Feasibility Strategist [Remote]

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At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our best-in-class global feasibility group as a Feasibility Strategist, which is a senior level position within the Feasibility department, which analyzes data to develop site and patient strategies for client proposals. Our Strategists are usually therapeutically aligned which promotes expertise in critical indications and patient pathways.

This role sources and analyzes data to develop site and patient strategies for proposals and post-award feasibility offerings. He/she will manage assigned feasibility offerings, including pre-award efforts and post-award Trial Optimization and/or Site ID assessments, from the Request for Proposal stage through to the end of the feasibility assessment, delivering accurate and robust data-driven strategies to drive a successful study endpoint.

The ideal candidate will enjoy developing and building strong relationships with internal and external customers at all levels, ensuring clear channels of communication. Specific responsibilities include:

• Develops and builds strong relations with all internal and external customers, ensuring clear communication channels are always maintained.
• Develops and presents strategies to clients using modeling tools that mine and aggregate data sources and enable simulations and predictive capabilities
• These tools include previous historical data from PPD trials in similar therapeutic indications, landscape data, patient populations, past enrollment rates and regulatory intelligence
• Transitions pre-award knowledge and finalizes feasibility offerings by confirming or revising the site and patient strategy through discussions with the client, overseeing creation of the optimal site profile and creating the site assessment surveys. 
• Leads awarded feasibility offerings by confirming or revising the site and patient strategy and scope of work through discussions with the client and cross functional team members, overseeing creation of the optimal site profile, creating site assessment surveys, reviewing data from sites, determining parameters for tiering sites and providing PSV recommendations.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous clinical research experience, including background with feasibility, which provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years' experience).
• In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical reasoning and problem-solving ability.
• Ability to multi-task, work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, exercise sound judgement and escalate issues when necessary
• Excellent independent judgment and decision-making skills
• Adept at analyzing data to form independent decisions
• Effective time management skills as demonstrated through management of multiple projects and staff
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills and strong presentation skills
• Capable of motivating others to define and reach team objectives
• Proven ability to make tough decisions under pressure, at times without all desired information
• Excellent interpersonal, problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Good leadership skills including experience leading a global and/or cross-functional team
• Strong understanding of budgeting and forecasting
• Strong computer skills

PPD values the health and well-being of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours. 
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and managing multiple projects or activities. 
• May require travel as needed (0-25%)

Location: Remote US (east coast preference). Relocation assistance is NOT provided.  

*Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

The annual salary range estimated for this position in North Carolina is $105,000 - $142,000 USD. This position will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. Actual compensation will be confirmed in writing at the time of offer.