Clinical Research Engagement Lead - West Region (Los Angeles, CA)

Strategic Planning & Alignment

Develops and executes country-level site engagement strategies aligned with internal priorities, making strategic investment decisions regarding Principal Investigators and clinical sites to support the broader portfolio.

Early Feasibility & Study Set-Up

Conducts early, strategic landscaping and site engagement (in-person or remote) during the protocol concept and study set-up phases to identify optimal sites, evaluate country feasibility, and accelerate recruitment.

Relationship Management & Site Support

Builds deep, multi-stakeholder relationships at strategic sites (including investigators, pharmacists, and administration), acting as a "site champion" and Primary Point of Contact to maintain cross-study consistency and address site needs. Must have and demonstrate exceptional communication skills both oral and written.

Issue Escalation & Performance Oversight

Serves as the local escalation point for study challenges, monitors investigator performance, supports motivational site visits to boost recruitment, and manages sensitive communications during premature site closures.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Reporting

Partners seamlessly with internal teams (e.g., Medical Affairs, Study Start-Up) and CROs to ensure unified site communication, while maintaining meticulous documentation of site visits and interactions in central systems (e.g., Veeva).

Portfolio Oversight & Compliance

Manages assigned local/global clinical studies by overseeing CRO performance, mitigating timeline or operational risks, ensuring eTMF completeness, and maintaining continuous inspection readiness.

Digital Clinical Trial

Focus on driving adoption of DCT and digital solutions with our sites i.e. eConsent, eSource, Remote Data Entry, etc. Actively pursue and review digital tools with sites to examine challenges and provide solutions.

Who you are

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant clinical research or clinical operations experience in pharmaceutical, biotech or related industry; Sponsor experience preferred.
• Experience in end-to-end product development and expert understanding of ICH/GCP are both essential.
• Proven track record in managing site relationships and overseeing complex clinical trials.
• Exceptional interpersonal, cross-functional, negotiation, and influencing skills with a proven track record of building high-trust, sustainable relationships with internal stakeholders, CROs, and site personnel.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically between 30-50% dependent on business or site needs.
• Preferred qualifications: Postgraduate degree or master’s degree will be valued but not required Prior experience working directly with local trial sites and a strong existing network within the regional healthcare ecosystem is a strong plusHighly experienced in early and late phase oncologyHighly experienced across multiple disciplines/TAs in non-oncology

Qualifications

• Degree (MD, PhD, MA / MS, BA / BS) in life sciences or equivalent.
• Understanding of end-to-end clinical trial processes, including monitoring, and strong knowledge of clinical trial regulations and guidelines.
• Highly experienced in early and late phase oncology
• Highly experienced across multiple disciplines/TAs in non-oncology

Benefits

Relocation benefits are not available for this posting

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Los Angeles, CA, is $114,200 to $212,200. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.

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