Associate Director, Clinical Supply Chain

Initial Therapeutics, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Recursion is seeking an Associate Director of Clinical Supply Chain to lead end-to-end global programs, from Phase I/II planning to Phase III readiness, with a focus on scalable, data-driven forecasting, packaging, labeling, distribution, and inventory management.

You will partner with Clinical Ops, QA, Regulatory, and CMC to align supply strategies with milestones and commercial readiness, while building robust tools, SOPs, and risk mitigation for registrational trials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with minimum 5 years in clinical project management or clinical supply chain in pharma/biotech.
• Direct experience managing late-stage (Phase IIb/III) pivotal trials supply chains, scalable manufacturing and packaging for flexibility and speed.
• Deep knowledge of global clinical trial supply operations, import/export regulations, and complex distribution networks.
• Hands-on experience designing and managing IRT/RTSM systems and understanding cGMP/cGCP and blinded protocols.
• Proven vendor oversight of contract packaging vendors and global depots, with budget management.
• Ability to navigate early-phase ambiguity while enforcing rigor for late-stage development.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end clinical supply chain strategy for global programs, establishing Phase I/II processes while preparing for Phase III.
• Oversee complex demand forecasting, packaging, labeling, global distribution, logistics, and inventory as trials expand internationally.
• Manage external packaging vendors, CMOs, and trial supply depots; optimize IRT/RTSM logic for flexible trial designs.
• Build data-driven workflows using AI and advanced tools to optimize forecasting, inventory, and logistics.
• Partner with Clinical Operations, QA, Regulatory, and CMC to align supply strategies with milestones and commercial readiness.
• Create scalable supply chain tools, SOPs, and risk-mitigation strategies for registrational trials and uninterrupted patient supply.

Skills

Clinical supply chain

Global logistics

Vendor oversight

IRT/RTSM systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IRT/RTSM tools

Job description

Your work will change lives. Including your own.

The Impact You’ll Make

As our pipeline matures, you will play a critical role in scaling our clinical supply operations from early exploratory phases into complex, global pivotal trials.

In this role, you will:

• Lead end-to-end clinical supply chain strategy for assigned global programs, establishing Phase I/II processes while building for the large-scale requirements of Phase III pivotal trials.
• Oversee complex clinical demand forecasting, packaging, labeling, global distribution, logistics, and inventory management as trial footprints expand internationally.
• Manage external packaging vendors, CMOs, and trial supply depots while implementing, scaling, and optimizing IRT/RTSM logic to support flexible, complex trial designs.
• Build and improve data-driven workflows by leveraging AI and advanced tools to optimize forecasting, inventory management, and logistics processes.
• Partner seamlessly across Clinical Operations, Quality Assurance, Regulatory, and CMC to ensure supply strategies align with accelerating trial milestones and commercial readiness.
• Create scalable supply chain tools, SOPs, and proactive risk-mitigation strategies capable of supporting registrational trials, flexible protocols, and uninterrupted patient supply.

The Team You’ll Join

As the Associate Director of Clinical Supply Chain, you will be an essential member of the Recursion Development Team reporting to the Director of Clinical Supplies. The Development Team is an empowered, execution-minded group of business development and clinical development professionals responsible for translating Recursion’s innovative science to patients through clinical and business development activities. You will be a crucial driver in maturing our operational capabilities as our assets progress toward commercialization.

The Experience You’ll Need

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of clinical project management or clinical supply chain management experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• Trial Expertise: Direct experience managing the clinical supply chain for late-stage (Phase IIb/III) pivotal trials, including scaling up manufacturing and packaging strategies to enable flexibility and speed.
• Global Logistics: Deep knowledge of global clinical trial supply operations, country-specific import/export regulations, and complex distribution networks.
• Systems Proficiency: Hands-on experience designing and managing IRT/RTSM systems. Strong understanding of cGMP/cGCP guidelines and blinded operational protocols.
• Vendor Oversight: Proven track record of managing contract packaging vendors, global depots, and managing clinical supply budgets effectively.
• Agility & Mindset: Ability to navigate the ambiguity of early-phase research while imposing the necessary rigor for late-stage development, paired with a growth mindset biased toward innovation and continuous improvement.
• Communication: Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to drive alignment across cross-functional teams.

Working Location & Compensation

Making Salt Lake City your home base is ideal, however, we will consider remote work for this position. We ask that remote employees commit to regular on-site visits for routine work and departmental events

At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skills, experience, and qualifications needed for this role, the estimated annual base salary range is:

• New York City, Boston, & San Francisco Bay Area(s): $186,010-$218,790
• Salt Lake City & all other U.S. locations: $169,100-$198,900

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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The Values We Hope You Share

• We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
• We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
• We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
• We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
• We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
• We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.

Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.

More About Recursion

Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting. Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.

Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Recursion leverages AI in our hiring process. We use Greenhouse’s Talent Matching AI technology feature to help review applications against the skills and experience we've identified as important for this role. It analyzes your resume and application responses to assess how closely your qualifications match our criteria - but all decisions are made by our human recruiters and hiring managers, including whether to move to the next phase of review. Talent Matching does not automatically advance or reject any candidate.By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have been informed about and consent to this use of the Talent Matching tool in our review process. Please refer to our Recursion Privacy Policy at https://www.recursion.com/privacy-notice/ for more information about our processing of personal data and your rights.

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