Avril Fordham Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

• Lead the development Clinical Operations departmental strategy in alignment with organization's strategy.• Portfolio Lead for a Priority Program with multiple large/complex clinical operations projects/ studies across different stages. Providing program level operational oversight to ensure effective execution of the clinical trials on time, with high quality and within agreed budget. Including resource management.• Core member representing Clinical Operations expertise on the Global Compound Governance Team and Clinical sub-Team meetings.• Oversee/ drive process and systems to ensure efficient/ effective and consistent resource planning & tracking, strategic vendor management, site management, recruitment of right patients and other clinical operations activities, in line with strategic priorities of the department.• Provide operational expertise and strategic input to the development of Clinical Development Plans (CDP).• Lead and successfully delivered Trial Virtualization / Decentralize Trials (DCT) Project to implement DCT strategies within Clinical Studies.• Establish and maintain relationships with stakeholders, especially at senior leadership level, to influence and drive results.• Builds partnership with senior leaders within the organization and external community, tracking best practices in Clinical Trial Management and advising teams in this regard.• Builds collaborative partnerships across functions, external partners and at the senior leadership levels.• Acts as a role model for strong people management skills and coaches direct/ indirect teams in this area.• Anticipates future skill needs, institutes systems and processes to enable learning and create a culture of learning in the department/ function.• Line management responsibilities (UK and USA) contributing to individual and team development through training initiatives and team building activities.Responsible for Department recruitment

London, England, United Kingdom

• Alliance Manager for a key partnership and priority program• Co-Chair Alliance Joint Development Committee• Develop detailed plans for implementing the Alliance, including timelines and actions for all parties involved.• Work with the Clinical Leadership team, Business Development and Legal to negotiate contracts with partners and formalize agreements.• Establish and maintain relationships with partners to strengthen the relationship and develop new ones.• Ensure Internal team understand the partners ship and provide guidance on communication and development plans.• Ensure the partnership Agreement is followed to compliance and legal requirements.• Monitor the progress of the Alliance to ensure goals are met and obstacles addressed.

London, United Kingdom

Provide operational expertise and strategic inprut to the development of Clinical Development Plans (CDP) supporting the overall clinical strategy for one or more clinical programs, which may include highly complex, high-risk, and/or high-priority programs.• Develop and lead the program-level operational strategy and planning on assigned programs in close collaboration with our strategic partners and other vendors.• Provide program-level sponsor’s operational oversight of our strategic partners and other vendors to ensure the effective execution of the clinical studies on time, with high quality and within agreed budget.• Represent Clinical Operations at the Global Program Team (GPT) and Clinical Sub Team (CST) accountable for the development and execution of the CDP.• Take on functional leadership responsibilities, including line management (US and UK) and process improvement.• Develop and lead the early or late phase clinical program operational strategy and planning on assigned clinical programs in close collaboration with the Clinical Operation Leads (COLs), our strategic partners, other CROs, other vendors, and with the CST.• Collaborate with COLs and cross-functional counterparts to oversee the performance for all activities assigned to our strategic partners/other CROs/other vendors, including escalation of issues to governance committees and to senior management when warranted.• Responsible for clinical program budget planning and accountable for external spend related to clinical program execution. Works closely with COLs, Global Program Management (GPM), Outsourcing Management, and Finance to ensure on a regular basis that budgets and enrolment are accurate.

London, England, United Kingdom