Vice President Clinical Operations Europe

Founded in 1974, by Bernard Jambon and JL Menard, MAPI Group has grown both organically and through acquisition over the past 35 years. Today, MAPI Group employs over 450 people in North America, Europe and Asia.

MAPI is structured into three divisions which comprise a number of separate legal entities:

Late Phase CRO

• Phase IV Clinical Trials
• Observation and Registries studies

Strategic Consulting

• Market Access
• Regulatory Affairs & Quality Management

Linguistic Validation

• Patient reported and clinical assessments for appropriate cross-cultural use and interpretation

A separate entity, the MAPI RESEARCH TRUST is a non-profit association concerned with the promotion of PRO evaluations and worldwide distribution of information concerning these measures.

The MAPI Group consists of a number of companies, all dedicated to providing unique solutions to aid and improve drug development to meet patient and market needs.

MAPI group anticipates change and develops services and solutions designed to respond to a full range of evaluation needs. Their experience comes from extensive partnerships with industry, health authorities, investigators and patients.

MAPI Group's strength lies not only in its breadth of experience and expertise, but in the total dedication to research conducted by dynamic, specialised teams, backed up by powerful technical and logistics support.

Context of the Role

It is widely recognised that the demand for CRO services will continue to grow over the coming years with some predicting that this will be as much as 20% per annum. The market for phase IV post-approval research is estimated at $12bn and growing by 23% per year.

REGISTRAT-MAPI is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this growth for several reasons:

• They have an established infrastructure which is needed to perform large, multinational observational studies and registries.
• They have more than two hundred specialist employees in ten locations and have conducted studies in over 32 countries.
• They have completed the acquisition of a U.S late phase company which will mean significantly increased resource and late phase expertise globally.
• MAPI Group has pursued an acquisition strategy and partnered with companies that have enabled them to incorporate many ancillary services to their product and service offering without compromising their quality.
• REGISTRAT-MAPI has an enviable track record in the design conduct and analysis of late phase studies which provides an excellent platform for further new business generation.
• Access to other MAPI Group company expertise provides a rich source of complementary capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Working closely as a key member of the organisation's Executive Leadership Team and reporting to the CEO Europe, the Vice President Clinical Operations, Europe is responsible for operations in Europe and affiliated territories outside of North America.
• Responsibilities include the strategic development, implementation and oversight of international Operations to ensure growth, profitability, quality and customer service goals are achieved.
• The position ensures appropriate standards, policies, systems and procedures are in place to drive the required levels of performance, continual improvement and compliance throughout operations.
• The VP European Operations works in partnership with other functional leadership at regional and global levels to support the worldwide harmonisation of operations consistent with the direction of a global, integrated CRO.
• The position provides management and direction for all planning and control of European Operations activities, including employment, promotion, performance management, training and counselling of Operations staff.

Profile

Education & Experience:

• A degree level qualification in the life sciences, nursing, or equivalent, plus demonstrable operations leadership experience (10+ years) in clinical trials including previous CRO experience.
• A solid understanding of strategic planning, management and financial fundamentals.
• Excellent leadership and decision making skills are required, along with the ability to understand, organise and supervise staff to work concurrently on several projects with differing requirements.
• Business development and customer relationship management experience.
• Proven track record of successfully leading and line managing reports and teams on a distributed/international basis.
• A solid understanding of all aspects of clinical development, including applicable regulations, guidelines and practices (including the late phase setting).
• Good intercultural sensitivity and previous experience of working internationally, ideally including integration experience.
• A team player with excellent communication skills and with a track record of success in building effective internal and external (customer & third party) relationships.
• Well developed analysis, planning and tracking skills with a demonstrable understanding of the importance of effective planning and tracking in resource management.
• Requires presentation, documentation, technical and interpersonal skills commensurate with senior leadership position.
• Requires a willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Skills

• Conceptual and Execution Skills: Proven ability to design and grow a successful business model on a multi-country basis.
• Analytical skills: Experience in dealing with ill-defined, ambiguous or evolving information to reach sound conclusions and decisions.
• Organizational skills: Can demonstrate prior success in effectively organizing people and responsibilities to achieve growth and/or profitability.
• Communication skills: Demonstrates excellent communication written and verbal skills.
• Leadership: Effectively communicates goals, principles and values to inspire & guide people in attainment of individual and team goals.
• Integrity: Demonstrates ethical business practices and holds people accountable for ethical action.
• Team Player: Demonstrates successful, positive participation on teams, as a team player and as a leader.
• Mentor/Teacher: Demonstrates an ability to listen and impart knowledge effectively. Helps others grow and develop.
• Facilitator: Has history of helping diverse groups accomplish goals in a positive manner. Effectively removes barriers impeding progress or success.
• Problem Management: Can effectively handle difficult internal and external issues and bring to satisfactory resolution or closure.
• Language Skills: Ability to communicate, both written and spoken, in English and French will be critical to your success.

Package

• Salary package commensurate with experience.