Study Start Up Lead (SSUL)

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The Position

Affiliate: Roche Pharma Korea

Organization: Pharma - Product Development - Global Clinical Operations (PDG)

Reports to: Country Start Up Team Leader

Work location: Seoul, South Korea

Study Start Up Lead (SSUL)

Purpose, Objectives and Scope of Position

As a member of the PDG Country Study Start-Up Team, your primary focus is to drive and facilitate efficient study start-up processes to contribute to the delivery of clinical trials to patients. You will enable innovative clinical trial delivery, address study start up needs across various therapeutic areas, and ensure seamless trial execution for patients, investigators, and clinical site staff.

Collaboration with local internal and external country teams, global study teams, and CROs is essential to this role.

Key Responsibilities

This role focuses on the efficient and compliant initiation of Roche-sponsored clinical trials by developing and implementing effective start-up strategies, overseeing start-up operations, and driving process improvements at the country and site level while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading the country strategy for study start-up, driving efficiency, innovation, and collaboration with external stakeholders.

Overseeing start-up operations and ensuring timely and efficient site activation and regulatory compliance.

Ensuring alignment with global strategies and timelines.

Managing amendments throughout the study lifecycle.

Identifying and driving opportunities for process automation, standardization, and innovation.

Collaborating with regional and global counterparts to harmonize systems and improve timelines.

Participating in external industry collaborations to influence country start-up environments.

Engaging with government and institutional bodies to align on clinical trial policies and practices (e.g., with Ethics Boards, Health Authorities).

You will lead in a cross functional environment in multiple of the following areas below

Study Start-Up Strategy & Execution

Informed Consent Form (ICF) Management

Site Documentation & Compliance

Budgeting & Contract Management

Payment Oversight

Qualifications

● Degree (MD, PhD, MA/MS, BA/BS) in life sciences or equivalent.

● 2–5 years of proven experience in clinical trial start-up and cross-functional collaboration as a CRA or SSU role.

● Strong understanding of ICH-GCP, and local regulatory environments

● Experience managing vendor/CRO relationships

Skills & Competencies

● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

● Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities

● Proficiency in clinical systems (Veeva Vault, CTIS, RIM, etc.)

● Collaborative and adaptable mindset with attention to detail

● Ability to lead through complexity and ambiguity, especially in matrixed and global teams

● Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.

Submission

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※ 이력서에 개인민감정보 (신체적 조건, 출신 지역, 혼인 여부, 가족관계 등)는 기재하지 말아주십시오.

※ 입사 지원 서류에 허위 사실이 발견될 경우, 채용 확정 이후 라도 채용이 취소될 수 있습니다.

Process

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