Senior Clinical Trial Manager

Aditum Bio; Oakland, Cambridge (CA, MA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Job summary

Aditum Bio in Cambridge, MA or Oakland, CA is seeking a Senior Manager, Clinical Operations to plan, execute, and oversee early-stage trials across portfolio companies. You will work with cross-functional teams and external CROs to ensure compliant, high-quality studies delivered on time.

The role requires strong operational execution, vendor oversight, and the ability to thrive in a lean biotech incubator environment supporting multiple programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Approximately 7+ years of progressive clinical operations experience in biotech/pharma/CRO.
• Experience managing Phase I–II trials with increasing responsibility.
• Operational lead for one or more studies including CRO/vendor oversight in a fast-paced setting.
• Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, FDA, EMA regulations and trial startup/closeout.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operational management of Phase I–II trials across portfolio companies.
• Collaborate with Senior Director to execute study strategy, timelines and risk plans.
• Develop study plans, enrollment forecasts, and tracking tools.
• Oversee start-up: site feasibility, regulatory submissions, vendors, investigator meetings, enrollment.
• Monitor performance, escalate risks, and implement mitigation plans.
• Review monitoring reports and vendor deliverables for quality oversight.
• Oversee CROs and vendors to ensure timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Lead study team and vendor governance meetings to drive accountability.

Skills

Clinical operations

Vendor management

Study startup

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related; advanced degree preferred

Job description

Cambridge, Massachusetts or Oakland, California

Company Overview

At Aditum Bio, our mission is to rapidly translate scientific discoveries into new medicines. Co-founded by industry veterans Joe Jimenez, former CEO of Novartis and Mark Fishman, former President of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, the firm in-licenses promising therapies that for some reason are not advancing toward the clinic. The firm focuses on the translational phase of medicine to generate data that can support full clinical development, and eventual market launch, to reach patients in need.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Clinical Operations will play a key role in the planning, execution, and oversight of early-stage clinical trials across assigned Aditum Bio portfolio companies. Reporting to the Senior Director, Clinical Operations, this individual will serve as an operational lead for one or more Phase I and Phase II studies, partnering closely with internal cross-functional teams and external CROs to ensure studies are conducted efficiently, compliantly, and with a high standard of quality. This is a hands-on role that requires strong operational execution, vendor oversight, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, lean biotech incubator environment supporting multiple portfolio companies.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operational management of Phase I–II clinical trials across one or more portfolio companies.
• Partner with the Senior Director, Clinical Operations to execute study strategy, timelines, and risk mitigation plans.
• Develop study plans, enrollment forecasts, recruitment strategies, and tracking tools.
• Manage study start-up, including site feasibility and selection, regulatory/ethics submissions, vendors, investigator meetings, and patient enrollment.
• Monitor study performance, identify and ***escalate*** risks, and implement mitigation plans.
• Review monitoring reports, protocol deviations, vendor deliverables, and study metrics to ensure quality oversight.
• Oversee CROs and vendors to ensure quality, timelines, budgets, and contractual deliverables are met.
• Serve as the primary study clinical operations lead, partnering with Clinical Development, Biometrics, Data Management, Regulatory, Quality, and other functions.
• Lead study team and vendor governance meetings, driving accountability and timely issue resolution.

Quality, Compliance & Data Oversight

• Oversee studies from start-up through database lock and closeout, ensuring ICH-GCP compliance and inspection readiness.
• Partner with the eTMF manager and CRO to maintain a complete, current, and inspection-ready TMF.
• Support clinical trial audits and inspections.
• Participate in review of patient profiles, tables, listings, and figures.

Budget & Process

• Support study budgets, forecasts, invoice review, and clinical trial spend management.
• Improve clinical operations processes, SOPs, templates, and best practices for use across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or a related scientific discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Approximately 7+ years of progressive clinical operations experience within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or CRO environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing Phase I and Phase II clinical trials with increasing operational responsibility.
• Experience serving as the operational lead for one or more clinical studies, including oversight of CROs and external vendors in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Experience reviewing data to identify discrepancies or trends that require clarification
• Strong understanding of clinical trial startup, execution, closeout, and vendor management in global or multi-center studies.
• Working knowledge of ICH-GCP, FDA, EMA, and other applicable clinical research regulations.
• Experience managing study timelines, budgets, study risks, and operational performance metrics.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple priorities across concurrent development programs in a lean, matrixed organization.
• Strong organizational, project management, analytical, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build productive relationships across internal teams, investigators, vendors, and executive leadership.
• Biotech experience preferred

The range for this full-time position is $185,000 - 195,000, plus a target bonus, equity compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401k. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location. The range displayed on our postings reflects the minimum and maximum for new hire salaries. Within the range, individual pay is determined by interview performance, job-related skills, experience and relevant education and training. Please note the range reflects base salary and does not include target bonus, equity or benefits.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.