Vendor Start Up Manager (Central Lab) - Remote

Vendor Start Up Manager (Central Lab) - Remote at ICON Strategic Solutions in Boise, Idaho, United States Job Description Reporting to the Vendor Category Expert, the Vendor Startup Manager is responsible to provide technical expertise for a given category during study startup to the VPM Vendor Program Manager and indirectly to the study start-up team. The VSM enables a flawless and accelerated vendor service delivery at the trial start-up phase and supports implementation of defined category strategies and service standardization. This role proactively assesses risk and concludes contingency plans to de-risk study startup. What you will be doing: + Reviewing of the vendor and category related specific sections of the protocol, ensure vendor expertise is leveraged when refining specifications towards Final Protocol + Contributing to development of Study Specification Worksheet (SSW) to facilitate bid process and selection of Vendors. + Quote/Proposal review in collaboration with... procurement (and vendor). If required, support contract negotiations. + Vendor budget review of final quotes + Co-ordinates vendor kick-off meeting and other vendor specific meetings + Collects HA submission documents from vendor, as requested by countries participating in a study + Performs robust User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for eCOA and IRT + Ensures changes to protocol or study designs are consistently shared with vendors and incorporated into supplier budgets, timelines, and specifications. Supports amendment of vendor contracts with Procurement team + Optimizing a frontloaded and timely study start-up process in support of a timely vendor DB-go-live + Vendor service excellence at study level, ensures vendors meet quality and service level standards in their service delivery for the trial + Pro-actively creates and maintains vendor related risk maps with contingency plan for documentation in FIRST + Document issues identified with vendor oversight / performance in FIRST tool and implements and monitors corrective actions. Escalates issue if required to the Vendor Category Expert VCE. + Drive root cause analysis of supplier performance issues and look for trending + Supports the implementation of standards, templates, tools, and processes for vendors at SSU for defined categories in collaboration with the VCE + Using Unified Vendor Portal (UVP) to manage vendor service delivery + Supports practice leaders in improvement projects and learning loops + Collaborate with VP&G to provide data for vendor qualification efforts#LI-AS2 You are: + Bachelors degree + 3+ years To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account Apply Job!