Director, Clinical Operations

THE OPPORTUNITY

Vir Biotechnology is looking for a Director, Clinical Operations who will contribute to the development and direction in the conduct of multiple clinical studies. You will be responsible for program oversight and flawless execution of clinical studies while ensuring adherence to budgetary constraints, timeline requirements, and regulatory/quality frameworks. The ideal candidate will excel in a matrixed environment, demonstrate autonomous decision-making capabilities, and possess a proven track record of achieving critical study milestones.

This role is based in our San Francisco office with the expectations to be onsite 3 days a week.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Deliver strategic operational guidance to ensure trials are properly executed across all assigned clinical stage studies
• Maintain high compliance with company SOPs, ICH-GCP guidelines, governing regulations, and patient safety standards to ensure inspection readiness
• Collaborate effectively with outsourcing and contracting partners to achieve project and business goals within established timelines
• Provide strategic input to project risk analysis and develop solutions to complex operational challenges
• Serve as a key liaison between Clinical Operations and cross-functional teams, ensuring effective communication and alignment
• Share expertise and best practices with colleagues to support team development
• Independently drive operational excellence for assigned programs, meeting or exceeding quality and timeline expectations

WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s or advance degree in a scientific or healthcare discipline preferred with 13+ years’ industry experience
• Experience moving product candidates from Phase I through pivotal and filing, with experience managing CROs and vendors
• Experience with multinational or international clinical trials is required
• Strong strategic/conceptual skills that can bridge the gap between different interdisciplinary departments
• Experience in evaluating, negotiating, and managing multiple successful relationships with partners, ability to set up milestones to track progress and working collaboratively with partners to achieve goals
• Exceptional inter-personal, negotiation, influencing, communication and presentation skills (both oral and written) are required with the ability to interact with colleagues and partners at all levels of experience are expected.