The 4 problems facing Clinical Development hiring managers.
The 4 problems facing Clinical Development hiring managers.?
I have made a few placements in Clinical Development now. From Medical Monitor to Chief Medical Officer. From 10 people biotechs to global pharma.?
After reflecting on my many client conversations, I can broadly put problems into 4 groups.?
Here is a very short snapshot of the 4 main problems:?
Operational load:?
Problem: Too much operational work placed onto senior management. Resulting in less time and mental energy to solve bigger, more complex tasks.?
Causes: Vendor Oversight/Management, Data Quality and Control (medical monitoring), Lengthy protocol reviews and amendments.?
Communication Streams:?
Problem: Too many questions coming from important people (PIs, Sites, Investors) resulting in strained relationships and increased operational load.?
Causes: Increased site and patient recruitment, lack of medical or clinical authority to engage these people, unclear communication streams internally.?
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Technical Skill / Strategic Skill Input:?
Problem: Lack of confidence in important decisions resulting in overload at senior level or poor trial planning (and therefore delays).?
Causes: Not enough endpoint / dose finding experience, not understanding US/EU clinical environments, lack of biotech budgeting experience, lack of confidence to push back against CEO / Executive team, lack of PI/KOL access for support.?
Cultural:?
Problem: Management forced to check everything and make too many decisions themselves. Resulting in burn-out, delays and frustration.?
Causes: Unclear decision pathways, people hiding from decisions, people waiting before actioning, lack of confidence, high turn-over and low training.?
If we mis-diagnose we increase the chances of hiring the wrong person or missing out on other talent pools:
This is why good HR and recruiters are so valuable.
And why its so important hiring managers truly reflect on what the real problems are.
Do you agree with these 4? Anything you would add or take away??
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2 个月Very good questions to think about. In regards to Operational load, I believe that in some cases the lack of trust from the upper management leads to micromanagement, which increases the operational work for the senior management. As a Vendor manager I can assure that micromanagement also deviates the energy and attention of our main tasks so we can ensure all questions from upper management can be clarified, extra and sometimes useless metrics can be last minute provided.