Associate Director, Clinical Operations
$185,000–$215,000 year
On-siteWaltham, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Lead global clinical studies from early-stage development, ensuring delivery against timeline, budget, and quality expectations while providing strategic oversight of CROs and vendors. Develop and review study performance metrics, drive corrective actions, and evaluate site trends to mitigate risks. Serve as the Clinical Operations representative on Strategy Teams, coordinate team meetings, and update cross-functional stakeholders on timelines and milestones. Contribute to study documentation including protocol review, creating study manuals, ICFs, and designing CRFs. Provide input to Clinical Study Reports and Investigator Brochures, including data cleaning and listing review. Perform clinical research site activities such as onsite or remote monitoring, co-monitoring, training, and sponsor oversight visits. Ensure study documentation adheres to applicable regulations, industry standards, and SOPs. Collaborate with Clinical, Regulatory, and Quality teams to ensure compliance with FDA regulations, ICH GCP, and company policies. Limited travel possible to clinical sites for investigator and site engagement, with potential to travel (~25%).
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 6-7+ years of relevant industry clinical development experience
- Experience with complex therapeutic platforms
- Multi-phase clinical trials
- Experience with all aspects of trial and site startup and vendor selection and management, study management, and monitoring
- Familiarity with clinical data review and data management processes
- Excellent knowledge of GCP, ICH, and FDA regulations
- Experience with SOP review and development
- Limited travel possible to clinical sites for investigator and site engagement, with potential to travel (~25%)
Desired Qualifications
- BS/BA Degree or equivalent in science or a health-related field is preferred
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