Senior Manager Global Study Start Up

About the role

The Senior Manager, Global Site Start-Up Lead (SSU Lead) is responsible for driving the global execution of site activation for complex, high profile clinical trials, performing the role with high-degree of independence to ensure efficient and compliant processes aligned with Regeneron SOPs, ICH-GCP guidelines, and industry standards. Partnering closely with cross-functional teams and Clinical Research Organizations (CROs), this role balances strategic oversight with hands-on leadership to address challenges and deliver study objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop the site start up strategy for each study assigned (complex, high profile), outlining all dependencies impacting site activation and actively mitigating and escalating risks.
• Oversee the tracking and analysis of study metrics, including risks and mitigation strategies and to evaluate CRO performance and implement corrective actions.
• Advocate for optimized site selection strategies, leveraging data-driven insights to guide cross-functional teams toward effective decision-making.
• Lead the development, assessment, and alignment of site activation projections, ensuring cross-functional and CRO collaboration to meet strategic objectives.
• Ensure comprehensive and compliant documentation of site start-up materials in the Trial Master File (TMF) to maintain inspection readiness.
• Partner with cross functional and CRO partners (where applicable) to develop a comprehensive global country start up strategy, outlining all dependencies impacting country start up and actively mitigating and escalating risks cross functionally.
• Monitor and maintain country intelligence data to support informed decision-making and develop accurate startup projections and strategic plans.
• Support regulatory submissions as needed, including activities such as: providing required site documentation, coordinating submissions to Central Institutional Review Boards (CIRBs), supporting sites with Local Institutional Review Board (LIRB) submissions, and handling or supervising Clinical Research Organization (CRO) insurance requests, etc.
• Ensure timely country submission deliverables (ensure task completion; all roles clarity, identification of critical path items, effective communication pathway).
• Lead the collection and analysis of site intelligence to support strategic site selection and site start-up.
• Oversee the preparation and approval of site regulatory package, ensuring compliance with country-specific requirements, TMF standards, and ICH-GCP guidelines, while supporting inspection readiness and maintaining high-quality site documentation.
• Represent SSU on cross-functional teams, providing updates, escalating challenges, and proposing mitigation strategies for site start-up issues.
• Act as the escalation point for CRO and internal team to ensure timely SSU issue resolution.
• Recommends and drives cross functional and department process improvements.
• Line management responsibilities include work assignments, performance management, staff recruitment, professional development, coaching, mentoring, ongoing training and compliance, and study support/oversight.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant industry experience is required.
• Preference in a sponsor Site Start-Up role preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to provide and implements operational strategic direction and guidance for respective clinical trials.
• Data driven approach to planning, executing, and problem solving.
• Strong communication skills via verbal, written and presentation abilities.
• Proactive and self-disciplined, ability to meet deadlines, effective use of time, and prioritization.
• Ability to influence and negotiate across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and develop productive study teams and collaborations.
• Advanced negotiation and interpersonal skills to vendor management.
• Strong technical proficiency in trial management systems (CTMS, TMF) and MS applications including (but not limited to) Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
• Extensive experience in the clinical drug development process, including study start-up.
• Knowledge and understanding of ICH/GCP and regulatory guidelines/directives.
• Strong project management skills, cross-functional team interaction and organizational skills.
• Line management experience preferred.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Data driven approach to planning, executing, and problem solving.
• Strong communication skills via verbal, written and presentation abilities.
• Proactive and self-disciplined, ability to meet deadlines, effective use of time, and prioritization.
• Ability to influence and negotiate across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and develop productive study teams and collaborations.
• Advanced negotiation and interpersonal skills to vendor management.
• Strong technical proficiency in trial management systems (CTMS, TMF) and MS applications including (but not limited to) Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
• Extensive experience in the clinical drug development process, including study start-up.
• Knowledge and understanding of ICH/GCP and regulatory guidelines/directives.
• Strong project management skills, cross-functional team interaction and organizational skills.

Benefits

Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include, depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability), paid time off, and family support benefits. For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the U.S., please visit here.

Pay

Salary Range (annually): $134,400.00 - $219,200.00

Schedule

Not specified