Associate Director, Clinical Supply Lead, ICN

Scorpion Therapeutics; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking an Associate Director, Clinical Supply Lead to oversee forecasting, planning, and end-to-end clinical supply activities across assets and studies. You will lead cross-functional teams, ensuring supply readiness, regulatory alignment, and data-enabled processes in a dynamic development environment.

The role requires a decade of experience in clinical supply chain, strong analytical skills, and a solid grounding in cGxP and ICH requirements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of clinical supply chain or related operational planning/leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of drug development phases and supply strategies.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and leading change.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; tracking milestones.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day direction for forecasting, planning, and end-to-end clinical supply activities.
• Ensure high-quality planning, supply readiness, and asset/study support through partnerships.
• Identify and address regulatory issues affecting development objectives.
• Coordinate CSC support for assets/studies and build a data-enabled CSL ecosystem.
• Own planning and execution for assets/studies; escalate high-impact risks.
• Lead matrix teams to develop cross-functional strategies and timelines.
• Oversee complex study supply forecast development with country requirements.
• Collaborate with GDO and Finance to operationalize CD&OP and attend Demand Alignment.
• Manage risks/escalations and support budget inputs.

Skills

10+ years clinical supply experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Supply Chain Management, Business, or Pharmaceutical Sciences

Job description

Associate Director, Clinical Supply Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day direction for forecasting, planning, and end-to-end (E2E) clinical supply chain activities across assigned compounds, assets, and studies within a Therapeutic Area (TA).
• Ensure high-quality execution of planning, supply readiness, and asset/study support via partnerships with peer Clinical Supply Leads, Trial Supply Managers (TSMs), and intra-study teams.
• Recognize and address technical and regulatory issues impacting clinical development objectives.
• Support CSC leadership with coordination and execution of CSC support for assigned assets/studies and creation/sustainment of a data-enabled CSL ecosystem integrated with common systems/tools and emerging technologies (including AI).
• Own clinical supply planning and execution for assigned assets/studies; resolve issues within scope and timely elevate higher-impact risks.
• Lead matrix teams to develop cross-functional strategies, resourcing, and implementation plans to ensure continuous supply and timely delivery of quality clinical supplies.
• Oversee complex study supply forecast development, including inventory/drug utilization vs. forecast with country requirements and logistics timelines.
• Partner with Global Development Operations (GDO) and Finance to operationalize CD&OP; attend Demand Alignment and run Supply Review meetings for owned products.
• Manage risks/escalations and support budget inputs/tracking in coordination with CSBS.

Qualifications & Experience (Required/Preferred)

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Supply Chain Management, Business, or Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• 10+ years clinical supply chain or related operational planning/leadership experience.
• Knowledge across drug development phases and relevant processes; strong planning/forecasting/execution of investigational material supply strategies.
• Experience collaborating with/influencing cross-functional teams; leading change in dynamic environments.
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills; monitoring global clinical supply process milestones.
• Strong background in cGxPs and ICH requirements.