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Boehringer Ingelheim Sr. AD, Clinical Trial Diversity Specialist in Ridgefield, Connecticut
Description
The Senior Associate Director, Clinical Trial Diversity supports the Clinical Development & Operations (CD&O) strategy for Diversity & Inclusion in clinical trials, focusing on the US. They build community and advocacy relationships, raise awareness, and drive health equity initiatives. This role involves coordinating US CD&O initiatives, assembling cross-functional teams, fostering training, and developing goals and strategies for diverse patient enrollment. The Senior Associate Director monitors progress intervenes as necessary and increases the diversity of US Principal Investigators and sites. They also participate in external activities to promote Boehringer Ingelheim as a diversity champion, collaborate with stakeholders, and promote diversity within US Clinical Operations. Additionally, they keep the organization updated on new diversity learnings and evaluate Global and US Recruitment/Retention strategies for inclusion and adherence to FDA and PhRMA Diversity principles.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees
Duties & Responsibilities
Drive internal and external alignment:
Assembles cross-functional team to coordinate involvements, learnings, and effort across the company to ensure diversity targets are achieved per regulatory, i.e., FDA requirements.
Supports the development and execution of Diversity & Inclusion in clinical trial strategies, core processes and best practices.
Partners with clinical study teams to support the development and implementation of study Diversity Plans aligned with FDA/US Health Authority Guidance/Regulations.
Collaborates with internal stakeholders, i.e., clinical study teams, PAR, US Regulatory, US Site Feasibility, etc., to identify and develop process improvements to increase the diverse recruitment, enrollment and retention of US clinical trial participants.
Maintains metrics i.e., utilization of the US Diversity Dashboard to track US enrollment status to track the progress of diversity plan implementation.
Monitors the status of US diversity targets for assigned clinical trials and identify/implement mitigation plans, as appropriate to ensure business goals are achieved.
Identifies/Manages diversity-centered vendors to ensure adherence/compliance to the scope of work.
Represents US clinical operations to as a champion of diversity in clinical trials.
Implement strategies to educate the US/Global organization (as well as external stakeholders/partners) on the importance of Diversity in US Clinical trials:
Promotes diversity within US Clinical Operations and neighboring functions.
Accountable for identifying pathways and new data sources to recruit, cultivate and engage diverse investigators and sites that serve diverse patient populations.
Supports the creation of appropriate culturally sensitive deliverables such as recruitment, training and educational materials in partnership with Patient Recruitment & Retention and/or vendors.
Fosters formal and informal training of sites and Boehringer Ingelheim employees to drive the importance of diversity in Clinical Trials.
Leverages existing partnerships and/or identifies partnerships with US organizations/sites and/or advocacy groups in alignment with pipeline.
Identifies gaps and implements strategies to ensure enrollment of US patients achieve diversity targets.
Collaborates with PAR to develop relationships with Patient Advocacy Groups, etc. and bring insights to strategy, protocols, and mindfulness.
Develop tactics and measure success:
Develops goals and implement strategies to support initiatives to enroll diverse US patients into clinical trials, in support of the US prevalence of diseases in focus.
Increases diversity of PI pool in alignment with gaps identified in pipeline.
Responsible for the expansion of community relationships to facilitate clinical trial education to underrepresented populations.
Utilizes Diversity Dashboard and promote and educate for adoption within Trial teams.
Evaluates Global and US Recruitment/Retention strategies.
Monitors progress on soft targets for trials and develop and deliver upon process to intervene when necessary.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree required (preferably in Health Sciences, Healthcare, Nursing, etc.) with a minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in the regulated pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
Master’s degree preferred (preferably in Health Sciences, Healthcare, Nursing, etc.) with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience in the regulated pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
Thorough understanding of all phases of drug development (I-IV) required.
Experience leading and managing teams/organizations required.
Experience and comfort working in a cross-matrixed environment.
Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills and listening with emotional intelligence
Ability to build trust and credibility with a diverse set of stakeholders internally and externally
Demonstrate a can do attitude with passion to make a difference and the ability to work under pressure
Experience working and/or with clinical research sites
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with project management tools and processes
A strong understanding of the FDA and the regulatory environment surrounding clinical research
Demonstrated ability to understand and navigate the cultural cues of diverse communities.
Strong ability to prioritize tasks and navigate through ambiguous processes and situations.
Proven experience in supporting, executing, and developing strategies for Clinical Trial Diversity and Inclusion.
Experience and proficiency in designing and delivering effective training programs.
Demonstrated track record of developing and expanding external and community relationships.
Bilingual in Spanish/English is highly preferred
Eligibility Requirements :
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Compensation
This position offers a base salary typically between $135,000 and $232,000. The position may be eligible for a role specific variable or performance-based bonus and or other compensation elements.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.