Trial Manager

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

What describes you best? A energetic scientist in Neuroscience or other Life Sciences with a hands-on mentality? Can you translate your scientific approach to the customer? Is this you then this is your moment

To join our team at Charles River Laboratories at our site in Groningen we are looking for a dedicated

Trial Manager/ Study Director

Our site:  
With 27 employees our site is a dedicated group focusing on non-GLP DMPK (drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics) and pharmacology studies to better understand neuroscience disease pathophysiology. This includes but not limited to, microdialysis, electrophysiology, rapid pharmacokinetic screening and bioanalysis using LC/MS and ligand binding assays.

The team:
As we are a small site who support our clients drug discovery programs we work individually and in tight conjunction with scientific staff and animal technicians. You have a lot of interaction with your colleagues, and all are happy to jump in and help where needed. 

Your role:
As a Trial Manager/ Study Director you will be responsible for each research project from the moment the study is signed, until report delivery and completion. This includes study design and planning, evaluation of results, communication of potential challenges and proposed resolutions and presenting results to our clients. As part of the study management team, you will be discussing interesting findings with your colleagues, and work together to identify resolutions when facing challenges during a study. 

 
Responsibilities:  
• Setting up studies and monitoring scientific quality of these; 
• Performing quality checks of ongoing studies; 
• Advising clients on most appropriate study designs and testing strategies, and building a trust-based relationship with returning clients; 

Qualifications :
• Advanced academic degree (MSc of higher) in Neuroscience or other Life Sciences;
• Understanding of neuroscience on the cellular and systems level ; 
• Fluent English oral and written ; 
• Pro-active, results oriented:
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and teamwork abilities, and positive attitude. 

Nice to have: 
• Article 9 (Laboratory Animal Science);
• Industry experience.

 
Our offer: 
Working at our organization means working in a dynamic international organization. In addition, we offer excellent primary and secondary working conditions including:

• 25 vacation days 
• Possibility to purchase 10 additional vacation days per year;
• Annual one-time 8% vacation pay of your gross annual salary;
• Annual one-time payment based on company results;
• Travel allowance at € 0.23 cents per kilometer with a maximum of € 250 net per month,
• Collective Aegon Capitall pension;
• Collective health insurance with CZ or VGZ. 10 to 12% discount on any supplementary insurance.

Do you have any questions about this vacancy?
For further information about the position, please contact Maaike Verrijt at 
her- If you are interested in this position, we invite you to apply via our career site: www.criver.com

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated

About Discovery
Discovery from Charles River is industry-proven in the successful development of novel therapies, with over 350 patents and 80 preclinical drug candidates delivered to our sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by more than 650 scientists, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit identification all the way through to IND. Our client-focused, collaborative approach creates true partnerships that anticipate challenges, overcome obstacles, and move us forward together on the journey of getting new drugs to market.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. 

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.