A Functional Solution Built With You in Mind

When you find you have considerable and steady overflow work in a particular functional area, yet you simply don’t have the resources to get the work done, a Functional Service Provider (FSP) could be an optimal solution for you. Catalyst has significant experience creating and managing functional workforces to optimize efficiency, while providing our customers a great deal of flexibility without compromising on quality.

As FSPs come in a variety of shapes and sizes, we can design a customized solution for you that leverages your processes and infrastructure, ensuring efficiency, continuity and quality, across protocols and even business units.

FSP components may include:

• Performance management
• Administrative support (IT, human resources, etc.)
• Pipeline and resource forecasting
• Train the trainer
• Governance and initiative oversight

We are adept at creating talented, optimal workforce teams focused in the following functional areas:

• Biostatistics
• Centralized or oversight monitoring
• Clinical monitoring
• Data management
• Medical
• Project management
• Safety
• Statistical programming

With Catalyst as your FSP partner, benefits are many and include:

• Highly experienced resources: our people average 10+ years of experience.
• Organically grown network: work with a consistent team that understands your systems, your processes and your expectations.
• Budget predictability: because most FSPs use a monthly FTE by position fee structure, you’ll know the exact cost for adding a resource, virtually eliminating guesswork.
• Economical model: especially when internal headcount additions are not an option.
• Flexibility & scalability: our FSP model provides an easy and flexible way to scale up avoiding the expense of underutilized resources.
• Collaboration & transparency: better long-term planning results in accurate resource planning ensuring meeting deliverables
• Cultural fit: we seek to partner with companies that are a good “fit.” Strong relationships and collaboration are critical to making FSP programs successful.