Director Pre- Clinical Study Management

What can we offer you?

Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you:

HEALTH

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

YOURSELF

• Paid time off policy including holidays and sick time
• Internal growth and development programs & trainings

WEALTH

• 401(k) program, life & accident insurance and disability insurance

The Director, Study Management and Discovery Research oversees a team of Scientists and Study Directors in Discovery and Preclinical Services (DPS) to ensure timely, accurate, high-quality execution of research studies and delivery of results to Sponsors.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage DPS Study and Project Managers

• Hire, manage, and mentor a team of Study and Project Managers, and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence
• Co-ordinate with scientific Leads for sponsor-project understanding and onboarding
• Provide scientific support and mentorship for delivery team scientists (e.g. Study Directors, Project Managers, and other staff) to develop their expertise as required to deliver preclinical studies
• Support and educate teammates in your key areas of scientific expertise
• Manage technical, process, or Sponsor-driven escalations from study delivery team

Foster continuous improvement

• Innovate and drive strategy in partnership with DPS Leadership Team
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance productivity, efficiency, communication, or engagement

Support program and project management

• Provide scientific expertise in support of Sponsored research studies
• Maintain successful customer relations with existing customers
• Author and/or review technical documents, including study design quotes, study and protocols, final reports, presentations, abstracts/manuscripts/white papers, etc.

Other

• Carry out any other reasonable duties as requested.

Functional Competencies (Technical knowledge/Skills):

• Deep and/or broad experience in pharmaceutical development
• Industry experience in early-stage drug discovery process, preferably in oncology
• Experience leading both preclinical research studies or programs
• Demonstrates excellent strategic influencing skills with key stakeholder

Experience, Education, and Certifications

• Scientific/technical PhD in a relevant field (e.g., Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Pharmacology, Toxicology, etc.) with 15+ years applicable industry experience or equivalent
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro methods applied to early phase drug development
• Ability to effectively represent the company externally

• Expert ability to work effectively and efficiently in a team environment and interact professionally with collaborators and customers
• Exceptional time management skills
• Consistently sets challenging goals and develops high standards
• Ability to co-ordinate and/or oversee complex projects involving multiple disciplines and technologies
• Ability to demonstrate adaptability, a logical approach to problem-solving, and a commitment to continual learning
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, applicable across diverse audiences
• Strong presentation skills; able to succinctly, clearly, and compellingly present complex and/or nuanced scientific results and service capabilities to colleagues internally and externally

Client-provided location(s): Needham, MA

Job ID: Calyx-JR104055

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-07-01T11:36:47