Director, Clinical Study Start-Up

Scorpion Therapeutics; Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks an Associate Director to manage site agreements and contracts supporting global oncology clinical trials, including Phase 3 NSCLC and colorectal cancer programs.

The role emphasizes pricing strategies, multi-site budget oversight, and collaboration with legal, finance, CROs, and sites to ensure regulatory compliance and trial efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing strategies for site agreements.
• Negotiate and finalize site contracts and budgets.
• Collaborate with legal, finance, CROs, and sites.
• Ensure regulatory compliance.
• Analyze budgets for cost-effectiveness.
• Support site activation and vendor relationships.
• Monitor progress and performance metrics.
• Implement departmental processes and strategies.
• Resolve disputes.
• Contribute to trial efficiency.

Skills

Global negotiation

Budget development

Financial acumen

MS Office

Document management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

oncology trial exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business or related

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Role

Associate Director managing site agreements and contracts to support Summit’s global oncology clinical trials, including Phase 3 studies in NSCLC and colorectal cancer.

Responsibilities

• develop pricing strategies
• negotiate and finalize site contracts and budgets
• collaborate with legal, finance, CROs, and sites
• ensure compliance with regulatory standards
• analyze budgets for cost-effectiveness
• support site activation and vendor relationships
• monitor progress and performance metrics
• implement departmental processes and strategies
• resolve disputes
• and contribute to trial efficiency

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Life Sciences, Business or related
• 10+ years’ experience in clinical trial site agreement management within biotech or pharma, with oncological trial exposure preferred
• strong global negotiation skills
• budget development and financial acumen
• experience with multi-site, multi-vendor global trials
• proficiency with MS Office and document management
• excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills

High-Value

• Oncology
• Phase 3
• multi-site international trials
• site negotiation
• vendor management
• regulatory compliance
• GxP knowledge
• and experience working within established clinical operations frameworks

WorkSetup

Not specified, but likely hybrid or onsite given the role’s nature.