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Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets.\nPosition\nWe are currently seeking an experienced, collaborative, detail oriented Manager, Study Start Up expert. In this role you will work with the Senior Director, Study Start Up and the clinical trial teams to improve operational excellence and efficiency of clinical trial execution in study and site start up across all phases of Clinical Development activities at Eikon Therapeutics by: Driving study feasibility deliverables and providing data driven recommendations to accelerate clinical trials and Supporting Clinical Development Operations Study Planning: to ensure proper planning and timely execution of all clinical trials in alignment with timelines and quality standards.\nThis role will require a minimum of 3 days a week of onsite presence (or more as business needs require) in our Jersey City (NJ) office to ensure effective management, operational excellence and high-performance delivery of clinical studies and to support the expected significant team growth & collaboration.\nAbout You\nYou are collaborative and passionate about unlocking hidden insights in today’s clinical operations landscape and relentless in your pursuit of operational excellence.\nWhat You’ll Do\nWorking closely with Clinical Development R&D functions, enhance analytic capabilities to ensure the right questions are being asked and data is being leveraged to drive study feasibility deliverables and provide data driven recommendations to accelerate our clinical trials in study design and study start up.\nEngage and develop strong working relationships with clinical study teams (e.g., Clinical Operations, Clinical Supply, Legal, Regulatory, Clinical IT, Clinical R&D Process and Learning Management, Clinical Project and Portfolio Management, Clinical Quality Assurance, Clinical Data Management, and Clinical Research) to generate the best outcomes for study and site start up activities.\nDrive adherence to standards for planning and execution of study start up, country requirements, working in collaboration with Clinical Operations on site information management activities to ensure time critical and high-quality delivery of study specific needs.\nPartnering with Clinical Operations and clinical trial team, ensure the real time collection of information that informs country allocation, investigator site identification through activation, forecasting and planning and contributes to accurate site activation deliverables.\nSupport the Clinical Operations team in the successful execution of clinical trials, from protocol concept to Site Activation, complying with ICH / GCP / EMEA guidelines and regulations and SOPs.\nEnsure that selected sites are meeting or exceeding all study start up requirements leading to Site Activation. This includes gathering and monitoring start up metrics to measure against KPIs.\nAs required, develop site budgets & contracts, establish achievable finalization target dates and support the negotiations process leveraging FMV. \nEngage Legal and Finance as deemed necessary. \nCollect and summarize data and study start up insights for Clinical Operations and clinical trial team’s consideration to improve Study Start Up turn around times. \nCreate, manage and archive central start up team tools (e.g., investigator database, clinical site intelligence, etc.) and resources required to support start up team daily operations, communications and records from study assignment to final handoff.\nProactively identify and implement best study start up practices, seeking continuous process improvement.\nFacilitate study start up forum discussions.\nSupport in the development of local workflows to streamline output and deliverables.\nSupport Clinical Development Operations in driving a partnering mindset. \nQualifications\nPost Graduate degree with 4+ years of experience or a Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of experience in a relevant field (e.g., life sciences, healthcare, or related discipline). Solid understanding of US and global regulations and guidelines (e.g., FDA, EMEA, ICH) applicable to clinical development.\nSignificant experience within the pharmaceutical industry or clinical research organization (CRO) working with clinical data and clinical development processes.\nDeep understanding of complexities of study start up. \nStrong analytical and project management skills.\nAble to rapidly adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands and change approach or method to achieve optimal fit-for-purpose solution.\nExcellence in driving results. You persist in accomplishing objectives and exceeding goals despite obstacles and setbacks, while also helping others to achieve results.\nExcellent verbal / written communication and collaboration skills and ability to influence and build effective relationships in a matrix organization, including to to ensure timely follow-up, issue resolution, and report updates.\nExperience with Veeva clinical solutions and familiarity with leveraging multiple technologies. \nAt Eikon, employee compensation also includes bonus and equity compensation, in addition to several generous benefit programs, including:\n401k plan with company matching\nMedical (premiums covered by Eikon at 95%), dental and vision insurance (premiums covered by Eikon at 100%)\nMental health and wellness benefits\nWeeklong summer and winter holiday shutdowns\nGenerous paid time off and holiday policies\nLife/AD&D Insurance (premiums covered by Eikon at 100%) and optional supplemental employee-paid life/AD&D policies \nEnhanced parental leave benefit\nDaily subsidized lunch program when on-site\nThe expected salary range for this role is $130,000 to $157,500 depending on skills, competency, and the market demand for your expertise.\nEikon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment.\nWe are currently not accepting any new third-party agencies or firms at this time. 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