Clinical Project Director - EDS - Europe

Clinical Project Director - EDS - Europe

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The Project Director (PD) is responsible for engaging and delivering activities related to project operations, financial performance, business development, and department administration within the UBC Evidence Development Solutions Department.

The PD is responsible for providing operational leadership, oversight, and client relationship management for a broad range of UBC projects. The PD will have a leading role in overseeing the planning, implementation, direction, and completion of project work. The PD will be responsible for directing Project Managers and cross‑functional teams to ensure satisfactory delivery of contracted services within the allocated timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

Additionally, the PD will support business development opportunities, conduct line management of Project Associates, Associate Project Managers, and Project Managers as required, and participate/lead departmental process initiatives.

• Provide strategic leadership, vision, and support to the project teams, ensuring alignment with the company's goals and client expectations.
• Drive PM performance, project quality delivery, milestone timeline adherence, financial margin optimization, and customer satisfaction through efficient and effective directorship.
• Ensure project teams prepare project plans to meet contracted services and timelines.
• Engage in UBC cross‑functional interactions to address project needs and drive problem resolution; facilitate the involvement of Senior Management as necessary
• Attend/participate in project internal / external meetings, and audits as needed
• Project Team Productivity:
  • Lead and mentor multidisciplinary project teams, including Project Managers, Operations teams, vendors, and other functional staff, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and performance of project deliverables according to contract terms.
  • Work with cross‑functional managers to ensure projects are adequately staffed team members receive adequate training for specific job assignments.
  • Vendor Management:
    Select, contract, and manage external vendors and subcontractors, when necessary, while maintaining quality and cost‑effectiveness.
• Monitor delivery of projects per scope and budgets, and demonstrate strong oversight of financial health for assigned projects
• Oversee project budgets, resource expenditures, and effectively drive compliance with forecasting, invoicing, revenue recognition, out‑of‑scope management, and contract modifications.
• Proactive, ongoing identification of project risks and development of mitigating strategies to minimize their impact on projects effectively.
• Ensure development and maintenance of risk management plans and risk assessments and categorization tools.
• Client Relationship Management:
  • Serve as the UBC senior operational contact with clients for all project related items, maintaining strong relationships, addressing their needs, and providing regular project updates.
  • Ensure regular conduct of formal governance discussions to assess performance and drive issue resolution.
• Quality Compliance Oversight:
  • Implement quality control measures to maintain the highest standards of data integrity, patient safety, and protocol compliance.
  • Ensure activities on projects are delivered with adherence to project Plans, company policies and/or sponsor’s SOPs.
  • Be familiar with and ensure that all projects adhere to relevant regulatory requirements, data privacy provisions, and international guidelines (e.g., FDA, EMA, EU Clinical Trials Directives, ICH‑GCP, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Reporting:
  • Prepare, maintain, and deliver high quality project progress reports, metrics, and other outputs to clients and UBC senior management.
  • Ensure that project specific tracking metrics are developed, consistent with scope of work and project timelines.
  • Ongoing review of available dashboards and reports for assigned projects to ensure adherence to all required activities and operational / financial performance indicators
• Business Development:
  • Assist, as directed, on specific business development opportunities: capabilities presentations, RFP review, proposals/budget input, bid defence…