Sr. Director- Trial Management

Scorpion Therapeutics; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a senior Clinical Operations leader to guide trial management across programs, ensuring timely delivery, quality, and budget adherence. You will drive standardization of processes, mentor leaders, and collaborate with Regulatory, Data Management, and other teams to execute complex studies in a sponsor environment.

The role focuses on strategic planning, operating model evolution, and a strong emphasis on data-driven decision-making to optimize resource planning and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, healthcare, or related discipline is required; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant clinical operations or trial management experience within a sponsor organization.
• Proven ability to lead leaders and build high-performing teams in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop trial management leaders, setting clear performance expectations and driving execution.
• Standardize and improve trial management best practices, tools, and operating rhythms across programs.
• Drive harmonization of trial management processes across collaborators to support a scalable operating model.
• Provide oversight across clinical programs to ensure delivery against timelines, quality, budgets, and study goals.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support aligned study execution and governance.

Skills

Leadership

Trial management

Cross-functional collaboration

GCP/ICH knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in scientific/healthcare field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop trial management leaders, setting clear expectations for performance, collaboration, and execution
• Standardize and continuously improve trial management best practices, tools, and operating rhythms across programs
• Drive harmonization of trial management processes across Verve and Lilly to support a consistent and scalable operating model
• Serve as an active member of the Clinical Development Operations leadership team, contributing to strategic planning, organizational effectiveness, and functional direction
• Provide oversight across clinical programs to ensure delivery against timelines, quality expectations, budgets, and study goals
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams (Clinical Development, Regulatory, Data Management, Patient recruitment/retention, Study start up, Medical Writing, Supply Chain, Quality, Clinical Compliance, etc.) to support aligned study execution
• Strengthen governance, escalation, and decision-making with Compliance and Oversight to identify and address operational risks early
• Ensure teams apply a risk-based approach to planning, study oversight, and issue resolution
• Oversee CRO and vendor strategy, including performance, partnership, and accountability
• Support development/refinement of SOPs, workflows, and business processes promoting quality, compliance, and consistency
• Champion compliance with GCP, ICH, and applicable global regulatory requirements; support inspection readiness
• Monitor operational metrics and use data-driven insights to improve execution and resource planning
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement
• Coach, mentor, and develop trial management talent
• Represent the trial management function in cross-functional and leadership forums

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, healthcare, or related discipline required; advanced degree preferred
• Significant clinical operations or trial management experience within a sponsor organization

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Proven success leading leaders and building high-performing teams in a matrixed clinical development environment
• Strong experience overseeing global clinical trials across multiple phases
• Deep understanding of GCP, ICH, and applicable regulatory requirements
• Ability to standardize processes, implement operational improvements, and lead through changeStrong critical thinking, judgment, and problem-solving
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with operational execution
• Experience supporting organizational integration, process harmonization, or operating model evolution preferred