Job Title: Clinical Trial Liaison

Job Description

The Clinical Trial Liaison will serve as a Strategic Site Relationship Manager, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with clinical investigators and site staff within their therapeutic areas of expertise. This role will provide insights to internal teams and sponsors, focusing on successful trial execution. The Clinical Trial Liaison will assist with the overall remit for Scientific Solutions, ensuring quality endpoints are achieved through optimal site selection and assisting sites with understanding protocols and enrolling proper trial participants.

ResponsibilitiesMust have Depression experienceEstablish and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, sites, and their staff.Conduct targeted conversations with the investigators and site staff regarding operational challenges, including but not limited to patient recruitment and retention.Engage in clinical and scientific discussions with investigators to ensure the overall quality of study endpoints, including understanding clinical protocols, study feasibility, and enrolment and retention of appropriate trial participants.Convey key opinion leader and site staff feedback and insights to internal and external teams.Support and guide project teams with site identification and selection based on knowledge of site capabilities and anticipated protocol challenges.Support project teams regarding site performance issues, working closely with internal study teams and sites to foresee and proactively manage study site issues as they occur to maintain study timelines and quality.Initiate, recommend, and communicate corrective actions as needed.Essential SkillsExcellent networking skills to represent the organization with key local stakeholders.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to interact with physicians and all levels of internal and external management.Excellent negotiation, influencing, and problem-solving skills.Self-motivated with proactive issue monitoring and management, including risk assessment and contingency planning.Possess a combination of critical thinking and operational expertise and efficiency.Additional Skills & QualificationsA doctoral degree (M.D., PharmD, or PhD) is required.Minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical research in Pharma, Biotech, or CRO, including background in operational aspects of clinical research.CRO experience is strongly preferred.Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Psychiatry.Work Environment

This is a 100% home-based position with 70% travel to clinical research sites.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $85.00 - $95.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 7, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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