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La June Grayson

BELLEVILLE,IL

Summary

Experienced project manager with a proven track record of successfully planning, directing, and maintaining continuous operations across multiple departments. Utilizes a creative and analytical approach to operations, emphasizing continuous process improvement. Demonstrates exceptional problem-solving abilities, consistently identifying and anticipating issues and providing effective solutions. Known for strong mentorship and training skills, empowering teams to achieve outstanding performance.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager II

Fortrea (Formerly Labcorp)
08.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for project delivery with regards to agreed time, scope, cost and quality
  • Serve as key client contact for assigned project responsibilities, establishing working relationships with client project teams which result in client satisfaction, operational excellence and thereby increase potential for repeat business
  • For areas of project responsibility, lead core project team(s) and facilitate team's ability to lead extended project team(s), ensuring effective cross-functional teamwork among project team members including both internal and external stakeholders
  • May be performed in collaboration with a Sr
  • Project Manager and/or Project Director
  • Serve as escalation point for project issues, within area of project responsibility, to internal and external stakeholders, as appropriate
  • Proactively identify and resolve conflicts as needed
  • Understand the project delivery strategy, costing assumptions and resulting budget for assigned project(s)
  • Monitor project scope, schedule and costs to ensure all remain on track with the contract and with financial performance targets
  • Initiate and implement appropriate actions to proactively manage the change control process both internally and externally
  • Proactively lead both quality control and risk assurance activities to ensure project deliverables are met according to regulatory, Covance and client requirements
  • Create and manage variance to required project plans
  • Per SOPs, implement and monitor progress against project plans and revise as necessary
  • Ensure that all staff allocated to assigned project(s) adheres to professional standards and SOPs, providing performance feedback to team members respective supervisors
  • Aid in development and maintenance of key project performance indicators for client specified metrics, ensuring that the KPIs are within scope of the project contract

Sr. Clinical Team Lead

Fortrea (Formerly Labcorp)
09.2021 - 10.2022
  • Responsible for clinical project delivery with regards to agreed time, scope, cost and quality
  • Proactively identified and resolved conflicts as needed
  • Understood the clinical project delivery strategy, costing assumptions and resulting budget for assigned project(s)
  • Defined and managed clinical project resource needs and established succession plans for key resources
  • Acted in a hybrid role between Project Management, Clinical Project Delivery, and/or Start-up Project Management
  • Performed other duties as required by the Department or Project Team
  • In collaboration with relevant departments, prepared and delivered presentations for new business as required
  • Trained and mentored CTLs, CRAs, and IHCRAs in multiple areas of expertise

Clinical Team Lead

Labcorp
07.2020 - 09.2021
  • Responsible for clinical project delivery with regards to agreed time, scope, cost and quality
  • Key clinical deliverables included but were not limited to: patient recruitment and retention; ensuring the clinical project team is resourced effectively; agile management of the Monitoring Visit Strategy; management of SDV burden; clinical vendor delivery; management of clinical deliverables related to protocol endpoints
  • Supported/Lead clinical project team ensuring effective cross-functional teamwork among project team members including both internal and external stakeholders
  • Served as escalation point for clinical project issues, within area of project responsibility, to internal and external stakeholders, as appropriate
  • Proactively identified and resolved conflicts as needed
  • Understood the clinical project delivery strategy, costing assumptions and resulting budget for assigned project(s)
  • Monitored clinical project scope, schedule and costs to ensure all remain on track with the contract and with financial performance targets
  • Proactively lead both quality control and risk assurance activities to ensure clinical project deliverables are met according to regulatory, organization and client requirements

Senior Clinical Research Associate I

Labcorp (Formerly Covance)
09.2019 - 06.2020
  • Ensured the study staff, who conducted the protocol, have received the proper materials and instructions to safely enter patients into the study
  • Ensured the protection of study patients by verifying that informed consent procedures and protocol requirements are adhered to according to the applicable regulatory requirements
  • Ensured the integrity of data submitted on Case Report Forms (CRF) or other data collection tools by careful source document review
  • Traveled, including air travel, as required as an essential function of the job
  • Served as lead monitor for a protocol or project, and may have assisted in establishing monitoring plans and trip report review as assigned
  • Undertook feasibility work when requested
  • Ensured audit readiness at the site level
  • Tracked and followed up on Serious Adverse Event (SAE) reporting, process production of reports, narratives and follow up on SAE(s)

Clinical Research Associate II

Labcorp
06.2018 - 08.2019
  • Responsible for all aspects of site management as prescribed in the project plans
  • Ensured the study staff, who conducted the protocol have received the proper material and instructions to safely enter patients into the study
  • Ensured the protection of study patients by verifying that informed consent procedures and protocol requirements were adhered to according to the applicable regulatory requirements
  • Independently performed CRF review, query generation, and resolution against established data review guidelines on organization or client data management systems as assigned by management
  • Coordinated designated clinical projects as a Local Project Coordinator (with supervision, if applicable), and acted as a local client contact as assigned
  • Assist with training, of new employees, e.g
  • Co-monitoring
  • Tracked and followed up on Serious Adverse Event (SAE) reporting, process production of reports, narratives and follow up of SAE(s)
  • Traveled, including air travel, as required as an essential function of the job

Clinical Research Associate I

Labcorp
03.2016 - 05.2018
  • Provided clinical support for projects according to Standard Operating Procedures, ICH Guidelines and GCP
  • Developed and/or maintain tracking systems for clinical projects
  • Responsible for aspects of registry management as prescribed in the project plans
  • Tracked and followed up on serious adverse events as assigned
  • Responsible for all aspects of site management as prescribed in the project plans
  • Ensured audit readiness at the site level
  • Traveled, including air travel, as required as an essential function of the job

Education

Associate of Science - Health Care Management

University of Phoenix
St. Louis, Missouri

Bachelor of Science - Health Care Management

Washington University St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Masters of Science - Clinical Research Management

Washington University St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Certificate of Clinical Research Management -

Washington University St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project planning and development
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project tracking
  • Customer Relations
  • Staff Management
  • Advanced problem solving
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Processes and procedures
  • Productivity Improvement

Timeline

Sr. Clinical Team Lead

Fortrea (Formerly Labcorp)
09.2021 - 10.2022

Project Manager II

Fortrea (Formerly Labcorp)
08.2021 - Current

Clinical Team Lead

Labcorp
07.2020 - 09.2021

Senior Clinical Research Associate I

Labcorp (Formerly Covance)
09.2019 - 06.2020

Clinical Research Associate II

Labcorp
06.2018 - 08.2019

Clinical Research Associate I

Labcorp
03.2016 - 05.2018

Bachelor of Science - Health Care Management

Washington University St. Louis

Masters of Science - Clinical Research Management

Washington University St. Louis

Certificate of Clinical Research Management -

Washington University St. Louis

Associate of Science - Health Care Management

University of Phoenix
La June Grayson