Home Based, US

As Director, Project Quality & Risk Management you will provide leadership and management to other Project Quality & Risk Management (PQRL) staff, innovate and implement quality improvement opportunities at the project, client, operational, department or cross department level.

Key Accountabilities:

• Translate mission and vision to define PQRM's contribution to Parexel's success
• Create and nurture a culture within PQRM to promote open communication, provide opportunities for growth, advocate collaboration and teamwork, reward high performance and being purpose driven
• Propose, lead and implement PQRM initiatives to accomplish PQRM's goals
• Collaborate with other PQRM leadership to advance PQRM's direction
• Support PQRM leadership and staff in achievement of individual and collective goals

• Facilitate robust department-level risk management.
• Work with PQRM leaders to identify, categorize, score and develop mitigations
• Confirm agreed mitigations are being integrated into departmental planning
• Coordinate and support leaders in regular risk review
• Assess effectiveness of mitigations with leaders

• Verify compliance with Parexel SOPs and other requirements (e.g. applicable curricula)
• Review, approve (when necessary) and ensure accurate timerecording for regional staff (e.g. billing out of department etc.)
• Provide guidance and ensure compliance with goal setting and PDC requirements

• Support audit/inspection preparation including coordinating with QA to ensure appropriate Quality resource availability
• Provide onsite or remote support as needed
• Contribute to critical issue resolution by providing expert qualityadvice and direction
• Represent PQRM in audits and/or inspections
• Provide solutions-focused quality consulting, facilitating quality delivery using available analytics and other tools.
• Partner with operational leadership to promote first-time qualitydeliverables, applying solutions-focused consultancy.
• Review, analyze and provide guidance related to operational quality metrics as necessary or assigned
• Build and maintain relationships with client quality representatives when required
• Represent Parexel Quality in client meetings as necessary
• As Quality Sponsor, serve as senior-level point-of-escalation,communicating with senior client quality partner

• Engage and recruit qualified staff
• Ensure trained, knowledgeable staff are sufficient to meetorganizational needs, develop business case if insufficient
• Build employee pipeline, ensuring career growth opportunities andadequate succession planning
• Measure direct reports' performance against expectations andstandards, providing constructive feedback and areas for improvement, focusing on development of individual employees

Education

• Educated to the degree level (biological science, pharma, Quality Assurance or other health related disciplines preferred) or relevant quality or business equivalent