Cd&o Country Liaison

The Clinical Development & Operations Country Liaison (CD&O CL) is a position in a country within a R/OPU (Regional/Operating Unit) and collaborates with the Regional CTM, external and internal stakeholders to deliver on our pipeline commitments.

CD&O CL is accountable to build and maintain, from a CD&O perspective, clinical site relationships (i.e. with investigators, site staff, External Experts, Patient Organizations etc.) and internal stakeholders for global clinical development programs across different therapeutic areas,

CD&O CL is accountable for clinical development frontloading activities and site identification for a trial/program in the country in alignment to the HBPU Intent, One Medicine Vision and CD&O priorities, in collaboration with the Regional Clinical Trial Manager.
Identifies opportunities that create competitive advantage and drives clinical development excellence in the country to increase value, efficiency and speed.

Builds and enhances the image and reputation of BI with sites locally and provides an interface between the Company, the investigator and our partner CRO to create an optimal environment for our clinical trials.
Develops the clinical trial site and patient engagement strategy in the country, in full alignment with the regional CTM. Provides guidance in how to set-up patient & site engagement initiatives based on established local working guidelines with neighboring function on local, regional and global level

**Tasks & responsibilities**
- Ensures speed and value in the delivery of clinical trials management through patient and site engagement activities liaising with Regional CTM and other functions (e.g., Medical Affairs, Market Access, PAR).
- Collects country inputs to contribute to the Regional Input Process; collects feedback from External Experts (EE) and Patient Organizations (POs) in collaboration with other functions, if applicable.
- Accountable for the country feasibility by providing strategic input, interact with internal and external stakeholders.
- Responsible for site identification during site feasibility in alignment with the CRO and Regional CTM
- Responsible for frontloading of trial set up activities (i.e., site mapping, early contact with sites, contracts preliminary negotiation etc.) where possible at the R/OPU level to increase efficiency and speed.
- Provide advice on suitability of trial level patient facing documents based on Country requirements in close collaboration with relevant internal and external stakeholders, ensuring legal & compliance checks when needed.
- Collects, liaising with Regional CTM, patient and site insights to contribute to improving trial design with a focus on patient value, as applicable.
- Responsible for the local Therapeutic Areas landscape and contributes to site mapping and identification.
- Contributes to increase awareness of BI’s clinical development program(s).
- Support, if needed, local issue resolution in collaboration with the CRO and in alignment with the Regional CTM.

Management and Relationship Responsibilities
- Builds and maintains, from a CD&O perspective, engagement with internal stakeholders, Investigators, other site staff, and relevant Third Parties to ensure speed and value in the delivery and execution of clinical trials in assigned country/ies.
- Actively participate in the CD&O community with a special focus on participating in the Site& Patient Engagement network, to actively contribute to functional excellence.
- Use multiple technologies to foster, maintain and enhanced open communication
- Proactively communicate with the regional CTM, Local Head CD&O, internal stakeholders

**Requirements**:

- University degree qualified and/or comparable professional education with at least 5 years’ experience in the area of clinical trials.
- Long-standing working experience in international context and cross functional project work.
- Strong clinical trial management experience with emphasis on team work to ensure collaboration in stakeholders management
- Experience in Therapeutic Areas relevant in BI pipeline is desirable
- Understanding of local/regional major regulations including the local rules and regulations of engaging with patients and HCPs (compliance framework).
- Familiarity with guidelines and standard of care is desirable
- Experienced in working with CROs and POs is desirable
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships of mutual value
- Excellent influencing and communication skills

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