Vice President, Site Activation Project Management and Global Regulatory Oversight

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Vice President, Site Activation Project Management and Global Regulatory Oversight based in United States.

This executive leadership role is responsible for shaping global clinical trial start-up strategies and ensuring the successful activation of studies across diverse healthcare portfolios. The position oversees large-scale teams focused on site activation, regulatory operations, and operational excellence. It plays a critical role in improving delivery timelines, quality standards, and client satisfaction through innovative and harmonized processes. The successful candidate will act as a strategic advisor to internal teams, sponsors, and external stakeholders throughout the study lifecycle. This role requires strong leadership capabilities, deep clinical research expertise, and the ability to drive transformation across a global organization. Working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, the leader will influence the future of clinical trial execution worldwide.

Accountabilities:: The Vice President will provide strategic direction and operational oversight for global study start-up activities, ensuring efficient, compliant, and predictable clinical trial activation. This role will lead teams, optimize processes, strengthen client partnerships, and drive continuous improvement across site activation and regulatory functions.

Develop and execute global strategies for study start-up, site activation, and regulatory delivery aligned with business objectives, customer expectations, and industry standards.

Lead and develop a global organization of site activation and regulatory professionals, promoting accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.

Oversee harmonized operating models supporting pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers, ensuring scalability and consistent execution across programs.

Serve as an executive sponsor for study start-up delivery, coordinating activities across site selection, regulatory affairs, contracts, activation, and clinical operations teams.

Provide leadership and strategic oversight for global regulatory activities, including submission processes and study-level regulatory guidance.

Partner with cross-functional executives to identify risks, remove operational barriers, and improve study timelines and outcomes.

Establish and monitor performance indicators, quality metrics, cycle times, and operational dashboards to drive measurable improvements.

Build trusted relationships with sponsors and external stakeholders, acting as a senior escalation point and strategic partner.

Lead organizational transformation initiatives, process improvements, and innovation efforts to enhance study start-up performance.

Foster an inclusive culture focused on collaboration, leadership development, and continuous learning across distributed teams.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in clinical research operations, global study start-up leadership, and regulatory oversight within a complex healthcare environment. They combine strategic vision with operational expertise and possess the ability to influence senior stakeholders while managing large international teams.

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, healthcare, life sciences, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.

Extensive experience leading clinical study start-up, site activation, and regulatory operations within a Contract Research Organization (CRO) or similar environment.

Proven success managing global clinical trial launches and delivering complex programs across multiple regions.

Significant leadership experience overseeing geographically distributed teams and developing high-performing organizations.

Strong background in sponsor-facing operations and building strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients.

Deep knowledge of global regulatory requirements, submission processes, and clinical trial activation activities.

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams spanning site selection, regulatory affairs, contracts, activation, clinical operations, and project management.

Strong strategic thinking, change management, operational improvement, and transformation leadership skills.

Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building abilities.

Commitment to fostering diversity, inclusion, collaboration, and professional development.

Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.

Benefits:

Competitive base salary with performance-based incentives.

Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable.

Retirement and pension plan options.

Life insurance and disability coverage.

Employee assistance programs and wellbeing resources.

Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways.

Opportunity to lead global initiatives with significant impact on clinical research delivery.

Flexible remote work environment with opportunities to collaborate internationally.

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