reports.
• Ensure robust performance management, development and succession management plans are in place for each employee
• Establish organizational objectives in support of CSSP/PD strategic roadmap and put measures in place to monitor delivery both organizationally and individually
• Champion employee engagement and Diversity and Inclusion
• Foster an environment of integrated teamwork and partnership via shared learning and accountability
• Recruit,retain,anddeveloptalentbased on technicalandorganizationalneeds

• Ensure efficient and compliant processes and continuously identify and bring forth process improvement initiatives including standardization and/or re-engineering of processes and controls to speed drug development
• Analyse and translate data into insights to drive decision making
• Oversee operational delivery of Investigational Product (IP) inventory management; clinical trial capability operations (including Mobile Research Units (MRUs) and decentralized trails); Commercial Product, Ancillaries, related services, externally sponsored research, and expanded access
• Ensure master data set-up and process monitoring
• Provide appropriate oversight to ensure full compliance with GxP, corporate standards/policies/procedures, operational excellence, continuous improvement
• Lead by example in maintaining GMP/GCP compliance by following procedures applicable to clinical trial execution

• Bachelors’ Degree, preferably in health care or sciences related field
• 6-8 years’ relevant work experience
• Strong experience managing people and teams
• Supply chain experience gained within the pharmaceutical industry sector
• Knowledge of clinical trial material requirements including GCP and GMP requirements
• Fluent in English and advanced communication skills
• Ability to work independently and within a global multi-cultural team environment