Senior Director, Clinical Trial Liaison Strategy
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Summary
At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking a Head of Clinical Trial Liaison to join our Global Site Management team within Global Clinical Operations. As a senior leader within Global Clinical Operations, you will work with abstract ideas and objectives to solve complex, often precedent-setting problems, directing strategy implementation for a broad, business-critical function spanning multiple disciplines, regions, and study teams. You will lead the activities of a diverse, global team, building and sustaining an industry-leading, field-based operational capability enabled by people, process, and technology, and own line management of Director, CTL Regional Heads. You will partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders across Global Development to align and execute a portfolio-wide, multi-year operational strategy for field-based clinical trial support, reporting into the Head of Global Site Management.
Job description
When & where
- Location: Preferred: Tarrytown, NY, Warren, NJ, Cambridge, MA, or Remote
- Work model/flexibility: Primarily on-site with hybrid flexibility
- Travel percentage: 30-40%
Discover your role
- Direct strategy implementation for a business-critical, multi-disciplinary field-based operations capability spanning multiple regions
- Lead the activities of a diverse, global team; own individual career development, performance management, and succession planning for the CTL organization
- Establish broad, function-wide objectives and develop, modify, and oversee organization-wide policies and processes
- Provide strategic business oversight of the FSP relationship, ensuring optimum operational effectiveness and quality deliverables
- Act as the senior point of escalation on complex, often precedent-setting issues
- Represent Global Site Management and the CTL function across key forums including the GSM Leadership Team, CRO Joint Operating Committee, Clinical Operations Review, and Global Development Compliance and Quality Meeting
- Maintain a field-facing presence, engaging in site visits with investigator site staff and CRO representatives
- Apply advanced negotiation and interpersonal skills to secure budgets, resources, and executive sponsorship for CTL initiatives, including Agentic/AI-enabled and technology-driven process innovation
This role requires
- Bachelor's Degree and 18+ years of relevant industry and/or CRO experience, including significant experience leading global, multi-disciplinary teams at a senior management level; Master's Degree, MD, or PhD preferred
- Extensive, expert-level experience in global clinical trial operations, with responsibility for managing financial and people resources across multiple Job Family groups/disciplines
- Extensive medical and scientific knowledge and clinical development understanding
- Strong organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to establish org-wide policies and manage large-scale, multi-project portfolios
- Working knowledge of ICH/GCP and current regulatory guidance (e.g., ICH E6(R3), RBQM guidance)
- Advanced negotiation and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively across a matrixed, global organization
- Excellent communicator, able to synthesize complex information and present it to a wide variety of senior audiences, internal and external
- Ability to build and sustain relationships with the external medical, investigator, and vendor community
- Cross-cultural awareness and fluency in business English; experience operating across EMEA, JAPAC, US/CA, and/or LATAM regions is highly desirable
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 18+ years of relevant industry and/or CRO experience, including significant experience leading global, multi-disciplinary teams at a senior management level
- Master's Degree, MD, or PhD preferred
- Extensive, expert-level experience in global clinical trial operations, with responsibility for managing financial and people resources across multiple Job Family groups/disciplines
- Extensive medical and scientific knowledge and clinical development understanding
- Strong organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to establish org-wide policies and manage large-scale, multi-project portfolios
- Working knowledge of ICH/GCP and current regulatory guidance (e.g., ICH E6(R3), RBQM guidance)
- Advanced negotiation and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively across a matrixed, global organization
- Excellent communicator, able to synthesize complex information and present it to a wide variety of senior audiences, internal and external
- Ability to build and sustain relationships with the external medical, investigator, and vendor community
- Cross-cultural awareness and fluency in business English; experience operating across EMEA, JAPAC, US/CA, and/or LATAM regions is highly desirable
Benefits
- Annual bonuses
- Incentive plans
- Equity awards
- Pension or retirement benefits
- 401(k) company match
- Health and wellness programs
- Fitness centers
- Insurance benefits
- Paid time off
- Family support benefits
Company overview
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is a leading American biotechnology company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. The company specializes in inventing, developing, and commercializing life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Regeneron is renowned for its innovative antibody technologies and has developed several groundbreaking therapies, including EYLEA® for retinal diseases, DUPIXENT® for inflammatory conditions, and the COVID-19 antibody cocktail REGEN-COV®. The company operates with a strong focus on research and development across multiple therapeutic areas including ophthalmology, oncology, cardiovascular diseases, and rare genetic disorders. Regeneron's proprietary VelocImmune® technology platform enables the rapid generation of fully human monoclonal antibodies. With over 15,000 employees globally and annual revenues exceeding $14 billion, Regeneron has established itself as a major force in the biotechnology industry, consistently ranking among the top-performing pharmaceutical companies and maintaining a robust pipeline of investigational therapies.