Resource Planner Safety Services

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.

At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

• Lead responsibility for a large group of resources form a planning, allocation and forecasting perspective.
• Use ‘Resource Optimization Framework’ to drive optimal resourcing decisions.
• Maintain macro-level understanding of awarded work, potential new business, resource demand for the next 3-6 months, resource supply and challenges within the scope of the role.
• Checking Resource Mailbox daily for requests and if needed to follow up on details.
• Evaluate specific resource needs for proposals/bid defense meetings and awarded studies (Amount of hours needed and by when, overall experience and experience in requested Therapeutic Area in order to be successful).
• Utilize the skills and experience database for therapeutic experience to identify team members with specific therapeutic experience for proposals and awarded projects.
• Utilize the resource management tool by running reports to check for Free hours/capacity of potential team members.
• Check with LM’s and Portfolio Directors if CV’s can be forwarded to clients.
• Provide CVs and bio-sketch for inclusion in proposals and for clients for awarded trials appropriate.
• Check with LM’s if potential team members are available for proposals/bid defense meetings, in exceptional cases contact individual’s directly.
• Make suggestions for assignments for proposals/bid defense meetings and awarded work (new business, replacements of team members due to sick leave, maternity leave, company leave, exchange of staff on studies); track and follow up on the assignments.
• Follow up on bid defense meeting outcomes and of proposal start dates.
• Develop, prepare, and distribute resourcing projection reports (monthly at a minimum or more frequently as needed).
• Check for accuracy of entries in resource management tool and follow up with LM’s if needed.
• Run reports on resource management tool to check for mismatch between resourcing hours in resource management tool and actual hours.
• Evaluate and assist in the development of resource planning tools and databases as needed.
• Use available resourcing tools to provide estimated resource needs for awarded work and new business.
• Develop and track metrics relating to Project Management resourcing.
• Maintain a working knowledge and ensure compliance with applicable local regulatory requirements and Parexel SOPs.
• Bachelor's degree is required.
• This opportunity is 2 years fixed term contract.