Associate Director, Clinical Program Management, Clinical Operations

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The Associate Director, Clinical Program Management will be accountable for on-time and on-budget delivery of assigned clinical study(ies) across all of RayzeBio programs at the highest quality standards and will have a broad therapeutic knowledge leading the multifunctional study management team. This role will oversee all operational aspects of clinical trials according to and in compliance with corporate and project Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Clinical Practice (GCP)/International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines and other applicable federal (FDA) and state regulations, in order to achieve established goals within timelines and budget. This role will help to establish consistent processes and procedures for planning, monitoring, and reporting on progress of all clinical studies to functional leads and to RayzeBio leadership.

Job Responsibilities

• Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.
• Manage global clinical study teams, CRO's and vendors to ensure that the study(ies) are completed
• on time, within budget, and in compliance with SOPs, FDA regulations and ICH/GCP guidelines.
• Oversight and leader of the cross-functional team supporting clinical studies.
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables
• Define study tasks and resource requirements
• Plan and schedule study timelines
• Develop and manage risk mitigation strategies for clinical studies
• Track study progress and proactively escalates issues to key internal stakeholders to ensure timely resolution of issues
• Develop process and methodology to monitor and report on progress of projects to all stakeholders and the leadership team
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• Manage project study budgets and invoicing procedures according to study contract
• Active participant in CRO meetings, responsible to review key CRO study operational plans and proactively provides input to operational strategy, including country and site feasibility.
• Manage any clinical project management personnel supporting assigned studies
• Mentoring of junior staff
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Up to 20% travel required

Education and Experience

• Minimum 10 years clinical trial experience

Skills and Qualifications

• Independent professional who proactively communicates frequently and effectively.
• Organized and able to work to on multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• High energy level; positive attitude; works well under stress; assertive and effective communicator.
• Hands-on, action-oriented, and able to implement effectively.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. 

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $185,000 - $231,000, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility). The starting pay takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. Final, individual compensation is decided based on demonstrated experience. For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Careers site. Eligibility for specific benefits listed i