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Sitero

Senior Director, Clinical Operations

Sitero

. Own end-to-end delivery of clinical programs across Sitero’s client portfolio .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeMississauga • CanadaSenior💰 CA$150,000 - CA$200,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own end-to-end delivery of clinical programs across Sitero’s client portfolio
  • Oversee CRAs, CTMs, and project management staff across Phase I–IV programs
  • Ensure delivery against timelines, budgets, quality, and protocol adherence commitments
  • Serve as executive sponsor and escalation point for complex, high-risk, or high-value studies
  • Define and refine clinical operations SOPs, working practices, and quality standards
  • Build resourcing models, capacity planning frameworks, and portfolio performance metrics
  • Lead selection, implementation, and optimization of EDC, CTMS, eTMF, and risk-based monitoring systems
  • Recruit, develop, and retain the clinical operations team
  • Establish career pathways and competency frameworks for clinical operations
  • Partner with Business Development on proposals, bid defense meetings, and scope development
  • Serve as senior sponsor contact from kickoff through closeout
  • Translate sponsor needs into realistic, risk-aware, adequately staffed operational plans
  • Champion risk-based monitoring and quality by design
  • Ensure inspection readiness and lead preparation for sponsor audits and regulatory inspections
  • Monitor emerging FDA, EMA, and ICH E6 R3 guidance and ensure organizational alignment

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 12+ years of clinical research experience
  • At least 5 years in a leadership role within a CRO or full-service sponsor environment
  • Deep expertise across trial phases I–IV and therapeutic areas
  • Experience in complex or underserved populations is a plus
  • Demonstrated ability to build and scale clinical operations functions
  • Track record of delivering multi-study portfolios on time and within budget while maintaining quality
  • Fluency in risk-based monitoring principles and modern clinical trial technology platforms
  • Strong commercial instincts; comfortable in business development settings, client-facing conversations, and budget negotiations
  • Exceptional communication skills across scientific, operational, and executive contexts
  • Willingness to work in shifts as and when needed

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary
  • Paid time off
  • Healthcare benefits
  • Retirement benefits
  • Hybrid work arrangement: 3 days per week from the Mississauga office and 2 days per week from home
  • Standard 40-hour work week, Monday–Friday