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Local Study Operations Manager

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Amgen

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Türkiye , Istanbul

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Job Responsibility:

  • Partner with global and local country teams to provide high level country strategy and actively drive study progress and local/country level study delivery
  • Responsible for compiling and submitting submissions to ethics committees/councils within the country/ies as well as submissions relating to other aspects country needs such as, European Union Clinical Trials Regulation (EU CTR), In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR) directives etc.
  • Accountable for study results and drives key decisions within country
  • Planning, management, and oversight of clinical study execution in accordance with the global program strategy, through leadership with engagement of the cross-functional Local Study Team (LST)
  • Contribute and develop program/study-specific materials – e.g., monitoring plan, study specific training documents
  • Support and contribute to Clinical Study Teams (CSTs) / Trial Management Teams (TMTs) as applicable, agenda driven, present at meetings when needed
  • Communicate country status (including timelines and deliverables) to key partners including updates to relevant systems for transparency
  • Accountable for site-level goal setting and study-specific deliverables for clinical sites within their country(ies)
  • Manage, oversee and supervise applicable vendor activities e.g., laboratories and equipment provisioning
  • Utilize local/country regulatory knowledge to contribute to NAMP provisioning and import/export license processes
  • Actively engage and lead local cluster team with LOC from a study perspective (e.g., Local Medical, DOM)
  • Manage, supervise, and review country and study trends
  • Identify and facilitate resolution of cross-functional study-specific issues
  • Provide updates regarding the study budget and obtain approval for budget deviations for clinical sites (outside of range)
  • Effectively own and bring up any issues related to delivery, timelines, or budget to study team as required
  • Conduct on-site quality visits with CRAs where/when appropriate and supports the maintenance of Amgen investigator site relationships
  • Implement regulatory agency inspection readiness activities (e.g., TMF review, story board generation)
  • Support internal audit and inspection activities and contribute to CAPAs, including leading resolution of issues when appropriate e.g., vendor management
  • Participate in cross-functional task forces/process improvement groups
  • Assign and lead all aspects of deliverables of study support staff e.g., Study Management Associate, SASM (Snr.Assc. Study management)
  • Coordinate site contracting, budgeting, insurance and payment process by supervising local support roles
  • Lead and continually review country level risk mitigation activities to ensure study delivers to plan
  • Maintain relevant therapeutic knowledge
  • Triage / tailor communication from study / local team to sites to ensure efficient and effective communication flow
  • Provide input into potential site list as part of FIRE process
  • Drive site evaluation and selection process within country

Requirements:

  • Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree & 3 years of directly related experience OR Bachelor’s degree & 5 years of directly related experience OR Associate’s degree & 10 years of directly related experience OR High school diploma / GED & 12 years of directly related experience
  • Advanced knowledge of global clinical trial management
  • BA/BS/BSc
  • Minimum 2-3 years’ experience of leading local/regional or global teams
  • Minimum 2-3 years’ clinical trial project management experience
  • 7 years’ work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including 4 years of biopharmaceutical clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials in a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company
  • Experience in management and oversight of external vendors (e.g., CROs, central labs, imaging vendors, etc.)
  • Must be a local/country expert with proven project management experience locally
  • Must be able to build strong site relationships as well as other local relationships to ensure end to end study delivery is met

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Job Posted:
April 27, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Remote work
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