Remote Senior Site Activation Lead

Worldwide Clinical Trials; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 107,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldwide Clinical Trials is seeking a Senior Site Activation Manager II to lead start-up and site activation across complex studies. You will own timelines, regulatory submissions, and cross-functional coordination to keep study milestones on track.

You will mentor teams, drive process improvements, and partner with sponsors, sites, and project teams to ensure efficient site activation while maintaining compliance and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a scientific field; clinical research experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead study start-up and site activation activities across assigned projects.
• Serve as primary accountability for site activation deliverables, timelines, and performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to keep critical path on time and budget.
• Monitor site identification, qualification, essential document collection, and regulatory submissions.
• Assess risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues to support on-time delivery.
• Track activation metrics and communicate status to sponsors and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain site activation plans with accurate scope and budgets.
• Contribute to proposals, budgets, bid defenses, and BD initiatives related to activation.
• Coach Site Activation Managers and support SOPs and best practices.

Skills

Leadership & project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Risk management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Two-year degree + 4 years clinical research experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Worldwide Clinical Trials is seeking a Senior Site Activation Manager II to lead start-up and site activation across complex studies. You will own timelines, regulatory submissions, and cross-functional coordination to keep study milestones on track.

You will mentor teams, drive process improvements, and partner with sponsors, sites, and project teams to ensure efficient site activation while maintaining compliance and quality.