Associate Director, Clinical Supply

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end clinical supply planning activities across portfolio companies and phases of development.
• Ensure supply plans align with program timelines, enrollment assumptions, and development objectives.
• Support clinical trial material production and distribution activities.
• Support manufacturing campaigns, packaging runs, labeling activities, shipment planning, and global distribution of investigational products and ancillary supplies.
• Develop and implement strategies to ensure study blinding requirements are met.
• Manage clinical supply forecasting and inventory oversight.
• Create and maintain demand forecasts, inventory plans, and supply scenarios for investigational product and for any comparators and/or auxiliary items required to support study execution while minimizing waste, shortages, and excess inventory.
• Achieve accurate tracking of inventory, shipments, forecasts, and supply performance indicators while supporting inspection readiness and compliance requirements.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks by proactively assessing potential supply chain constraints, manufacturing risks, and inventory vulnerabilities, and developing contingency plans to maintain uninterrupted clinical trial support.
• Cook up coordination with external supply chain partners and vendors.
• Serve as the primary operational liaison for CMOs, packaging and labeling vendors, depots, IRT providers, and logistics partners to ensure timely and compliant supply execution.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Clinical Development/Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and portfolio company leadership teams to align clinical supply activities with broader program objectives.
• Contribute to process development across the Aditum Bio portfolio.
• Help establish scalable clinical supply planning practices, vendor management frameworks, and operational standards that can be leveraged across multiple portfolio companies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in clinical supply chain, clinical manufacturing operations, or pharmaceutical/biotech supply management.
• Experience working in emerging biotech companies and/or supporting multiple development programs simultaneously.
• Experience supporting Phase I/II clinical trials, including forecasting, packaging, labeling, distribution, and inventory management.
• Demonstrated experience managing external vendors, CMOs, depots, and logistics providers.
• Strong understanding of GxP requirements and clinical supply chain regulations.
• Excellent project management, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with competing priorities.