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The Associate Director, Global Feasibility Lead is responsible for leading the strategic planning and execution of global feasibility assessments across clinical development programs. This role ensures that feasibility activities are data-driven, regionally informed, and aligned with the broader clinical and operational strategy.
Operating within a matrixed and cross-functional environment, the Associate Director partners with therapeutic area leads, clinical operations, and external service providers to deliver robust feasibility insights that inform country and site selection, enrollment forecasting, and risk mitigation strategies. The role also oversees the development and deployment of feasibility tools, manages feasibility data integrity, and ensures timely delivery of feasibility outputs to support protocol finalization and study startup.
This position plays a critical role in early engagement with investigators and sites, shaping the feasibility narrative and contributing to the operational design of clinical trials. The Associate Director is expected to proactively identify feasibility risks, propose mitigation strategies, and escalate issues as needed to ensure successful trial execution.
Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Feasibility Strategy Development: Lead the design and implementation of global feasibility strategies to support protocol optimization and country/site selection.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with clinical operations, therapeutic area leads, and external vendors to gather input and align feasibility outputs with study needs.
- Data Analysis & Forecasting: Analyze historical data, epidemiology, and site performance metrics to generate enrollment forecasts and identify potential risks.
- Feasibility Tool Management: Oversee the development and deployment of feasibility tools and templates to ensure consistency and quality across programs.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate early engagement with investigators and sites to validate feasibility assumptions and support study startup planning.
- Act as the primary point of contact both internally and externally (e.g., vendors) as applicable for anything study related.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of the therapeutic area/product candidate(s), clinical practice, competitors, and regulatory considerations.
- Support audits/inspections and resolutions of findings.
- Support in the development of new SOPs, guidelines etc and/ or participate in working groups about new processes.
- Functional leadership and mentorship of junior staff required; Act in advisory capacity to other clinops colleagues within and across TAs.
- When accountable to a set of studies and/or program (s) provides oversight and direction, ensuring appropriate delegation and delivery, inter-program efficiencies and applied learnings.
Job Qualifications and Experience Requirements
Education
At minimum, bachelor’s degree or equivalent in life science, nursing, pharmacy, medical laboratory technology, or other health/medical related area preferred.
Other degrees and certifications considered if commensurate with related clinical research experience (e.g., diploma or associate degree RN, certified medical technologist).
Experience
- As a guide, a minimum of 10 years’ relevant clinical research (or related) experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
- A solid understanding of the drug development process, and specifically, each step within the clinical trial process.
- Experience in running feasibility activities for large and/or complex global clinical trials.
- Robust budget forecasting and management experience.
- Thorough knowledge of ICH guidelines/GCP and its applicability to all stages of the clinical development process
Competencies
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and work in a fast-paced team environment.
- Experienced in working within a Matrix Environment and ability to work through interpersonal difficulties and resolve conflicts with a Matrix Environment
- Successfully demonstrated the ability to mentor and coach others through peer-to-peer interactions and to develop reporting personnel to grow in complex clinical project management capabilities.
- Ability to evaluate, judge and make decisions regarding staff. Ability to teach/coaching and setting an example of ‘best practice’.
- Excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrates innovation. Possesses drive, energy, and enthusiasm to deliver the program objectives.
- Skilled at independently navigating new or novel indications, study/program approaches, and unique challenges.
- Excellent understanding of all tasks involved in a clinical development program(s) from developing a protocol through to finalizing a clinical study report.
- Ability to plan and ensure execution and completion of clinical program(s) to the highest ethical and scientific standards.
- Extensive and comprehensive knowledge of ICH guidelines/ GCP, Maintains current medical/scientific/regulatory knowledge.
- Demonstrated project management skills including simultaneous management of multiple projects. Possesses excellent planning, time management & coordination skills.
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About CSL Behring
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
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