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DIRECTOR, CLINICAL TRIALS OPERATIONS, DCRI
Location
United States
Posted
16 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director, Project Delivery serves as the senior leader responsible for the strategic oversight, operational excellence, and successful execution of a designated industry-sponsored clinical trial portfolio. This role provides executive-level project governance, ensures delivery to key performance metrics, and partners across the organization to optimize project outcomes, client satisfaction, and institutional growth.
- Own sponsor-facing governance and portfolio-level accountability for assigned industry sponsors, including delivery performance, executive engagement, and proactive risk management.
- Provide executive-level oversight and governance of designated project portfolios for large industry sponsors, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality delivery.
- Lead internal and external project governance activities (steering committee meetings, executive business reviews, portfolio performance discussions).
- Partner with Clinical Operations leadership to align portfolio delivery priorities and sponsor expectations with functional execution.
- Maintain strong client and internal relationships.
- Collaborate with Business Development to support proposal strategy, bid defense participation, and pricing alignment.
- Serve as a therapeutic area expert providing input into feasibility, protocol development, and operational strategy.
- Establish clear escalation pathways and governance structures in collaboration with Sponsor and Clinical Operations leadership to manage risks and client escalations.
Qualifications
- Work requires a Bachelor's degree.
- Advanced degree preferred (e.g., MSN, MPH, MHA, PharmD, MBA).
- Ten years of relevant experience to include 7 years in leadership roles.
- At least five years in a leadership or management capacity in the contract research, pharmaceutical, medical device, or biotechnology industry or in an academic research organization is preferred.
- Proven ability to lead global, multi-site industry-sponsored studies within the cardiovascular therapeutic area.
- Strong operational and financial acumen, including P&L accountability, KPI management, and performance optimization.
- Demonstrated success in stakeholder engagement, client governance, and cross-functional leadership.
- Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and mentoring skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership and team development.
Requirements
- Ten years of relevant experience to include 7 years in leadership roles. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE.
Company Description
Job Requirements
- Work requires a Bachelor's degree.
- Advanced degree preferred (e.g., MSN, MPH, MHA, PharmD, MBA).
- Ten years of relevant experience to include 7 years in leadership roles.
- At least five years in a leadership or management capacity in the contract research, pharmaceutical, medical device, or biotechnology industry or in an academic research organization is preferred.
- Proven ability to lead global, multi-site industry-sponsored studies within the cardiovascular therapeutic area.
- Strong operational and financial acumen, including P&L accountability, KPI management, and performance optimization.
- Demonstrated success in stakeholder engagement, client governance, and cross-functional leadership.
- Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and mentoring skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership and team development.
- Ten years of relevant experience to include 7 years in leadership roles. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE.
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