Clinical Trial Liaison

Worldwide Clinical Trials•Chicago, IL

About The Position

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

Requirements

A doctoral degree is required, or alternatively, a candidate may possess a bachelor's/master's degree accompanied by experience as an advanced practice provider, such as a Physician’s Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, or another licensed healthcare provider.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical research in academia, Pharma, Biotech or CRO, including background in operational aspects of clinical research.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the therapeutic area/indication assigned.
Demonstrated experience of working directly with clinical sites and investigators.
Demonstrated customer service and relationship building skills with clinical sites (on site and remote).

Nice To Haves

Excellent networking skills to represent Worldwide 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.

Responsibilities

Establish 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 those related to patient recruitment and retention.
Have clinical and scientific discussions with investigators to ensure overall quality of study endpoints, including but not limited to understanding of clinical protocols, study feasibility, and enrolment and retention of appropriate trial participants.
Convey KOL and site staff feedback and insight 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.
Work 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.
Serve as an alternative contact point for site issue escalations outside the scope of the CRA for internal and external team members as well as to advance Worldwide’s visibility as industry leading in their given therapeutic area.
Assist in the identification of possible new sites and upskilling for trial participation as needed.
Support business development activities through engagement with existing and prospective clients.
Provide scientific and operational input on proposals in development; attend and present at bid defense meetings.
Provide scientific and operational input into protocol development and review, as applicable.
Plan and conduct internal training to facilitate protocol understanding in assigned therapeutic area.
Represent Worldwide Clinical Trials at relevant industry conferences and scientific meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned.