Specialist or Senior Specialist

IQVIA currently offers the exciting opportunity as experienced Study Start-Up Specialist / Site Activation Specialist (m/w/d) to work in the Country Site Activation Department in our Vienna office or in home office throughout Austria.

In this role you will perform tasks at a country level associated with clinical research site activation activities in accordance with applicable local and/or international regulations, standard operating procedures, project requirements and contractual/budgetary guidelines.

You will be specializing in the field of
_regulatory submissions for clinical trials in Switzerland_.

Your responsibilities might include:

- Serve as Single Point of Contact in assigned studies for investigative sites, RSU Team Lead, Clinical Operations, Feasibility, Site Identification, Project Management and the client.
- Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, quality of designated deliverables and to project timelines.
- Perform Regulatory, Start-up and Maintenance activities according to applicable regulations, SOPs and work instructions.
- Complete and submit approval request documents to Local Regulatory and Ethical Committees. Ensure regulatory documents and approvals are granted, IP Release authorized and specific project deliverables are completed.
- Review, track and follow up the progress, the approval and execution of documents, including contracts, regulatory, ethics ICF and IP Release documents, in line with project timelines.
- Ensure accurate completion and maintenance of internal systems, databases and tracking tools with project specific information.
- Review, establish and agree on project planning and project timelines. Ensure overall project efficiency and adherence to project timelines. Ensure monitoring measures are in place and implement contingency plan as needed.
- Review and provide feedback to management on site performance metrics.

Qualifications:

- University Degree in life science or other scientific discipline or apprenticeship in health care or as legal secretary / paralegal.
- Minimum of 3 years of clinical research experience, preferable in study start-up, alternatively an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in the regulatory submissions process in Switzerland.
- Knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements i.e., Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines.
- Fluent language skills (on at least C1 level) in one of the following languages is a must: German, French, Italian; also a good command of English.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to work on multiple tasks and prioritize.

What you can expect:

- Supportive leaders, mentors and teams.
- Resources that promote your career growth.
- Dynamic work environments that expose you to new experiences.
- Home-office for some days per week.
- Competitive salary, bonus system and more.
- Monthly gross salary: starting at 3.700 EUR basic - an overpay according to skills and working experience is possible.

Whatever your career goals, we are here to ensure you get there

We invite you to join IQVIA.

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