Regulatory and Start Up Specialist - Portugal

Job Overview
Perform tasks at a country level associated with Site Activation (SA) activities in accordance with applicable local and/or international regulations, standard operating procedures (SOPs), project requirements and contractual/budgetary guidelines. May also include maintenance activities.

Opportunity within FSP for a Regulatory and Start Up Specialist in Portugal with experience in EC / RA submissions and someone who possess strong understanding of local regulatory requirements. Language requirements are fluency in Portuguese.

Essential Functions

• Under general supervision, serve as Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in assigned studies for investigative sites, Site Activation Manager (SAM), Project Management team, and other departments as necessary.

• Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), Work Instructions (WIs), quality of designated deliverables and project timelines.

• Perform start up and site activation activities according to applicable regulations, SOPs and work instructions.

• Distribute completed documents to sites and internal project team members.

• Prepare site regulatory documents, reviewing for completeness and accuracy.

• Ensure accurate completion and maintenance of internal systems, databases and tracking tools with project specific information.

• Review and provide feedback to management on site performance metrics.

• Review, establish and agree on project planning and project timelines.

• Ensure monitoring measures are in place and implement contingency plan as needed.

• Inform team members of completion of regulatory and contractual documents for individual sites.

• Review, track and follow up the progress, the approval and execution of documents, regulatory, ethics, Informed Consent Form (ICF), and Investigator Pack (IP) release documents, in line with project timelines.

• Provide local expertise to SAMs and project team during initial and on-going project timeline planning.

• Perform quality control of documents provided by sites.

• May have direct contact with sponsors on specific initiatives.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in life sciences or a related field and 3 years’ clinical research or other relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• In-depth knowledge of clinical systems, procedures, and corporate standards.

• Knowledge and ability to apply GCP/ICH and applicable regulatory guidelines.

• Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements, including local regulations, , SOPs and company’s Corporate Standards.

• Understanding of regulated clinical trial environment and knowledge of drug development process.

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