Main responsibilities / Major Activities
New project development
Provide strategic and operational support to the EORTC disease-oriented and cross-discipline groups in their project development
Provide scientific input including:
find and provide information on any aspect of new clinical proposals be it drug candidates, biomarkers, potential collaborators or translational research aspects
develop study concepts including scientific rationale, in close collaboration with the statistician
assess preliminary feasibility
define the scope of the project, in close collaboration with the project manager
Coordinate the involvement of external committees, groups experts and headquarters (HQ) based teams to guarantee superior quality of projects
Initiate and develop relationships with industrial or academic partners both for collaboration on individual studies and to support longer-term partnership opportunities
Strategic endorsement of new projects
Coordinate the strategic review of new study concepts
Collaborate with the Principal Investigator, Disease Oriented or Transversal Group experts as well as HQ based-scientific teams in the preparation of the project submission
Support the principal investigator in identifying possible funding for the project
Synopsis and protocol development
Provide scientific and medical input for the development of the synopsis and protocol documents:
Work closely with HQ-based stakeholders to ensure the optimal implementation of endorsed projects
Participate in specific grant applications as alternative/ additional source of funding
Study conduct
Perform medical monitoring activities for clinical studies, in close collaboration and under the responsibility of clinical research physicians for interventional studies, and in close and dynamic collaboration with a multidisciplinary team (project, operations, regulatory, pharmacovigilance and data management, monitoring)
Interaction with EORTC network
Support disease-oriented and cross-discipline in their project portfolio management and guide them through EORTC internal processes
Establish and maintain high quality relationships with EORTC group members and experts, by attending Group Meetings and Scientific Events
Department activities
Drive and be accountable for processes related to medical management of studies
Participate in the discussion, review and updates on processes related to study conduct
Profile
Biomedical PhD and a minimum 5-year professional experience in clinical research or Nursing degree with at least 5 years of experience in Oncology and clinical research
Experience in pharmaceutical industry is an asset
Able to write and check content and quality of scientific documents
Process-oriented
Must be fluent in English (oral and written), other languages are an asset
Must be able to work within a team and take responsibilities and initiatives
Good communicator with a broad range of stakeholders (academia, pharmaceutical industry, biotechnologies)
Good level of computer literacy
Benefits
30 days holidays (full time)
Wage according to our Non-Profit organisation status
Hospitalisation insurance and ambulatory care
Free parking
Hybrid working environment (from Belgium only)
Reimbursement of public transport
Meal vouchers
Pension plan
Permanent contract
Homeworking allowance
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