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As a CRMA - provides clinical, strategical and tactical leadership to support GDD trials and clinical development plans with a medical / clinical accountability and direct impact on the efficiency of clinical trial conduct.As a Cluster Head – provides leadership to CRMAs in a country cluster. Sets consistent performance standards, drives efficiency and oversee tactical and strategic implementation of clinical development objectives and priorities.

Manages and provides leadership to Clinical Operations Staff, including the supervision of moresenior level clinical operations management positions in the assigned Business Unit and region.Analyzes resourcing capacity and ensures a consistent quality of services and balanced workteam. Assures clinical operations delivery, manages escalated project and site related matters todrive follow-up action plans and improve departmental procedures. Liaise with otherdepartments and business units to establish harmonized clinical operations practices, processesand tools. Participates in the financial review of project status and drives project financialperformance, particularly as related to clinical operations services.

Provides management oversight and direct supervision to Clinical Operations staff in the assigned area. Provides training, consultation and oversees quality related for operating activities of assigned staff to ensure project deliverables are met. Identifies resourcing availability and allocates staff to ensure consistent quality and delivery of services. May liaise with other departments or business units to optimize resource utilization.Syneos Health™ is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization. Our company,including a Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Commercial Organization (CCO), ispurpose-built to accelerate customer performance to address modern market realities. Createdthrough the merger of two industry leading companies — INC Research and inVentiv Health — webring together more than 21,000 clinical and commercial minds with the ability to supportcustomers in more than 110 countries. Together we share insights, use the latest technologies andapply advanced business practices to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies topatients. In short, we are shortening the distance from lab to life™.

- Additional responsibility for Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary taken over during restructuring period

- Managing the insourced and permanent Monitors working in Poland and the Baltic Countries (up to 15 reporting staff)- Performing co-monitoring visits, help with preparation of audits/inspections- Forecasting of mandays, planning the headcount in 4 countries, working in close co -operation with CROs providing contractors for MerckSerono trials in Poland and Baltics- Responsibility for new staff hiring, training, and introducing to procedures and projects- Providing input to Clinical Trial Lead and Clinical Monitoring Lead on local regulations and feasibility concerns in involved countries- Building up relationships to new investigators (in new TAs: neurology, rheumatology)- Co-operating with Biotechnology Business Units at Merck Sp. z o.o. (oncology, neurology, fertility) and with local affiliates in Baltics countries

- Responsibility for local Clinical Development Unit budget; planning and controlling expenses along with reimbursement of local R&D costs- Building stable and reliable team performing key Merck trials within oncology area in Poland by proper recruitment, training, giving feedback and support- Planning and distributing task packages among local Development staff- Goals setting and performance review - Acting as the local study manager for several studies- Building up relationships to investigators in oncology area- Maintaining close co-operation with Business Unit Oncology

Long experience of diversified monitoring activity in more than 20 Polish sites, in several studies (mostly CV, and 1 oncology TA). Major tasks were connected with implementing procedures, conducting feasibility, start up, monitoring, close out and auditing activities. Also fully responsible for financial, regulatory and safety matters. In between - training several professionals who continue their successful career in the industry.