Director, Country Operations Management

What you'll do

• Direct country study execution, including feasibility, site selection, start-up, recruitment, data delivery, and close-out.
• Manage, coach, develop, and allocate resources for direct reports; oversee performance, training, and succession planning.
• Monitor study metrics, quality, compliance, risks, vendors, and stakeholder coordination; drive standardization and continuous improvement.

What they ask for

• At least 7 years of clinical research experience, including clinical operations function development and staff management in a pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology environment.
• Experience delivering global clinical trials, direct line management, and leading functional or cross-functional teams, SOPs, and processes.
• Deep knowledge of global regulatory requirements and ICH/GCP guidelines, with demonstrated clinical trial implementation, monitoring, and management proficiency.
• Bachelor’s level degree required; able to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%, dependent on program progress.

Nice to have

• Previous field CRA experience; experience running clinical studies for ultra-rare diseases and developing innovative approaches to optimize them.
• Experience with adult and pediatric clinical research across US therapeutic areas; master’s or doctoral degree or equivalent in a scientific discipline.

Pay

$171,622 to $227,434 USD annual base pay

Tools

eTMF, KPIs, ICH/GCP, SOPs