Senior Director, Clinical Operations Strategy

The Senior Director, Clinical Operations Strategy is a critical member of the project team responsible for driving operational excellence, organizational effectiveness, and strategic execution across the Clinical Operations organization.

What You Will Do

The Senior Director will work across programs and functions to ensure Clinical Operations maintains the infrastructure, processes, capabilities, talent, and operational discipline necessary to successfully execute the company's clinical development objectives.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role reflects the knowledge, experience, skill level, and capacity to lead complex organizational initiatives, drive operational excellence, influence enterprise decision-making, and support the continued growth and evolution of the Clinical Operations organization.

Requirements

• Partner closely with the Vice President, Clinical Operations to establish department priorities, strategic objectives, and operational plans
• Lead workforce planning, organizational design, and capacity management activities to ensure Clinical Operations is appropriately structured and resourced to support current and future portfolio needs
• Develop and maintain Clinical Operations metrics, dashboards, KPIs, and operational reporting to measure organizational effectiveness and performance
• Establish mechanisms to monitor progress against departmental goals, objectives, and key deliverables
• Identify organizational risks, resource constraints, capability gaps, and operational challenges and develop mitigation plans and recommendations
• Lead annual planning activities, including organizational planning, budget planning, headcount planning, and departmental goal setting
• Partner with Clinical Operations leadership to optimize organizational structure, responsibilities, and operating models
• Drive hiring strategy and workforce development initiatives across the Clinical Operations organization
• Partner with People Operations to support recruiting, onboarding, talent management, employee engagement, retention, and performance management activities
• Develop and maintain succession planning and leadership development programs to strengthen organizational capability
• Lead process improvement and operational excellence initiatives that improve scalability, accountability, efficiency, and execution
• Establish and oversee departmental governance, communication, business operations, and planning processes
• Serve as a key liaison between Clinical Operations and cross-functional functions including Clinical Development, Biometrics, Regulatory, Quality, Program Management, Finance, and People Operations
• Drive accountability for departmental objectives, key performance indicators, and organizational deliverables
• Lead strategic initiatives and special projects on behalf of the Vice President, Clinical Operations.
• Develop scalable infrastructure, tools, systems, and operational processes to support organizational growth
• Mentor and develop Clinical Operations personnel and emerging leaders
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
• Support inspection readiness, quality initiatives, and organizational compliance activities
• Ensure activities are conducted in accordance with company policies, applicable regulations, and ICH-GCP guidelines