Executive Director, Global Site Management

Regeneron; New Jersey; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. seeks an Executive Director for Global Site Management to drive enterprise strategy and oversight of global site-facing capabilities. You will lead governance, budgeting, and performance across CROs and vendors, aligning with CTL/CRA leadership to optimize portfolio execution.

You will partner with Therapeutic Area leaders to scale site management, advance standardized operating models, and deliver high-quality, compliant study execution worldwide.

Qualifications

• 17+ years experience with 10+ years in leadership and people management.
• Expert knowledge of drug development and global clinical operations.
• Experience leading global trial operations across regions and development stages.
• Fluency in Business English and cross-cultural awareness.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy for global site relationships and key opinion leaders.
• Govern global study execution, site monitoring, and issue escalation across the portfolio.
• Sponsor risk-based monitoring strategies and ensure effectiveness.
• Define enterprise performance, quality, and productivity expectations for site management.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Global operations

Vendor management

Program management

Executive presence

Budget planning

Cross-functional leadership

GCP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Executive Director, Global Site Management

At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking an Executive Director to join our Global Site Management team.

The Executive Director, Global Site Management provides enterprise-level strategic leadership and organizational accountability for global site-facing capabilities. The role sets the global vision and operating strategy for site management, monitoring execution, resource and budget planning, and CRO/FSP/vendor performance across the clinical development portfolio. They will own the continued evolution of the global site management operating model, ensuring regional capabilities, roles, governance, and deployment strategies deliver consistent quality, speed, scalability, and value. The role serves as the senior functional authority for enterprise initiatives requiring regional or global site-management expertise and partners with Therapeutic Area/Program Clinical Trial Management (CTM), Clinical Science, Quality, and Development Operations leadership to optimize portfolio performance.

This role advises senior and executive management, represents the function in key governance forums, and engages external vendors and collaboration partners at the most senior levels. They are accountable for translating development strategy into a differentiated global site-management capability that advances the Regeneron clinical trial portfolio and delivers industry-leading performance.

This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing, science-driven organization making a meaningful difference to patients worldwide.

When & where:

• Work Location: Tarrytown, NY, Warren, NJ or Armonk, NY
• 4 days per week on site
• Up to 40% Travel may be required

Discover your role:

• Provide enterprise accountability for the strategy, organizational leadership, performance, and continuous evolution of Global Site Management, including the following outcomes:
• Establish and advance the global strategy for country key opinion leader, investigator, and site relationships
• Set direction and governance for global study execution, clinical site monitoring, and issue escalation across the portfolio
• Sponsor risk-based, study-specific monitoring strategies and ensure their consistent implementation and effectiveness
• Define enterprise performance, quality, compliance, and productivity expectations for site management and monitoring activities
• Champion standardization, digital enablement, innovation, and measurable value creation across the global operating model
• Own the global workforce and capability strategy for site management, including multi-year FTE and external-capacity forecasts, headcount planning, allocation, utilization, leadership development, and succession across CTL and CRA organizations
• Hold executive accountability for the global vendor strategy, CRO/FSP contracting worth $10M for CRAs and $10M for CTLs, associated investment, capacity, and performance. Lead senior-level vendor governance, commercial and operational decisions, and corrective interventions when performance or quality is at risk
• Oversee management of data and quality issues at the country/site level, partnering with study management, data management, Quality Management Leads and other stakeholders
• Partners with Global Monitoring Oversight, Central Monitoring, Vendor Relationship Management and counterparts at CROs to ensure alignment on (risk-based) monitoring strategies, standards and training requirements
• Serve as the enterprise thought leader and senior subject matter authority for global site management. Influence internal strategy and external industry practice, sponsor cross-portfolio transformation, and build executive alignment for new capabilities, operating-model changes, and strategic investments
• Establish the global CTL capability model, accountabilities, standards, and measures that support study feasibility, site identification and selection, patient recruitment and retention, and resolution of complex investigator-site issues

This role requires:

• Minimum Bachelors Degree (Advanced Degree preferred) with 17+ years of experience including 10+ years of functional leadership and people management
• Expert knowledge of drug development, global clinical operations, clinical monitoring, site management, GCP, and applicable regulations, with demonstrated ability to translate scientific and development strategy into scalable operational capabilities
• Extensive experience leading global clinical trial operations and enterprise transformation across multiple therapeutic areas, regions, and development stages
• Experience working with/establishing global clinical site relationships; Cross cultural awareness and fluent in Business English
• Proven executive leadership in setting vision, leading through ambiguity, building high-performing global organizations, developing senior talent, shaping culture, and delivering sustained change at scale
• Demonstrated success leading leaders and managing performance across global, matrixed, and partner-based organizations
• Executive presence and exceptional communication, influence, negotiation, and decision-making skills; able to translate complex issues into clear enterprise choices and mobilize stakeholders to action
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated collaborative as well as independent working style
• Proactive and self-motivated, ability to align activities with the clinical development plans (CDPs)Strong organizational skills with effective use of time and prioritization

We are committed to building a workplace with an inclusive culture. Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, civil status, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, membership of the Traveler community, familial status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Where required, we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.

Where necessary, we disclose salary ranges for roles in all countries in which we operate. The final offer will be determined within the relevant range based on the country of employment, specific role level, and your skills and experience. In some countries, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) may apply and influence certain elements of pay or benefits. Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include, depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability), paid time off, and family support benefits. For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the U.S., please visit https://careers.regeneron.com/en/working-at-regeneron/total-rewards/ . For other locations, additional information will be provided during the recruitment process. If you have any questions, please speak with your recruiter.

Please be advised that at Regeneron, we believe we do our best work when we are together. For that reason, many roles are required to be performed on‑site. Please speak with your recruiter and hiring manager for more information about on‑site expectations for your role and location.

As part of the recruitment process, certain background checks may be conducted in accordance with the laws of the country where the position is based. The purpose of such checks is to verify certain information prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work and educational qualifications.

For jobs in Canada: this posting is for an existing position.

• Location: Warren, United States of America, Armonk, United States of America
• Location: Tarrytown, United States of America, Cambridge, United States of America and 1 other locations
• Location: Warren, United States of America, Tarrytown, United States of America and 2 other locations

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