M5M5 — Senior Director
Senior Director, Clinical Trials Operations
Responsible for the oversight and strategic direction of global clinical programs, ensuring operational efficiency and alignment with corporate goals.
What this level means
Leads multiple functions or a large department; drives multi-year strategy.
- Scope
- Multiple functions or a large department
- Autonomy
- Owns multi-year strategy for the area
- Complexity
- Org-level trade-offs and investment
- Impact
- Multi-function results
- Decision rights
- Owns investment and org design across functions
- Leadership
- Leads directors and managers
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Develop and implement the clinical operations strategy
- Oversee the planning, budgeting, and management of global programs
- Lead cross-functional teams at the executive level
- Drive vendor strategy across programs
- Set key performance indicators for the operations organization
- Ensure a robust quality culture
- Develop operations strategy
- Oversee global programs
- Lead cross-functional teams
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic development
- Global program management
- Cross-functional leadership
- Vendor strategy
- Performance management
- Quality assurance
- Inspirational communication
- Adaptability
- Global clinical operations
- Strategic program development
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Vendor strategy implementation
- Performance indicator development
- Quality culture establishment
- Enterprise-level decision-making
- Inspirational communication strategies
- Visionary leadership
- Enterprise-level decision-making
- Inspirational communication
- Resilience and adaptability
What good looks like
- Advanced degree in life sciences or business
- ~12–15+ years in clinical development
- Experience in both biotech and large pharmaceutical environments
Common titles
Senior Director, Clinical Trials OperationsClinical Trials Operations Senior Director
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 19-0000 — Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations (inferred)