CRA Manager

Placering
Copenhagen
Job Description

CRA Manager with a Passion for People Management and Clinical Trials Excellence

Clinical trials are fundamental to our business, and ensuring robust oversight and monitoring of these trials is essential. As CRA Manager, you will play a crucial role in upholding the high standards of our company in conducting clinical trials.

Working under the supervision of the Head, Site Management and Monitoring, the CRA Manager will be responsible for directly managing a team of 6-14 CRAs. Key responsibilities include efficient allocation of resources and ensuring outstanding performance in trials and at sites, while strictly adhering to local regulations, company SOPs, and ICH GCP.

As a line manager, this role is critical in continuously developing and nurturing talent within the organization. The ideal candidate will possess strong mentoring skills, exhibit a natural ability to lead and inspire others in addition to serving as a role model, consistently demonstrating integrity, accountability, and professionalism.

As a CRA Manager, you will work at country level, ensuring alignment and development of country-specific capabilities through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. You will serve as the Country Point of Contact and represent our department in the Danish Extended Leadership Team.

Additionally, as member of our Nordic Baltic Leadership Team, you will actively contribute to the implementation of our overall strategy, driving our continued success, and ensuring the fulfillment of our commitments.

About you
We are seeking a new colleague who brings a positive and systematic approach to their professional environment. Additionally, having strong data literacy skills will be a significant advantage in this role.

In addition, we require a leader who embraces a strong growth mindset, is comfortable assuming the role of a mentor and possess a genuine curiosity for new developments within the sector, as well as in related fields.

This right candidate is open for exploring and integrating innovative ideas and practices into their work, continuously seek opportunities for personal and professional growth. The candidate should be adaptable and willing to embrace change, while also encouraging and supporting team members in their growth journeys.

Furthermore, our ideal candidate should:

• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills – and high emotional intelligence
• Have expertise in core trial management systems and tools
• Have excellent working knowledge of all applicable ICH GCP regulations
• Have minimum five years of experience with clinical research and three years of experience as CRA monitoring clinical trials
• Have team leader experience or, preferably, line management experience
• Be fluent in the local language and business proficient in English
• Hold a bachelor’s degree in Science and, preferably, an advanced degree in science/biology

About us
As a workplace, our company offers an environment with a high degree of trust and opportunities to grow. We firmly believe in the ability to work as a team, and we pride ourselves in our prioritization of talent. The social and professional well-being of our employees and colleagues are of the utmost importance.

We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world. We demonstrate our commitment to patients and population health by increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs, and partnerships.

Today, we continue to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases that threaten people and animals – including cancer, cardiometabolic diseases, infectious diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, and infectious diseases including HIV and Ebola. Our purpose is to save and improve lives for generations.

Our strategy is simple: We follow the science. The path to discovery is often unclear, but we are tireless in seeking solutions for some of the world’s most difficult health challenges.

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Job Posting End Date:05/13/2024

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Requisition ID:R290538