Remote Clinical Innovation Director

Worldwide Clinical Trials; North Carolina; Remote; USD 167,000 - 332,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldwide Clinical Trials is seeking a Clinical Innovation Executive Director to lead the enterprise vision for automation, AI, analytics, and workflow transformation across clinical development. You will partner with IT, governance, and senior leaders to define investments, build PoCs/PoVs, and drive value realization.

This remote US role emphasizes adoption, governance, and measurable outcomes. The ideal candidate has 15+ years in clinical innovation with 10+ years leading strategy, strong

Qualifications

• Progressive experience in clinical innovation strategy and execution.
• Led automation/AI initiatives in clinical development with measurable impact.
• Strong ability to translate clinical needs into practical solutions and roadmaps.
• Proven experience designing and executing experiments, pilots, PoCs, or PoVs.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise clinical innovation vision, strategy, and ROI-focused roadmaps.
• Build and prioritize an innovation portfolio aligned with ops, finance, and customers.
• Lead PoC/PoV experiments with clear objectives and success metrics.
• Shape business cases, implementation plans, and value-realization frameworks.
• Drive adoption, governance, and change-management across global teams.

Skills

Automation

AI innovations

Stakeholder management

ROI modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Worldwide Clinical Trials is seeking a Clinical Innovation Executive Director to lead the enterprise vision for automation, AI, analytics, and workflow transformation across clinical development. You will partner with IT, governance, and senior leaders to define investments, build PoCs/PoVs, and drive value realization.

This remote US role emphasizes adoption, governance, and measurable outcomes. The ideal candidate has 15+ years in clinical innovation with 10+ years leading strategy, strong