Associate / Sr. Associate/Manager– CTRS -, Cork

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Purpose The Clinical Central Services and Innovation (CCSI) organisation orchestrates solutions that strategically enhance clinical research awareness and accessibility while increasing diversity, reducing burden, and speeding trial execution. This group partners across functions within Clinical Design, Delivery and Analytics (CDDA) and Product Research and Development (PRD) to influence trial design and operationalise innovation solutions to support the execution of clinical trials globally for all business units across all phases of development.

Primary Responsibilities

Drive implementation capability processes from trial start‑up to close‑out within clinical programs to increase accessibility of clinical trial participants globally.

Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand clinical program timelines, objectives, and requirements to develop, align and complete implementation strategies to meet/exceed goals.

Develop operational plans to document roles, responsibilities, and expectations across Lilly and the selected vendor(s).

Oversee and run vendor performance on a trial, including TPO qualification process, selection, and oversight.

Lead and resolve issues in a timely manner. Monitor and track trends to influence and drive solutions and/or process improvements.

Demonstrate excellent project management skills to manage implementation deliverables and ensure ongoing communication with cross‑functional business partners.

Track and collate data related to the delivery and implementation of the CCSI strategy, including elements related to budgets, vendor management and/or technology platforms to support reporting and metrics.

Continuously maintain a state of inspection readiness. Participate and perform duties required for internal and external inspections as well as supporting institutions/investigators and alternative site locations in inspection readiness initiatives.

Contribute to an Inclusive and Innovative Culture

Partner and/or strengthen relationships across business partners and vendors to identify and communicate best practices and share learnings.

Collaborate with study teams, research personnel and TPOs to enhance the experience of our study participants and enable optimised strategy delivery.

Develop and evolve both internal and external knowledge and understanding of the clinical development landscape and clinical trial process to support the overarching strategy.

Support Continuous Improvement

Continually seek and drive process improvement or process automation opportunities to reduce cycle time and decrease work effort.

Embrace and support quality improvement initiatives.

Support the development of training materials, job aids and resources for areas of focus.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 1‑3 years of experience in project management, clinical drug development or a health‑care related field.

Clinical trial knowledge and/or experience and an understanding of drug development.

Demonstrated high‑level end‑user computer skills (e.g., word processing, tables and graphics, spreadsheets, presentation, and templates).

Experience in project management, preferably leading a cross‑functional team.

Other Information / Additional Preferences

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Demonstrated strength to build effective networks across functions, organisations, job levels and geographies.

Strong networking, interpersonal and relationship skills with demonstrated ability to work in teams, across organisational boundaries and achieve results through others.

Demonstrated ability to manage complex situations through problem‑solving, critical thinking and navigating ambiguity.

Experience in leadership and organisational change management influence at all levels

Ability to multitask and prioritise.

Experience in vendor management

Demonstrated experience in data analysis and interpretation.

Flexibility (start/finish time daily)

Open to potential evening shift work (Mon‑Fri only)

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