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Senior Director, Strategy & Delivery – Ophthalmology Experience Preferred
Syneos Health. Provide overall strategy and direction for clinical trials, processes, and procedures .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in clinical development and regulatory oversight, with a strong focus on strategic client engagement and operational excellence. Proven ability to lead complex clinical research projects, manage financial strategies, and drive organizational innovation.
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Clinical Development ExpertiseRegulatory OversightExecutive Client ManagementGovernance And Risk ManagementAdvanced Analytics
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Hard Skills
Clinical ResearchProject ManagementSOP DevelopmentFinancial Portfolio ManagementTherapeutic TrainingMedical Writing CollaborationProposal DevelopmentPerformance TrackingQuality ComplianceChange Management
Soft Skills
LeadershipStrategic ThinkingCollaborationCoachingCommunication
Industry Keywords
OphthalmologyClinical TrialsSteering CommitteesIndustry MeetingsScientific PublicationsCustomer ProposalsRisk ManagementOperational ExcellenceDiversity And InclusionTransformational Change
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide overall strategy and direction for clinical trials, processes, and procedures
- Act as Scientific Director or consultant as required by projects
- Serve as a primary senior-level customer contact
- Participate in customer proposals, RFIs, presentations, proposal defenses, and Steering Committees
- Provide scientific/regulatory oversight and project or therapeutic training to project teams
- Collaborate with Medical Writing on clinical development plans, protocols, investigator brochures, and medical/clinical reports
- Coordinate medical/scientific input from external experts, consultants, and advisors
- Represent Syneos Health at industry meetings, speaking engagements, booth exhibitions, and through scientific or industry publications
- Develop SOPs, medical/scientific tools, training, and staffing requirements
- Provide scientific/medical input to senior management and other departments
- Serve as senior operational leader and strategic advisor for top-tier clients
- Develop strategic client engagement plans and executive governance
- Resolve high-impact escalations and support proposal development and bid defense strategies
- Partner with business development leaders to secure significant new business and enterprise-wide solutions
- Define and oversee delivery strategy for a complex portfolio of clinical research projects
- Establish governance frameworks for risk management, performance tracking, and delivery checkpoints
- Use advanced analytics to identify risks and optimize delivery strategies
- Provide executive leadership for project outcomes and corporate objective alignment
- Lead financial strategies, budget management, resource allocation, profitability, and change-order negotiations
- Lead organizational innovation, talent development, coaching, diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Oversee quality initiatives, compliance, systemic quality issues, and enterprise-level solutions
- Lead strategic initiatives, thought leadership, operational excellence, and transformational change management
Requirements
What you’ll need- Ophthalmology experience preferred
- Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered
- Senior-level experience in clinical development, clinical research, or related areas
- Scientific and regulatory expertise
- Experience with customer proposals, RFIs, presentations, proposal defenses, and Steering Committees
- Experience providing scientific/regulatory oversight and project/therapeutic training
- Experience with clinical development plans, protocols, investigator brochures, and medical/clinical reports
- Experience coordinating medical/scientific input from external experts, consultants, or advisors
- Experience with industry meetings, speaking engagements, booth exhibitions, and scientific or industry publications
- Experience developing SOPs, medical/scientific tools, training, and staffing requirements
- Experience in executive client management and business development
- Experience overseeing complex clinical research project portfolios
- Experience with governance, risk management, performance tracking, and strategic delivery
- Experience with advanced analytics and financial portfolio management
- Experience leading quality, compliance, organizational innovation, and change management initiatives
Benefits
Comp & perks- Career development and progression
- Supportive and engaged line management
- Technical and therapeutic area training
- Peer recognition and total rewards program
- Inclusive culture
- Company car or car allowance
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- Company match 401(k)
- Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
- Flexible paid time off (PTO)
- Sick time