Andrew Aitken

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Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

About

I joined Parexel International's Project Planning and Support Group as a Project Specialist I (PS I) in July 2021. During this time, I gained experience across multiple functions including Project Management, Financial Management, Quality Management, Client Communications, Data Management, Clinical Functions and Management, and Risk Tracking. In April 2023, I transitioned to Parexel's Clinical Development Risk and Compliance Management Group (formerly Project Quality and Risk Management Group) as a Clinical Development Risk and Compliance Lead (formerly Project Quality and Risk Lead). In this role, I support teams with consultancies related to compliance (regulatory, ICH GCP, ethics, and company standards and processes), overall quality, and functional risks. I serve as a point of contact for quality issues, risk identification, mitigation identification, assessments, and monitoring to ensure studies maintain a healthy and inspection-ready state. Additionally, I provide oversight and support for audit responses, action plan development, and mitigations for the remediation of audit findings.

Experience

  • Parexel (Full-time · 5 yrs)
    • Project Quality and Risk Lead I
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    • Project Specialist
      Jul 2021 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Site Supervisor at IVUKUZI CIVILS
    Jun 2016 - Aug 2016 · 3 mos