Site Engagement Associate Director

GSK•Philadelphia, PA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Through leadership, the Site Engagement Associate Director is accountable for developing, managing, and overseeing long-term and strong relationships with strategically and operationally important sites and institutions. It includes building and enhancing the image and reputation of GSK with sites locally and providing an interface between GSK and the sites to create an optimal clinical trials environment to generate results in a timely manner with high quality outputs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related discipline, preferably in life science, or equivalent experience
Minimum 5 years’ experience in clinical research operations

Nice To Haves

Good knowledge of the Drug Development Process.
Excellent understanding of the Clinical Study Process including monitoring.
Demonstrated track record of establishing and growing partnerships with strategic sites/ institutions.
Strong client relationship and stakeholder management abilities.
Solid knowledge of and enthusiasm for digital solutions and technology.
Experience in designing, creating, and developing new and innovative projects is required to prove the ability to build from nothing and to be creative
Ability to anticipate the evolution of clinical research and to propose strategic plans

Responsibilities

Conduct strategic environmental surveillance of the United States to anticipate regulatory and operational changes affecting sites and R&D and use those insights to design innovative, efficient partnerships.
Provide insight to leadership on site landscape trends, operational risks, and emerging engagement models.
Lead the development and expansion of a US site network spanning academic centers, community practices, and emerging site model (hybrid networks, DCT enabled sites.
Enhance collaboration between sites and GSK clinical teams to improve performance and resolve obstacles during site start ‑ up and study execution.
Create and implement strategic partnership models and frameworks for strategic clinical sites.
Build and nurture relationships with community sites, engaging local investigators and staff to expand the GSK partnership network
Give an operational vision of the future GSK portfolio (collaborating with local MA) to key external stakeholders in order to anticipate partnerships and to help them to better prepare the arrival of clinical trials
Provide strategic input for operational excellence, process efficiency and trial delivery both internally and externally
Identify and disseminate best practices and contribute to standardization across local operations
Track compliance with site partnership agreements, pinpoint problem areas, and take corrective actions to ensure successful outcomes.
Collaborate, communicate, and resolve key operational issues with external site partners
Drive performance, by putting in place mutually agreed KPIs (quality and performance) and organizing periodic review with the different external partners
Provide feedback to Leadership, Local Medical Affairs, LOC regarding the development of new partnerships and updates on existing ones
Responsible for standardizing processes, identifying and sharing best practices at internal cross functional process improvement teams
Champion patient centric solutions and representative strategies tailored to U.S. oncology populations
Collaborate with Feasibility, Clinical Operations, and Medical Affairs to drive optimal site placement and study performance
Partner with cross functional teams to optimize site activation timelines (regulatory packets, budgets/CTAs, onboarding, training).
Identify bottlenecks at both the study and site level and implement targeted solutions to reduce cycle times
Drive adoption of digital and centralized solutions (e.g., eReg, remote SIVs, EMR- based identification)
Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with investigators, research coordinators, and site leadership
Participate in site visits to deliver targeted operational support and address site-specific challenges.
Serve as an escalation point for site performance issues and proactively implement site specific action plans
Consider and develop unique site models, further enhancing portfolio of sites to include in studies