Clinical Lead Jobs in Massachusetts
Clinical Lead jobs in Massachusetts are consistently in demand, with the state ranking among the most active markets in the country for this role across hospital systems, community health centers, behavioral health organizations, and specialty outpatient practices covering everything from entry-level supervisory positions through senior clinical director tracks. Boston, Worcester, and Springfield anchor the largest concentrations of openings, with major employers like Mass General Brigham, Boston Medical Center, and UMass Memorial Health maintaining ongoing needs for clinical leads in behavioral health, primary care, and chronic disease management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Why Sarepta? Why Now?
Sarepta is on an urgent mission: engineer precision genetic medicine for rare diseases that devastate lives and cut futures short. We hold a leadership position in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and are building a robust portfolio of programs across muscle, central nervous system, and cardiac diseases. Our next-generation siRNA platform is focused on chronically administered therapies for neurodegenerative and pulmonary diseases.
We’re looking for people who see unlimited potential in themselves and who are motivated by an unwavering commitment to patients.
What Sarepta Offers
At Sarepta, we care deeply about all the people in our community and believe in the importance of supporting them in all aspects of their lives. We aspire to maintain a culture that acknowledges people bring their whole selves to work, and we will strive to help everyone in our community integrate their work and personal lives while maintaining productivity. We are committed to offering a range of benefits and work-life resources designed to support people in the following areas:
Physical and Emotional Wellness
Financial Wellness
Support for Caregivers
For a full list of our comprehensive benefits, see our website: https://www.sarepta.com/join-us
The Importance of the Role
The Associate Director, Clinical Operations Program Lead, Study Start-up and Feasibility will report to the Director, Patient Recruitment and Start-Up Strategy and lead a team to drive the strategy and implementation of country and site feasibility for our studies and support the internalization of country and site feasibility. Additionally, the candidate will work with early research and other stakeholders to build out the oversight model for Feasibility & Study Start-up. The candidate will drive the study start-up activities and be responsible for oversight of timelines and goals with respect to our clinical studies. The candidate will be responsible for 1) directing and overseeing the success of Sarepta’s clinical trial feasibility process, 2) leading the development of feasibility and start-up strategies including study-specific plans, 3) directing and overseeing the success of the Sarepta’s clinical trial start-up activities, 4) and working with both internal and external vendors.
This is a highly cross-functional position, collaborating with internal teams, CROs, and vendors. The candidate must be comfortable working directly with clinical trial sites.
The contribution of the candidate directly supports the goals of the Development Operations organization under R&D.
This is a great opportunity for an individual with an operational background and innovative mindset to help us accelerate study execution to support Sarepta’s goal of Patient’s First.
The Opportunity to Make a Difference
Primary Responsibilities Include:
- Develop and implement the feasibility and start-up strategies to support the success of Sarepta clinical studies.
- Gather cross-functional, country-level input to inform robust feasibility strategies.
- Develop and manage integrated feasibility and site start-up timelines, and report on progress, including plans to address potential timing risks or gaps.
- Establish study specific meeting series to review clinical trial feasibility data and start-up activities with study leads, MSLs, and the CRO. The candidate will report metrics to larger teams including senior management.
- Lead calls with Sarepta and the CRO to manage feasibility and study start-up activities and ensure the study timelines are achieved.
- Oversee study feasibility activities including country, site, and investigator selection for participation in Sarepta-lead studies.
- Foster a culture of innovation by developing new ideas and programs to advance feasibility and support departmental growth.
- Provide guidance and mentoring to junior members of the Study Start-up and Feasibility Team.
- Create reporting tools to measure ongoing activities and other key performance, quality, and effectiveness indicators.
- Partner with Clinical Operations and CRO teams, and other key stakeholders to implement innovative feasibility efforts including collection of data within CTMS.
- Support and or lead the development of Charters or SOPs as it relates to Study Start-up and Feasibility.
- May have direct reports.
More about You
Desired Education and Skills:
- BA / BS degree in a related field; 10+ years related experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry within a clinical operations or project management role or similar
- Experience in clinical study budget planning, and program implementation
- Experience with both direct line management and dotted line reporting
- Experience in developing feasibility questionnaires
- Experience with protocol and ICF development and review
- Experience in clinical study start-up
- Experience with rare disease / difficult to recruit populations a plus
- Experience identifying and managing multiple CROs, vendors, budgets, KPIs.
- Comprehensive regulatory knowledge, including ICH and GCPs
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to deal with competing priorities
- Strong analytical reasoning and problem-solving ability
- Excellent PowerPoint slide development and presentation skills
- Ability to multi-task, work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, exercise sound judgement and escalate issues when necessary
What Now?
We’re always looking for solution-oriented, critical thinkers.
So, if you’re comfortable with ambiguity and candor, relish challenging yourself, and place kindness and integrity at the forefront of how you approach your peers and work, then we encourage you to apply.
#LI-Hybrid This position is hybrid, you will be expected to work on site at one of Sarepta’s facilities in the United States and/or attend Company-sponsored in-person events from time to time. The targeted salary range for this position is $160,800 - $201,000 per year. Sarepta is making a good faith effort to be transparent and accurate around our hiring ranges. The salary offer is commensurate with Sarepta’s compensation philosophy and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Sarepta Therapeutics offers a competitive compensation and benefit package. Sarepta Therapeutics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and participates in e-Verify.
Why Sarepta? Why Now?
Sarepta is on an urgent mission: engineer precision genetic medicine for rare diseases that devastate lives and cut futures short. We hold a leadership position in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and are building a robust portfolio of programs across muscle, central nervous system, and cardiac diseases. Our next-generation siRNA platform is focused on chronically administered therapies for neurodegenerative and pulmonary diseases.
We’re looking for people who see unlimited potential in themselves and who are motivated by an unwavering commitment to patients.
What Sarepta Offers
At Sarepta, we care deeply about all the people in our community and believe in the importance of supporting them in all aspects of their lives. We aspire to maintain a culture that acknowledges people bring their whole selves to work, and we will strive to help everyone in our community integrate their work and personal lives while maintaining productivity. We are committed to offering a range of benefits and work-life resources designed to support people in the following areas:
Physical and Emotional Wellness
Financial Wellness
Support for Caregivers
For a full list of our comprehensive benefits, see our website: https://www.sarepta.com/join-us
The Importance of the Role
The Associate Director, Clinical Operations Program Lead, Study Start-up and Feasibility will report to the Director, Patient Recruitment and Start-Up Strategy and lead a team to drive the strategy and implementation of country and site feasibility for our studies and support the internalization of country and site feasibility. Additionally, the candidate will work with early research and other stakeholders to build out the oversight model for Feasibility & Study Start-up. The candidate will drive the study start-up activities and be responsible for oversight of timelines and goals with respect to our clinical studies. The candidate will be responsible for 1) directing and overseeing the success of Sarepta’s clinical trial feasibility process, 2) leading the development of feasibility and start-up strategies including study-specific plans, 3) directing and overseeing the success of the Sarepta’s clinical trial start-up activities, 4) and working with both internal and external vendors.
This is a highly cross-functional position, collaborating with internal teams, CROs, and vendors. The candidate must be comfortable working directly with clinical trial sites.
The contribution of the candidate directly supports the goals of the Development Operations organization under R&D.
This is a great opportunity for an individual with an operational background and innovative mindset to help us accelerate study execution to support Sarepta’s goal of Patient’s First.
The Opportunity to Make a Difference
Primary Responsibilities Include:
- Develop and implement the feasibility and start-up strategies to support the success of Sarepta clinical studies.
- Gather cross-functional, country-level input to inform robust feasibility strategies.
- Develop and manage integrated feasibility and site start-up timelines, and report on progress, including plans to address potential timing risks or gaps.
- Establish study specific meeting series to review clinical trial feasibility data and start-up activities with study leads, MSLs, and the CRO. The candidate will report metrics to larger teams including senior management.
- Lead calls with Sarepta and the CRO to manage feasibility and study start-up activities and ensure the study timelines are achieved.
- Oversee study feasibility activities including country, site, and investigator selection for participation in Sarepta-lead studies.
- Foster a culture of innovation by developing new ideas and programs to advance feasibility and support departmental growth.
- Provide guidance and mentoring to junior members of the Study Start-up and Feasibility Team.
- Create reporting tools to measure ongoing activities and other key performance, quality, and effectiveness indicators.
- Partner with Clinical Operations and CRO teams, and other key stakeholders to implement innovative feasibility efforts including collection of data within CTMS.
- Support and or lead the development of Charters or SOPs as it relates to Study Start-up and Feasibility.
- May have direct reports.
More about You
Desired Education and Skills:
- BA / BS degree in a related field; 10+ years related experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry within a clinical operations or project management role or similar
- Experience in clinical study budget planning, and program implementation
- Experience with both direct line management and dotted line reporting
- Experience in developing feasibility questionnaires
- Experience with protocol and ICF development and review
- Experience in clinical study start-up
- Experience with rare disease / difficult to recruit populations a plus
- Experience identifying and managing multiple CROs, vendors, budgets, KPIs.
- Comprehensive regulatory knowledge, including ICH and GCPs
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to deal with competing priorities
- Strong analytical reasoning and problem-solving ability
- Excellent PowerPoint slide development and presentation skills
- Ability to multi-task, work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, exercise sound judgement and escalate issues when necessary
What Now?
We’re always looking for solution-oriented, critical thinkers.
So, if you’re comfortable with ambiguity and candor, relish challenging yourself, and place kindness and integrity at the forefront of how you approach your peers and work, then we encourage you to apply.
#LI-Hybrid This position is hybrid, you will be expected to work on site at one of Sarepta’s facilities in the United States and/or attend Company-sponsored in-person events from time to time. The targeted salary range for this position is $160,800 - $201,000 per year. Sarepta is making a good faith effort to be transparent and accurate around our hiring ranges. The salary offer is commensurate with Sarepta’s compensation philosophy and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Sarepta Therapeutics offers a competitive compensation and benefit package. Sarepta Therapeutics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and participates in e-Verify.
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Clinical Lead Job Market in Massachusetts
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- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Science & Research
What Massachusetts Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in clinical lead jobs across Massachusetts.
- Active Massachusetts clinical license issued by the relevant state board for your discipline
- Minimum of three to five years of clinical experience in a relevant healthcare setting
- Demonstrated supervisory or team leadership experience managing clinical staff
- Graduate degree in a clinical discipline such as nursing, social work, or a behavioral health field
- Experience with electronic health record systems and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Knowledge of Massachusetts regulatory and compliance standards for clinical operations
Clinical Lead Jobs in Massachusetts: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a clinical lead in Massachusetts?
Becoming a clinical lead in Massachusetts starts with holding an active license from the relevant Massachusetts licensing board for your discipline, such as the Board of Registration in Nursing, the Board of Registration of Social Workers, or the Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions. Most employers expect a graduate degree in your field, several years of direct clinical practice, and demonstrated experience guiding or supervising other clinicians before stepping into a lead role.
Which companies hire clinical leads in Massachusetts?
Employers hiring clinical leads in Massachusetts right now include Takeda Pharmaceuticals, CSL, and Biogen, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Massachusetts's dense concentration of academic medical centers, federally qualified health centers, and integrated behavioral health networks means hiring activity remains broad across the state throughout the year.
Which Massachusetts cities have the most clinical lead jobs?
Boston, Cambridge, and Waltham have the most clinical lead openings in Massachusetts. Boston dominates because of its concentration of academic medical centers, research hospitals, and large integrated health systems, while Worcester and Springfield support substantial hiring through regional hospital networks and community health organizations serving central and western Massachusetts populations.
Are there remote clinical lead jobs in Massachusetts?
Yes, but they're rare. Clinical lead roles are predominantly on-site because they involve direct supervision of clinical staff, hands-on patient care oversight, and in-person program management. About 67% of clinical lead openings tied to Massachusetts are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, and those positions tend to concentrate in utilization review, telehealth program coordination, and population health management functions.
How can I get hired as a clinical lead in Massachusetts with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is moving into a charge nurse, senior clinician, or team lead role first, then advancing to a formal clinical lead position once you have demonstrated supervisory experience. Large Massachusetts employers like Mass General Brigham and Boston Medical Center operate new-graduate residency and fellowship programs that build the clinical depth employers expect. Earning a relevant Massachusetts license early, pursuing a graduate degree in your specialty, and seeking out quality improvement or care coordination projects within your current organization all strengthen a candidate's profile considerably.
Where can I find and apply to clinical lead jobs in Massachusetts?
You can find and apply to clinical lead jobs in Massachusetts on Migrate Mate, which lists current Massachusetts openings across hospital systems, community health organizations, behavioral health providers, and specialty practices. Find the roles that fit your experience and specialty, then apply directly to the employers posting them.
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