Study Design Lead

Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science, data, technology and laboratory network, we advance diagnostics, accelerate innovation and help address some of the world’s most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare, we are leveraging advanced technologies, intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients.

With our global scale and deep expertise, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact on people’s health around the world. Together, we’re improving health and improving lives.

Labcorp is seeking a remote Study Design Lead to join our Central Labs Services team in the United Kingdom.

• Accurately interpret and translate sponsor protocol requirements into the protocol specific database to generate a Statement of Work for the CLS project.
• Leverage technical, therapeutic area, client, and company specific process knowledge to provide a comprehensive and complete database design.
• Interact with external clients regularly through all duties and responsibilities.
• Liaise with internal departments to understand full company capabilities and assess feasibility of requests to meet client needs related to study design.
• Act as a consultant to advise on study design choices and work with the Global Study Manager (GSM) to highlight risks and budget impacts associated with study design. Expand consultancy capability at study program levels.
• Display strong interpersonal and communication skills that will build strong internal and external relationships to ensure high quality study design.
• Coordinate internal processes and communications related to study design (including but not limited to internal feasibility requests, material transfer agreements and supply forecasting) and ensure the eventual follow up is integrated into the database and global monitoring plan. Perform quality self-review.
• Ensure that all customer requirements with relation to study design are documented and acted upon.
• Act efficiently in an environment with dynamic timelines and priorities.
• Display appropriate self-organization and ability to manage conflicting priorities.
• Participate in functional meetings (e.g. Continuous Learning Forums (CLFs)) and provide input, keeping processes up to date.
• Comply with our internal Central Lab Global Project Management strategy.
• Manage a portfolio of global and local studies with varying complexities.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement, quality, and productivity.

• Bachelor’s degree in a life science
• 6 or more years of experience working in the clinical research industry or within a lab environment

• Master degree in a life science
• 6 or more years experience in Central Lab Project management

• Experience working directly with internal or external customers
• Strong relationship building and management skills
• Familiarity with clinical or preclinical research protocols
• Strong planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent skills using computer applications (e.g. Windows, Excel, Word)

In this role, you will interact with external clients regularly throughout all duties and responsibilities. As such, the Study Design Lead will be knowledgeable and experienced in study design techniques related to the creation and maintenance of protocol specific databases, as well…