Clinical Trial Center Director (M/F/X)

In collaboration with investigators, the Medical Department, and the Clinical Research Strategic Board, the CTC Director defines and implements the development and professionalization strategy for academic and commercial clinical research within CUSL.

Responsibilities of the CTC Director:

• Lead, manage, and develop the CTC team.
• Define and implement the development, financing, and organizational strategy of the CTC, ensuring its long-term viability.
• Enhance the appeal and reputation of CUSL among academic, institutional, and industrial partners.
• Develop internal skills, optimize processes, and ensure regulatory monitoring in cooperation with the legal department.
• Monitor activities and performance, and represent the CTC before internal and external partners.

Main activities of the CTC team:

1. Quality:

• Develop and maintain the quality system in compliance with regulatory changes.
• Train clinical research stakeholders and develop IT support and communication tools.

2. Operational focus:

• Provide administrative support for Ethics Committee submissions and manage research equipment.
• Negotiate contracts, grants, and sponsorships, and oversee budget tracking, invoicing, and overhead management.

3. Academic focus:

• Provide scientific, methodological, financial, and administrative support for academic, European, and public projects, particularly regarding funding searches and regulatory submissions.
• Assist investigators with study feasibility assessments, regulatory monitoring, pharmacovigilance, and materiovigilance.
• Train investigators in best practices and ensure monitoring and management of academic studies.

📚 Required qualifications and experience :

• Master's degree (biomedical sciences, public health, management sciences, pharmacy, medicine, etc.)
• Master the regulatory, financial, and logistical framework of academic and commercial clinical research
• Experience in quality control for clinical studies
• Good knowledge of clinical research within the hospital sector
• Proven experience in team management

✨ Additional assets : 

• Experience in data processing and analysis
• Network within academic research (particularly with Belgian and foreign regulatory authorities and other academic hospitals) and commercial research
• Other required knowledge (IT software, languages, etc.);

🚀 Essential skills :

• Proficiency in French, English, and Dutch.

• Leadership aligned with the institution's Leadership Essentials. In this capacity, the CTC Director:

  - Embodies institutional values and acts with integrity, exemplary conduct, and openness.

  - Develops and shares a strategic vision for the CTC focused on excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

  - Unites teams and stakeholders around common goals in a spirit of collaboration and cross-functionality.

  - Creates a climate of trust that fosters engagement, autonomy, employee development, and collective performance.

  - Makes decisions with discernment, courage, and pragmatism, and guides change constructively.

  - Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills: listening, communication, negotiation, diplomacy, and management of complex situations.