Senior Regional Clinical Study Manager

BeiGene, Ltd. has proposed to change its name to BeOne Medicines Ltd. The new name is subject to shareholder approval and, once approved, use of the name will be phased in over 2025. There may be instances where “BeiGene” or “BeOne” are used to describe the company during this transition period. BeOne continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

• Accountable for regional study delivery with appropriate inspection readiness quality within agreed timelines and budget
• Acts as regional lead for multiple studies across an indication or across a program as required
• Leads the regional clinical operations team (including external partners working on a regional level) and acts as the point of escalation for the resolution of issues within the region for the assigned study
• Ensures alignment of regional deliverables with overall study goals
• Contributes to the development of regional tools and leads to the development of work instructions and SOPs as required

Essential Functions of the job:

Regional Leadership

• Leads the regional clinical operations team effectively, ensures effective decision-making making and acts as a point of escalation for the resolution of issues within the region for the assigned study
• Leads external vendors involved in study delivery on a regional level
• Collaborates with key stakeholders in the region and provides regular updates on study progress in the region to senior management and Global Clinical Study Manager as required
• Represents the regional study team at internal meetings and at the cross-functional Clinical Study Team (CST) meetings
• Leads regional operations meetings with all regional study team members
• Displays therapeutic area knowledge and expertise

Timelines, Planning and Execution

• Leads planning and management of the assigned clinical study(ies) from feasibility through closeout activities for the region, in line with global study timelines
• Generates, manages, and maintains high-quality study start-up and recruitment timelines for region and tracks progress towards these
• Ensures that clinical study is operationally feasible in the region, drives trial feasibility, country allocation and site selection process for assigned region in collaboration with feasibility managers, country heads, medical affairs and any other stakeholders
• Provides regional input on global study plans as required
• Ensures timely availability of local adaptations of global study documents, such as informed consent forms, in close collaboration with other key stakeholders to ensure timely submission to regulatory authorities and ECs/IRBs
• Accountable for submissions of study in countries in assigned regions in close collaboration with regional study start-up team and regulatory affairs
• Ensures regional and country information in study systems and tools is entered and up to date
• Collaborates closely with CRAs in the region to ensure proper study execution at the sites. Reviews and signs-off monitoring reports
• Responsible for working with regional and country teams to ensure that country and site level Trial Master File is created, maintained and QC’d regularly as per the study TMF QC plan
• Provides input to Global Clinical Supplies regarding drug inventories in region and reviews local drug labels for region. Provides input on local regulatory approval and reimbursement status of comparator drugs used in study for countries in the region
• Manages the trial data collection process for the region, drives data entry and query resolution
• As required, supports planning and execution of the Clinical Study Report in collaboration with the Global Clinical Study Manager and Medical Writing

Quality:

• Handles escalated issues or problems with the sites in the region in close collaboration with stakeholders such as country heads
• Monitors study activities in the region to ensure compliance with the study protocol, SOPs, ICH/GCP and all other relevant regulations
• Ensures inspection readiness for study in the region at any point in time throughout the study life cycle
• Informs Global Clinical Study Manager of any issues arising from the study, evaluates the impact and ensures solutions are implemented
• Prepares sites for quality assurance audits and inspections, drives responses to audit and inspection findings as appropriate
• Collaborates with CST members and other colleagues to ensure cross-team, site learnings, and best practices are shared
• Leads improvements and partners with CST members to enhance efficiency and the quality of the work performed on assigned studies
• Leads the development, optimization, and review of work instructions and SOPs as required

Budget and Resources

• Works with the sourcing team to select and manage regional study vendors
• Manages regional study budgets
• Works closely with Clinical Business Operation on investigator fees, site payment issues and patient travel reimbursement activities
• Identifies and manages regional team resource needs and establishes contingency plans for key resources
• Monitors regional resource utilization over the study life cycle and liaises with functional managers as needed

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides performance feedback on team members as required
• Mentors junior team members and might take online management responsibilities as required

Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or healthcare discipline required*, Higher Degree preferred

*exceptions might be made for candidates with relevant clinical operations experience

Computer Skills: MS Office, Project Planning Applications

Other Qualifications:

• 7 + years of progressive experience in clinical research within biotech, pharma or CRO industry
• Proven experience in clinical research including relevant experience as team lead in clinical functions
• Experience as CRA is preferred

Travel:

Travel might be required as per business need

Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Driving Excellence, Bold Ingenuity, and Collaborative Spirit, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. BeOne does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.