Senior Director, Clinical Operations

Position Summary:

The Senior Director/Vice President of Clinical Operations will be responsible for the planning, implementation, execution and management of clinical studies by overseeing day-to-day operations and directly managing and working with outside Clinical Research Organizations and academic institutions. Additionally, will work closely with cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and external stakeholders to meet clinical milestones while maintaining high-quality standards, timelines, and budgets. The candidate must thrive working in a fast-paced, innovative environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient. Ability to analyze complex issues to develop relevant and realistic plans and recommendations.  

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute clinical operations strategies aligned with the company’s overall goals and objectives.  
• Plan and communicate with cross-functional teams to ensure proper initiation, execution, and conduct of clinical trials and generation of high-quality clinical data. 
• Serve as a primary point of contact and resource for clinical operations activities for CROs, vendor personnel, investigator site personnel, and other team members at Orbital. 
• Collaborate with medical, regulatory, data management, biostatistics, and other functional teams to align clinical operations with overall program goals. 
• Interact and work closely with the clinical consultant to ensure proper execution of the clinical activities. 
• Provide oversight and management of CROs, consultants, vendors, and clinical sites. 
• Oversee and monitor the management of clinical studies ensuring they are conducted in compliance with the agreed study plans and all applicable regulations and requirements. 
• Monitor progress of clinical activity and report on the progress of assigned clinical trials including budget, timelines, and clinical data collection. 
• Prepare potential investigator site lists and assist with their evaluation for inclusion in the study. 
• Review and approve study-related plans generated by CROs and vendors, and ensure the documentation is in accordance with GCP regulatory requirements and consistent with the protocol for assigned studies. 
• Participate in the authoring, review and finalization of clinical study-related documents such as protocols, protocol amendments, clinical study reports (CSRs), regulatory submissions and other publications as required. 
• Coordinate the delivery of clinical trial supplies in collaboration with CRO and other team members. 
• Request and critically evaluate proposals and change orders from CROs, vendors and investigator sites (as applicable). 
• Manages escalation of study related issues and communicates as appropriate. 
• Anticipate potential study issues and to prepare contingency plans with minimal oversight. 

 Qualifications:

• Requires a B.A./B.S. preferably in nursing, biology, biochemistry, or related areas (advanced degrees desirable) with at least 15 years of experience in clinical research operations. 
• Experience in phase I to phase III clinical studies. Global experience a plus. 
• Experience in immunology, hematology, oncology, or rare disease indications is a plus. 
• Understands and ensures adherence to SOPs, ICH/GCP, and FDA and other health authorities’ regulations, with strong understanding of inspection readiness. 
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the regulatory aspects of pharmaceutical development, including protocol implementation, data collection and reporting, and understands preparation of regulatory submissions. 
• Demonstrated experience in study management/monitoring, as well as working and negotiating with CROs. 
• Demonstrated project management expertise, including the leadership and development of cross functional teams. 
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with exceptional organization and attention to detail.