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Director of Site Operations-Clinical Research
Put your talents to work at PCM! Whether you work in our Home Care, Clinical Research, Impairments, or Catastrophic Care division, you will support our mission to deliver care and other services that enhance the quality of life of our clients. Be a part of our dynamic client-focused team and make a difference in your career!
The Director Site Operations will have line management responsibility for the personnel at the sites assigned to them ensuring the clinical conduct at the site is being performed according to protocol requirements, local regulations and as delegated by the site principal investigator. This position will employ skills in community-based research and develop innovative site solutions that reach and operate in the heart of the community, supporting our commitment to diversity and inclusion in research, through analysis, experience and strategic solutioning. As Site Director you will promote a healthy, collaborative, and open culture environment at our sites as well as with the larger company.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in health research, public health, or science or a related field
- Five or more years of experience in the clinical research industry or equivalent.3 or more years supervising a team
- Excellent communication skills, demonstrated effective spoken and written communication, including willingness to ask questions when clarification or amplification is required
- Ability to cascade initiatives to site teams and ensure adaptation as well as success of the initiative.
- Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to adhere to instructions/procedures
- Good time management skills; efficient and resourceful in problem-solving
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of the work, possess initiative, good follow-through; ability to work without supervision.
- Ability to receive and benefit from feedback; willingness to expand skill set and improve
- Flexibility in adapting to new procedures and environments
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Familiarity with research/data collection software
Essential Functions/Areas of Accountability
Community Site Leadership & Management
- Champion and take pride in your assigned research sites and communities internally and externally.
- Invest time in your site teams to hire and build a healthy, compliant, high-performance culture.
- Ensure sites are resourced with appropriated trained, experienced and licensed staff to enable trial conduct
- In collaboration with other Site Directors, ensure adequate back-up and cross licensed staffing to provide coverage for absence, securing the ability to deliver projects
- Maintain relationships with leaseholders to ensure effective collaboration and security of community site locations
- Ensure your site teams set clear personal and business goals, conducting reviews to foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and personal development.
- Capacity management of research site, collaborating cross functionally with leadership, sales, and fleet.
- Ensure patient experience and community engagement is at the heart of your research site teams.
- Train and mentor, your research staff and teams.
- Hold regular cross-site briefings to share experience, lessons learned and update on targets. Be physically present with your teams on a regular basis:
- Attend Site tours, PSVs, SIVs, COV's and where applicable, monitoring visits
- Conduct site visits and reviews to support, coach, and evaluate needs
- Attend site audits and inspections.
- Ensure effective collaboration between your research teams, the Principal Investigator, Patient Engagement, Regulatory, Project Management and Fleet teams to delivery compliant and coordinated community research whilst mitigating risk
- Provide support to QA in all facets of work related to communications with and management of the site clinical teams
- Perform site self-audits and monitor performance and productivity of assigned sites
Clinical Trial Management
- Support your sites in the attraction, consenting, and retention of clinical trial participants.
- Act as a primary point of contact for Project Managers for matters pertaining to your site
- Manage and develop CRCs to ensure they provide effective protocol training, system training, and study specific support to the research sites.
- Collaborate with patient recruitment to ensure project timelines are met and offer support as needed
- Monitor study randomization plans, patient retention, data completion, and overall compliance; take corrective action where appropriate - often by cross functional collaboration.
- Address CAPAs in an open and expediated fashion.
- Monitor study inventory usage and approve resupply requests
- Be in open communication with Project Management team to solve for how client supply chain management and decision-making impacts delivery at sites
- Customer point of escalation, per study communication plan
- Will serve as liaison between project stakeholders and leadership and maintain professional documentation for projects and deliverables
- Stay current with constantly changing clinical research technology and embrace innovation
Financial Management
- Accountable for assigned research site P&L
- Forecast monthly enrollment goals, in collaboration with Project Management.
- Monitor performance on a daily and weekly basis to ensure monthly targets are achieved.
- Forecast site resource needs and set staffing models to achieve customer delivery
- Monitor Site inventory usage and approve resupply requests.
- Requires high degree of independent action and adherence to competitive timelines
Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience, skills and other market-based factors.
Available Benefits Include
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Company Paid Short Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Paid Time Off
- Voluntary Benefits
Professional Case Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Director of Site Operations-Clinical Research
Put your talents to work at PCM! Whether you work in our Home Care, Clinical Research, Impairments, or Catastrophic Care division, you will support our mission to deliver care and other services that enhance the quality of life of our clients. Be a part of our dynamic client-focused team and make a difference in your career!
The Director Site Operations will have line management responsibility for the personnel at the sites assigned to them ensuring the clinical conduct at the site is being performed according to protocol requirements, local regulations and as delegated by the site principal investigator. This position will employ skills in community-based research and develop innovative site solutions that reach and operate in the heart of the community, supporting our commitment to diversity and inclusion in research, through analysis, experience and strategic solutioning. As Site Director you will promote a healthy, collaborative, and open culture environment at our sites as well as with the larger company.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in health research, public health, or science or a related field
- Five or more years of experience in the clinical research industry or equivalent.3 or more years supervising a team
- Excellent communication skills, demonstrated effective spoken and written communication, including willingness to ask questions when clarification or amplification is required
- Ability to cascade initiatives to site teams and ensure adaptation as well as success of the initiative.
- Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to adhere to instructions/procedures
- Good time management skills; efficient and resourceful in problem-solving
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of the work, possess initiative, good follow-through; ability to work without supervision.
- Ability to receive and benefit from feedback; willingness to expand skill set and improve
- Flexibility in adapting to new procedures and environments
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Familiarity with research/data collection software
Essential Functions/Areas of Accountability
Community Site Leadership & Management
- Champion and take pride in your assigned research sites and communities internally and externally.
- Invest time in your site teams to hire and build a healthy, compliant, high-performance culture.
- Ensure sites are resourced with appropriated trained, experienced and licensed staff to enable trial conduct
- In collaboration with other Site Directors, ensure adequate back-up and cross licensed staffing to provide coverage for absence, securing the ability to deliver projects
- Maintain relationships with leaseholders to ensure effective collaboration and security of community site locations
- Ensure your site teams set clear personal and business goals, conducting reviews to foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and personal development.
- Capacity management of research site, collaborating cross functionally with leadership, sales, and fleet.
- Ensure patient experience and community engagement is at the heart of your research site teams.
- Train and mentor, your research staff and teams.
- Hold regular cross-site briefings to share experience, lessons learned and update on targets. Be physically present with your teams on a regular basis:
- Attend Site tours, PSVs, SIVs, COV's and where applicable, monitoring visits
- Conduct site visits and reviews to support, coach, and evaluate needs
- Attend site audits and inspections.
- Ensure effective collaboration between your research teams, the Principal Investigator, Patient Engagement, Regulatory, Project Management and Fleet teams to delivery compliant and coordinated community research whilst mitigating risk
- Provide support to QA in all facets of work related to communications with and management of the site clinical teams
- Perform site self-audits and monitor performance and productivity of assigned sites
Clinical Trial Management
- Support your sites in the attraction, consenting, and retention of clinical trial participants.
- Act as a primary point of contact for Project Managers for matters pertaining to your site
- Manage and develop CRCs to ensure they provide effective protocol training, system training, and study specific support to the research sites.
- Collaborate with patient recruitment to ensure project timelines are met and offer support as needed
- Monitor study randomization plans, patient retention, data completion, and overall compliance; take corrective action where appropriate - often by cross functional collaboration.
- Address CAPAs in an open and expediated fashion.
- Monitor study inventory usage and approve resupply requests
- Be in open communication with Project Management team to solve for how client supply chain management and decision-making impacts delivery at sites
- Customer point of escalation, per study communication plan
- Will serve as liaison between project stakeholders and leadership and maintain professional documentation for projects and deliverables
- Stay current with constantly changing clinical research technology and embrace innovation
Financial Management
- Accountable for assigned research site P&L
- Forecast monthly enrollment goals, in collaboration with Project Management.
- Monitor performance on a daily and weekly basis to ensure monthly targets are achieved.
- Forecast site resource needs and set staffing models to achieve customer delivery
- Monitor Site inventory usage and approve resupply requests.
- Requires high degree of independent action and adherence to competitive timelines
Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience, skills and other market-based factors.
Available Benefits Include
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Company Paid Short Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Paid Time Off
- Voluntary Benefits
Professional Case Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Who's Hiring
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- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals11
- Education8
- Healthcare & Medical Services5
- Science & Research2
- Chemicals & Materials2
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in clinical research director jobs.
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in life sciences, nursing, or a clinical field
- Minimum of eight to ten years of clinical research experience including supervisory roles
- Demonstrated experience overseeing Phase II through Phase IV clinical trials
- Current Good Clinical Practice certification aligned with ICH-GCP guidelines
- Proficiency with clinical trial management systems such as Medidata Rave or Veeva Vault
- Experience preparing and submitting regulatory documents to the FDA or equivalent agencies
Tips for Your Clinical Research Director Job Search
Quantify protocol oversight on your resume
Hiring committees for clinical research director roles want to see the scale of trials you've managed. List the number of active protocols, total enrolled participants, and therapeutic areas you've overseen, not just your job title and tenure.
Align your GCP training to the posting
Different employers weight ICH-GCP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and EMA guidelines differently. Read each job description for the regulatory framework they reference and front-load those credentials in your resume's skills and certifications sections.
Target postings by phase and therapeutic area
A director role at a Phase I oncology startup requires a very different background than one at a Phase III cardiovascular CRO. Filter openings by the clinical phase and disease area where your experience is deepest to improve your fit score.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists clinical research director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare cross-functional leadership examples for interviews
Interviewers at the director level probe how you've managed conflict between clinical operations, data management, and regulatory teams. Bring two or three specific examples where you resolved competing priorities without delaying a study milestone.
Negotiate start date around active protocol obligations
If you're mid-trial at your current organization, raise your transition timeline proactively during offer negotiations. Employers respect candidates who flag active protocol responsibilities and propose a structured handoff rather than an abrupt departure.
Clinical Research Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most clinical research directors?
The companies hiring the most clinical research directors right now include Sanofi, Vir Biotechnology, and Incyte Corporation, with the largest share of openings in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Pharmaceutical manufacturers and large CROs consistently account for the highest volume of director-level postings.
How many clinical research director jobs are remote?
About 50% of clinical research director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, with the highest remote share in roles focused on regulatory strategy, protocol development, and data oversight rather than site-facing clinical operations, which still typically require on-site presence at investigator locations.
How do you become a clinical research director?
Start with a degree in a life science, nursing, or healthcare field, then build several years of hands-on clinical trial coordination or management experience. Earn your GCP certification and progressively take on supervisory responsibilities, managing coordinators, data managers, or project teams. Move into a senior manager or associate director role where you own full-trial oversight, then transition into a director position once you've demonstrated cross-functional leadership and regulatory submission experience.
Can you get hired as a clinical research director with limited director-level experience?
Yes, if your experience covers the core competencies at a senior manager or associate director level. Employers often promote strong candidates who have directly managed a clinical team, owned a protocol from activation through closeout, and contributed to regulatory filings. Framing your application around measurable outcomes, therapeutic area depth, and leadership scope rather than job title can close the gap effectively.
What does the clinical research director interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a recruiter screen focused on your therapeutic area background and leadership scope, followed by a panel interview with clinical operations and regulatory leaders who probe protocol management decisions and cross-functional conflict resolution. A final round with senior executives or a chief medical officer often evaluates strategic thinking around trial design, budget management, and regulatory risk. Some employers add a case study or written exercise.
Where can I find and apply to clinical research director jobs?
You can find and apply to clinical research director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, academic medical centers, and CROs across the United States. Find the roles that match your therapeutic area expertise and leadership background, then apply directly to each listing.
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