**General Description:**
The Senior Director, Study Start‑Up Americas with a primary delivery responsibility for North America, will lead the strategic planning and execution of study start‑up activities across clinical programs, ensuring rapid, high‑quality site activation. This role provides leadership to cross‑functional teams, oversees budgets, engages key stakeholders, and drives continuous process improvements to enable timely and compliant trial initiation. Core responsibilities include developing and implementing activation strategies, managing regulatory and ethics submissions (IRB/EC and Health Authorities), overseeing site contract and budget negotiations, monitoring operational KPIs, and ensuring audit and inspection readiness.
The role is accountable for study start-up oversight, with direct second-line manager responsibilities. Operating in an agile, fast-paced environment, the Director balances strategic leadership with hands-on execution to drive successful trial ...