• The Executive Director (ED) is the Clinical Operations lead in a country/cluster and is responsible for execution of all Clinical Trials in scope for Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO) country operations • Adherence to GCP, local and global policies and procedures to conduct high-quality, inspection ready studies is essential • The position is accountable for trial quality and audit responses and completion of CAPAs • Ensures a single point of contact for managing clinical trial execution in all its aspects across phases in scope of GCTO within the country/cluster • Supports the regional GCTO leadership team, leading strategic development of their country/ cluster to deliver clinical trials as per global clinical research pipeline requirement • Strategic country/ cluster representative for initiatives at all levels of the organization. • Build and lead the team to effectively manage resources ensuring appropriately skilled and high performing team to effectively deliver the portfolio across therapy areas and achieve on agreed GCTO, GCD, and Research and Development objectives