Executive Director, Clinical Operations
Houston, TX - USA
Job Summary
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Position Summary
The Executive Director Clinical Operations serves as the operational deputy and strategic partner to the VP Clinical Operations. This high-impact executive role provides integrated leadership across the entire clinical operations ecosystem. You will translate high-level clinical strategy into seamless portfolio delivery scalable organizational capability and robust global execution. As a systems-builder and visionary leader you will run todays global clinical portfolio with operational excellence while simultaneously building the capabilities required for tomorrows late-stage development and commercialization.
Location: Global (US / Germany; Remote)
Reports To: Vice President Clinical Operations
Salary Range: $270000 to $300000
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in a scientific nursing or business discipline required;
15 years of clinical research experience within a biotech pharmaceutical or major CRO environment including 7 years in a senior multi-functional leadership capacity.
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree (MD PhD PharmD MS or MBA) preferred.
Direct operational experience managing Cell Therapy Immuno-Oncology or advanced therapeutic modality trials is a strong plus.
Directly manage and inspire a geographically dispersed multicultural clinical operations teams with specific focus on harmonizing workflows between US and European (Germany) team members. A natural systems builder who thrives on creating infrastructure optimizing workflows and designing scalable processes. Demonstrated track record of leading multiple dimensions of clinical operations (e.g. trial management data/systems sample logistics site monitoring).
Extensive experience leading complex global clinical trials across North America and Europe (experience with US/Germany structures is highly desirable). Deep experience navigating clinical operations in Oncology is required.
Proven experience driving Phase III registrational trials global regulatory filings (BLA/NDA/MAA submissions) and preparing operations for commercialization.
Demonstrated experience leading Clinical Operations within a biopharmaceutical organization with strong understanding of internal clinical operations trial execution and regulatory requirements.
Sophisticated experience managing large-scale CRO partnerships and vendor governance committees.
Strong communication and influencing skills with the clear capability
Key Responsibilities
1. Integrated Clinical Operations Leadership
Operational Deputy: Lead day-to-day operations of the global Clinical Operations organization on behalf of the VP; serve as primary delegate and decision-maker within established authority matrices.
Functional Integration: Align functional teams to ensure Trial/Asset Operations Site Operations Biosample Operations and Clinical Systems function as one unified high-performing ecosystem.
Strategic Alignment: Bridge the gap between corporate development milestones and operational realities aligning all sub-functions toward shared portfolio timelines.
2. Portfolio Execution & Operational Oversight
Portfolio-Wide Visibility: Maintain an aggregated holistic view across the entire clinical portfolio to proactively manage cross-program dependencies critical paths and resource constraints.
Risk Mitigation: Establish early-warning frameworks to identify escalate and mitigate execution issues protocol deviations and trial bottlenecks.
Leadership Coaching: influence and mentor clinical operations leads and asset directors on delivery strategy while ensuring accountability.
3. People Talent & Organizational Leadership
Talent Development: Directly lead mentor and elevate the senior clinical operations leadership team; design robust succession plans and career pathways.
Global Synchronization: Cultivate a unified high-performing culture across the geographically dispersed US and Germany organizational footprints.
Performance Architecture: Drive rigorous performance calibration talent acquisition strategic workforce planning and organizational capability mapping.
4. Resource Budget & Vendor Management
Operational Machinery: Own the infrastructure supporting portfolio capacity planning headcount forecasting and strategic resource deployment.
Fiscal Stewardship: Oversee budget planning accrual tracking and financial forecasting; present highly accurate data-driven operational intelligence to support the VPs strategic investment decisions.
Vendor Governance: Partner with the Clinical Outsourcing group to manage CRO/vendor selection performance metrics (SLA/KPI tracking) and governance frameworks.
Sourcing Strategy: Drive rigorous analysis and provide actionable recommendations on insourcing vs. outsourcing strategies (FSP vs. full-service models).
5. Operational Excellence Systems & Quality
Scalable Infrastructure: Champion continuous improvement initiatives business process optimization and structural scalability across all clinical workflows.
Quality & GxP Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to ICH-GCP FDA/EMA regulations and global Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Inspection Readiness: Lead proactive inspection readiness frameworks internal quality audits and harmonized global data standards.
Analytics & Metrics: Implement and monitor predictive operational metrics KPIs and executive dashboards to measure organizational efficiency.
6. Transformation & Future Readiness
Organizational Evolution: Co-architect and execute the future-state operating model as the pipeline transitions from early-stage to late-stage global development and commercialization.
Change Management: Lead enterprise-wide change management capability integration and digital/systems evolution (e.g. CTMS eTMF decentralized trial technologies).
Systems Problem-Solving: Design and deploy structural repeatable organizational systems that eliminate recurring operational friction points.
What do we offer
At Immatics we believe in investing in our teams health safety and well-being. Heres what you can expect if you join Immatics
Comprehensive Benefits:
Competitive rates for Health Dental and Vision Insurance
PTO Accrued bi-weekly with up to 80 hours available to borrow and a maximum accrued balance of 240 hours.
12 company paid holidays
10 days of sick time
100% employer-paid life insuranceup to at 1x annual salary up to one hundred thousand dollars
100% employer-paid short- and long-Term disability coverage
401(k) with immediate eligibilityand company match
The company will match 100% of your contributions up to 3% of your base salary for the first two years of employment 4% for years 2-3 of employment and up to 5% of your salary from the fourth year onward of continued employment.
Partially paid parental leavefor eligible employees.
Additional voluntary employee-paid benefits and services including accident hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance as well as identity theft protection and pet insurance.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard torace color religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexualorientation gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age marital status disability geneticinformation veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
Reasonable Accommodations
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Work Authorization
Applicants mustbe authorized towork in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.
Pre-Employment Requirements
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check referencechecksand pre-employment drug screening wherepermittedby applicable law. For certain rolesadditionalscreenings such as a credit check or motor vehicle record review may berequired where job-related and consistent with business necessity.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Immatics is the global leader in precision targeting of PRAME. Explore our science, clinical pipeline and ongoing clinical trials.