Executive Director, Head of Global Site Management
KardiganPrinceton, New Jersey, United States · Posted 6 months agoDescription
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Role Summary
The Head of Global Site Management leads all site-facing clinical trial activities across the global development portfolio. This operational leadership role is responsible for Site Management & Monitoring and Clinical Trial Optimization & Strategic Partnership functions. This role provides strategic leadership for site start-up, site management, and monitoring to drive predictable execution, accelerate timelines, improve enrollment performance, ensure high-quality data, and establish strategic site partnerships.
As a member of the Clinical Operations senior leadership team, this role is also responsible for supporting strategic initiatives across the development organization.
This is a 4 day onsite position - M-Th
Key Responsibilities
- Build & lead global site management, monitoring, and study start-up activities across all clinical programs
- Develop and execute site strategies to optimize selection, activation, enrollment, and retention
- Establish consistent monitoring models, including risk-based monitoring approaches
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with investigative sites, site networks, and partners
- Partner closely with Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Biometrics, and Development Services to ensure seamless, disciplined program and trial execution
- Identify and mitigate site-level operational and quality risks
- Establish scalable processes, metrics, and dashboards to track and improve site performance
- Establish operating model inclusive of vendor strategy, oversight, risk management, key performance metrics, and dashboards
- Provide expert insight into operational strategy plans (feasibility, monitoring strategies) and operating budgets
- Create and continuously improve standard operating procedures, work instructions, to ensure inspection readiness
- Participate in regulatory authority inspections, sponsor audits, and oversee site audits in partnership with Quality
- Ensure compliance with GCP, regulatory requirements, and internal standards
- Ability to assess and transform capabilities through AI and Automation solutions or strategies
- Up to 20-30% domestic and international travel, as required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related field
- 12+ years of experience in site management or clinical operations leadership
Or advanced degree (PhD, MBA, Masters) and 10+ yrs of experience
- Deep expertise in global study start-up and enrollment optimization
- Strong people leadership and stakeholder management skills
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