Senior Director, Automation Hybrid

Job Description

This position is responsible for the formulation and execution of automation strategy in Global Clinical Trial Operations and all the support activities within their functional area. This includes working with stakeholders across Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO)and other relevant teams driving the strategy from ideation to value realization.

The Senior Director will:

• Drives Alignment and Strategic Planning
  Inspires teams toward shared goals. Develops ambitious yet achievable objectives aligned with organizational priorities. Plans resources and sets strategies to improve efficiency and impact.

• Forecasting & Operational Planning
  Accountable for ensuring alignment of functional capacity with organizational demand needs working internal stakeholders

• Leads Talent Development and Performance Management
  Assigns work sets priorities and conducts regular performance reviews. Provides coaching feedback and recognition to support growth and accountability.

• Builds Career Paths and Growth Opportunities
  Creates development plans and promotes internal mobility. Ensures employees receive training mentoring and stretch assignments to build future capabilities.

• Advises Cross-Functional Stakeholders
  Offers expert guidance on data management and functional operations to internal teams and external partners

• Ensures Compliance
  Oversees compliance of the teams executing processes according to SOP to meet global regulatory and internal standards.

• Champions Continuous Improvement
  Leads or supports initiatives that enhance processes tools and team agility.

• Stays Ahead of Innovation
  Tracks advancements in AI automation and clinical trial operations to guide tool selection and process optimization.

• Influences Technology and Workflow Decisions
  Contributes to decisions on internal and external systems and defines efficient work processes.

• Supports Broader Organizational Needs
  Takes on additional projects and tasks as needed to advance trial operations and data management.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelors degree preferably in life sciences technology business operations.

Required Experience:

• 12 years of experience in Clinical Trial Operations Data Management or related biopharmaceutical experience.

• 5 years of experience and demonstrated success in personnel management.

• Successful implementations in partnership with Technical/ IT organizations involving data and technologies including but not limited to data modeling NLP and working in infrastructures like AWS Azure etc.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• A broad comprehensive knowledge of clinical trial operations

• Working knowledge of ICH and GCP guidelines

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to communicate with both the technical and business areas.

• Demonstrated experience in formulating strategy facilitating organizational alignment and driving implementation through value realization.

• Defining process and organizational metrics KRI KQI OKRs etc.

• Demonstrate Agile mindset and practical experience with Agile methodologies.

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The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive if applicable.

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