Site Management and Monitoring Summer Student

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

 Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

 Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

This role is a 4-month paid contract position, which starts in May 2025 and will end in August 2025. Our position will be based in our Mississauga head office and allow for flexible working arrangements working both onsite (3 times per week) and virtually.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume. If you wish, you may also submit a cover letter indicating your interest and availability. There is no need to submit any additional documentation such as transcripts or marksheets

TheSite Management and Monitoring Summer Studentassists withadministrative study activities.

We are looking for a summer student that is currently enrolled as a second, third or fourth year student in a relevant undergraduate science degree program and interested in pursuing a career in the pharmaceutical industry. We require self-driven, problem solvers looking to gain invaluable experience and perspective, who can jump into new learning opportunities. You should enjoy working in a team environment, be curious about the pharmaceutical industry and particularly how clinical trials impact the lives of our patients.

What can we offer you?

During this placement you will gain a useful insight into the pharmaceutical industry and how we coordinate clinical trials at a country and site level to support better outcomes for our patients. You will have the opportunity to be exposed to study coordination for studies that are in various stages, and to learn about how SMM operates within the larger organization of AstraZeneca.

Accountabilities:

• Assists in supporting SMM under supervision for various administrative study activities.
• Support in collection and tracking of documents
• Support the correct set-up and maintenance of the local eTMF and ISF including document tracking in accordance with ICH-GCP and local requirements.
• Support in ensuring essential documents are uploaded in a timely manner to maintain

the eTMF “Inspection Readiness”.

• Support in ensuring that study documents are ready for final archiving and completion of local part of the eTMF and supports the CRA in the close out activities for the ISF.
• Support production and maintenance of study documents, including template and version compliance.
• Support populating and maintenance of information in AstraZeneca tracking and communication tools (e.g. CTMS such as VCV, SharePoint, etc) and support others in the usage of these systems (with the exception of countries where there is a specific role dedicated to set up and update the systems).
• Support with contract preparation
• Support with Health Care Organisations (HCO)/Health Care Professionals (HCP) payments in accordance with local regulations.
• Support management, coordination and tracking of study materials and equipment.
• Support coordination of administrative tasks according to company policies and SOPs.
• Support in the preparation of internal and external meetings e.g., study team meetings, Monitors’ meetings, Investigators’ meetings. Liaises with internal and external participants and/or vendors, in line with international and local codes.
• Support preparing, contributing and distributing presentation material for meetings, newsletters and web- sites.
• Support layout and language control, copying and distribution of documents.
• Support printing and distribution of documents such as letters and meeting minutes, and for handlingand archiving of study/country related e-mails.
• Support compliance with local, national and regional legislation, as applicable.

Additional tasks might be added depending on local needs.

Qualifications:

• Currently a 2nd OR 3rd year student in a relevant undergraduate science degree program - Life sciences.
• Strong Organizationalandadministrativeskills
• Prior experience in project management and event planning preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Experience in data reporting
• Goodverbalandwrittencommunication.
• Goodinterpersonalskillsandabilitytowork in an international team environment.
• Excellentorganizationandtimemanagement skills,excellentattentiontodetail
• Team oriented and flexible, Integrityandhighethicalstandards

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• GTAA Top Employer Award for 9 years
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Are you interested in working at AZ, apply today!

AstraZeneca is committed to taking every reasonable precaution to protect employees, our customers and the healthcare systems in the communities in which we serve. In an effort to protect the wellbeing of our employees and customers, full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of all positions at AstraZeneca. As such, all offers of employment will be conditional upon either (i) proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or (ii) proof of need for accommodation under relevant human rights legislation, and AstraZeneca’s determination that the requested accommodation can be provided without undue hardship.  You will be required to submit proof of full vaccination or proof of need for accommodation during our background screening process.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com.