Global Clinical Vendor Manager- Vaccines

• Job title: Clinical Vendor Manager
• Location: Budapest, Hungary
• Flexible working: 60% home, 40% office
• Job type: Permanent, full-time
  

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We're also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Join our global Clinical Sciences and Operation (CSO)'s Trial Operation function as a Vendor Manager for the Vaccines Global Business Unit (GBU) and you'll have a key operational role supporting GSMs serving as a key point of contact to support initiation/start-up activities with our key vendors. The role will be a critical member working closely with our strategic vendors from start-up, throughout the entire lifecycle of the clinical trial to close-out. The Vendor Manager will be the first line of contact for all study matters including vendor escalation and troubleshooting to resolve technical and operational challenges while closely monitoring timelines with the GSMs.

Main responsibilities:

• Serve as Technical expert to Trial Operations for Full Study Outsourcing (FSO) vendor selection, budget and timeline estimates supporting
• First line of contact for all vendor escalation matters working closely with GSMs at main sites
• Support translation of the protocol requirements into vendor technical specifications; liaise / initiate with procurement the vendor proposal, budget and contract and provide recommendations to finalize vendor selection
• Evaluate vendor compliance, manage budget revisions throughout study
• Serve as escalation point of contact for vendor issues escalation. Track corrective actions in relation to issues and audit findings
• Provide analysis and reporting of cross-project trends, issues and risks
• Propose solutions to enhance and optimize the operating models and/or processes with the vendors
• Assess improvements opportunities transversally
• Design, maintain, improve and deploy FSO documentation packages and ways of working
• Measure progress made against projects, services to reach study and global service goals
• Coordinate the operational aspects of the contracting process to ensure contracts for all activities outsourced (FSO
• Collaboration with various functions within and outside Vaccine GBU : Trial Operations, Clinical Supply Chain, Pharmacovigilance, Legal, Procurement, and Finance
• Ensure tracking of contracts, and invoicing, statuses and budget spent relative to overall budget for each contract and project
• Initiate / Draft contracts with support from legal, clinical team and procurement and support execution on-time
• Anticipate contracting needs from start-up through life cycle management including amendments (where needed)
• Train clinical teams on FSO/PSO models and ways of working

Experience :

• 5+ years experience in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry in trial operations
• High level of clinical trials operations experience including overseeing vendors, or experience in following roles: clinical study managers, trial managers, clinical project managers, outsourcing specialists and/ or extensive procurement experience
• Associate or Global Study Managers, Trial Operations Team Leaders, Group Leaders, Study Data Managers outsourcing, finance knowledge or experience
• Knowledge of GCP - ICH guidelines

Soft Skills:

• Negotiation and ability to influencing stakeholders
• Good listening skills and understanding technical components
• Offer solutions
• Leadership skills as well demonstrating perseverance and resilience

Technical skills :

• MS Office- Excel, Word, PowerPoint & SharePoint
• Procurement e-buy, electronic purchasing or similar is desirable, but not essential as training will be provided

Education :

• Minimum BSc in Life Sciences (or equivalent)

Languages :

• Strong English skills (verbal and written), ability to exchange fluently in a global environment

• Work at the forefront of AI-driven research, smart manufacturing, and groundbreaking mRNA platforms that are redefining the future of immunology
• Help protect half a billion people every year, contributing to one of the largest global vaccination efforts in healthcare
• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team in an international work environment
• Work from an "Office of the Year 2023" award winner with flexible home office policy
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave
• An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks
• Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs)

Progress doesn't happen without people - people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let's pursue progress. And let's discover extraordinary together.

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