.**Start Up Team Manager (STM) - EMEA - Home based**We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it. We are the people of PPD Clinical Research Services— thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health. You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.Our goal-driven teams combine and deliver start-up activities for the clinical trials, collaborating to improve processes, cycle and flexibility. We partner with our sites,businesses and colleagues around the world to decrease start-up timelines and exceed expectations.We are currently recruiting for open vacancies for Start-Up Team (STMs) to join our team in EMEA, working remotely. The Start-Up Team Manager completes site activation deliverables within assigned projects or programs and ensures all project deliverables meet customer expectations and contracted deliverables. The STM will provide accurate projections, report updates, and ongoing risk assessments and collaborates with PPD teams to manage all financial and contractual aspects of the studies related to site activation. You will also coordinate feasibility, site contracts, and country teams in a matrix environment and manage the assigned scope of work against timelines, costs, and quality.**Qualifications -**To be considered for the role of Start-Up Team Manager you should have the following qualifications and experience:- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification- Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years')- Demonstrated ability to lead,liaise and coordinate cross-functional project teams- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of cross functional project management- Demonstrated attention to detail, organizational and multitasking skills- Ability to identify and remedy risks related to contractual deliverables and provides solutions- Comprehensive understanding and appreciation of clinical research/development- Understanding of cross-cultural awareness and can adapt appropriatelyAt PPD Clinical Research Services we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognise the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.As well as being rewarded a competitive salary,we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where we value a work-life balance. We've grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together