Associate Director, Clinical Site Partner, Clinical Operations

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We are looking for a highly motivated Associate Director, Clinical Site Partner, Clinical Operations, based at our South Africa affiliate in Johannesburg.

You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with active and potential investigator sites to optimize delivery of clinical trial programs for an assigned therapeutic area, inclusive of site identification and qualification, enrollment planning and execution, timely delivery of database lock and study close out.

You will also serve as an effective communication bridge between investigator sites and the Gilead Development organization and a point of escalation for both Gilead and investigator site staff, including partnering with Gilead and investigator site staff to resolve issues and remove barriers as needed. You will also be responsible for establishing and managing relationships with Gilead’s preferred network of sites within your region.

Additional local responsibilities may be required as needed/appropriate for the local geography.

• Establish and maintain strong professional and collaborative relationships with investigator sites by leveraging disease area expertise to optimize delivery of clinical trial programs.
• Develop strategies to drive concierge level support for preferred sites to ensure Gilead becomes the Sponsor of Choice.
• Track key performance metrics to assess site performance and identify opportunities for acceleration and continuous improvement.
• Identify investigator sites in alignment with portfolio strategy and priority to expand Gilead’s clinical research partnership network.
• Maintain therapeutic and technical expertise to enable scientific discussions with the investigator and site personnel.
• Share ongoing information with investigators regarding Gilead's development pipeline and collect andreportfieldbasedintelligence in relation to competitive landscape, patient treatment pathways andotheroperational considerations that may impact Gilead's clinical trialprogram.
• Provide support to study teams and Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) to ensure timely delivery of clinical trials from study start-up to close-out such as during feasibility, site recommendations, attendance at initiation visits, facilitation of communication and ongoing support of trialenrollmentby engaging with site staffto identifyenrollmentbarriersand working with study teams to find solutions.
• Gather constructive feedback and insights from clinical sites to share with Gilead internal stakeholders around clinical studies or programs for improvements.
• Support the development and implementation of applicable site risk plans to ensure achievement of key study and site level milestones such as first patient first visit, delivery of clinical trial enrollment commitments and database lock.
• Serve as a local point of escalation for investigator sites and partner with the appropriate parties to resolve issues and remove barriers to clinical trial execution at a site and/or country level.
• Proactively…