Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
 
Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.
 
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.
 
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
 
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. 

Job Responsibilities

Job Summary

The Manager, Business Unit Operations Management, is responsible for the management and delivery of operational activity within the assigned TBU. Provides coordination and support of processes and functions related to the delivery of a program or portfolio of clinical studies with oversight of senior team members. Provides support to senior team members for strategic and operational level planning. Supports leadership as needed to drive ‘positive change’ throughout the company through effective participation in continuous process improvement programs. May include line management responsibilities for project management staff within the BU. The position may also, as needed, manage study activity for projects ranging in size and complexity from single service studies to large full scope, and/or multiple protocol projects.

Core Responsibilities

• Supports senior team members in the implementation of global project management systems and processes to increase efficiency, as directed.
• Provides support to leadership in performance improvement, operational efficiencies, and operational excellence by identifying best practices and ideas for innovation and continuous improvement within Project Management.
• Assist in the development of contingency plans and risk mitigation strategies to ensure success of the Project Management Function.
• May assist in the development and refinement of project management processes within the Company, using established process modeling techniques.
• May provide project oversight, and ensure the project or studies are conducted to reflect the therapeutic or client specific requirements.
• May participate in corporate initiatives and/or represent Project Management in regional or business activities.
• May participate in the Project Review process.
• Within the business unit, supports staff on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities and methods.
• Assist and advise Project Sponsors, Innovation Managers, and teams to the best use of project management disciplines and approaches within a fast-paced, high tech environment.
• Act as a reference point for queries and information and an advocate for best practices in project management.
• Share lessons learned and best practices across programs, building relationships with stakeholders and brokering relationships at all levels.
• Support Change Management, including adjustments based on emerging business or technical opportunities and challenges.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in the life sciences, nursing degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience and extensive progressive management experience preferably in a worldwide clinical research, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology company.
• Preferably 3-5 years of experience managing projects or progressive management experience.
• Comprehensive management skills and experience, including but not limited to short and long-term planning, evaluation, directing and motivating staff, marketing and financial management.
• Thorough knowledge of FDA regulations, drug development, and clinical project management procedures is necessary.
• Strong ability to manage time and work independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal skills, both written and spoken, with an ability to inform, influence, convinces, and persuade.
• High proficiency with full MS Office Applications, including MS Project.
• Direct therapeutic area expertise is preferred.
• Ability to travel as necessary (approximately 25%).

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

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Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description.  The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.  Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.