Director, Clinical Operations Lead

A career at our company is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 58,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others. United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe. **Your Role**: The Clinical Operations Lead is a global role within Global Development Operations (GDO). As a leader you will provide operational oversight, leadership and strategic input for the planning and execution of clinical program(s). In close partnership with cross-functional teams you will lead the clinical program, from First-in-human (FiH) to the final launch of the asset. You will drive faster, cost efficient, patient-centric trials that follow benchmarked industry standards that utilize "state-of-the-art" clinical project management methodologies aligned to global drug development processes. You are accountable for the successful preparation and presentation of operational content at key governance discussions (DCS, FiH, dPoC), ensuring critical operational input is provided to drive comprehensive, strategic and thoughtful discussions for assigned program(s). You will represent GDO within the Global Program Teams (GPT) and serve as GDO's key contact for the program. In addition, you will contribute to creating a culture to attract, retain and develop talent and you will actively engage with executives within Merck and across the industry to share best practices **Who you are**: - At least 10-12 years of direct experience with independently leading and managing global clinical trial program(s) in the Pharmaceutical industry plus 3-5 years in a senior leadership position directing the operations of a large-scale global team and developing and mentoring junior colleagues - Understanding of Oncology or Neurodegenerative Diseases or Immunology TA as assigned depending on the assigned program preferred - Requires extensive to leading project management experience in potentially diverse project settings. Also requires (considerably) deep and broad expertise combined with in-depth knowledge of competitors as well as challenges and developments in the industry to achieve objectives and to identify business opportunities - Strong leadership competencies and influencing skills with senior leaders and cross functional leaders - Effective oral and written communication skills to influence, inform and guide a large scale global operational team - Broad clinical operations experience and strong project management skills - Proven teambuilding skills and ability to foster partnerships across projects and multidisciplinary teams - Comprehensive expertise in drug development, including profound knowledge of interfaces and interdependencies of clinical development with other functions (e.g. nonclinical & pharmaceutical development, regulatory, commercial/ marketing) **What we offer**:With us, there are always opportunities to break new ground. We empower you to fulfil your ambitions, and our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons. We trust you with responsibility early on and support you to draw your own career map that is responsive to your aspirations and priorities in life. Join us and bring your curiosity to life Job Requisition ID: 242640 Location: Eysins Career Level: E - Professional (10+ years) Working time model: **Careers during Covid-19** Thank you for visiting our careers website, we are always looking for curious minds to join our teams. We understand how much the world is being impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and we want to assure you that your safety is very important to us. To ensure that everyone's health is protected, instead of a standard face-to-face interview, it is likely that you will be offered alternative digital interview options. US employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to your start date unless an accommodation is granted by the Company. The Company uses the definition of "fully vaccinated" assigned by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention for purposes of considering satisfaction of this requirement which is a condition of employment. **North America Disclosure** **Notice on Fraudulent Job Offers** Unfortunately, we are aware of third parties that pretend to represent our company offering unauthorized employment