Associate Director, Site Budgets

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kentucky, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Oversee the development, management, and supervision of the trial site budgets team.

• Act as a primary operational liaison with leadership.

• Coordinate the standardization and implementation of best practices for CTI site budget development processes.

• Provide operational guidance, prioritize tasks, coach team members, manage performance, and pursue continual optimization.

• Ensure that team deliverables adhere to timelines, quality benchmarks, and business requirements.

• Identify potential risks, capacity limitations, bottlenecks, and milestones while implementing corrective measures.

• Ensure that budgets are in alignment with study objectives, sponsor expectations, regulatory standards, and organizational criteria.

• Streamline, standardize, automate, and enhance workflows in collaboration with Site Activation and cross-functional teams.

• Establish and sustain standardized budget processes, tools, templates, and operating procedures.

• Monitor operational data and trends while providing actionable insights to senior management.

• Lead the resolution and escalation of complex or high-risk budget-related issues.

• Promote the adoption of organizational changes, processes, systems, and operational methodologies.

• Share insights and lessons learned with the Site Activation team to enhance budget processes.

• Plan, implement, facilitate, and assess assigned clinical trials from the planning stage through to analysis.

• Serve as the primary senior contact with CTI executive management and sponsors.

• Manage client relationships and address or escalate trial-related issues.

• Ensure compliance with ICH, GCP, regulatory standards, and trial procedures.

• Oversee CPM management of budgeted hours, project budgets, milestones, and corrective actions.

• Review scope of work in relation to contractual agreements and assist with any scope modifications and contract amendments.

• Supervise, mentor, and assess CPMs and direct reports.

• Oversee recruitment, resource allocation, and management of site budget/payment specialists.

• Develop training programs for site budget and payment services personnel.

• Provide high-level oversight and review of site budget development for RFPs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in clinical research and/or CTI clinical project management.

• Comprehensive understanding of global trial management processes and the various functional areas involved in clinical trials.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in allied health fields such as nursing, pharmacy, or health sciences.

• Experience in managing clinical trials.

• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of at least one therapeutic area for which CTI is contracted for clinical projects.

• Familiarity with International Council for Harmonization (ICH) guidelines, Good Clinical Practices (GCP), relevant regulatory guidelines, and trial procedures.

🏝️ Benefits

• Structured mentoring program.

• Leadership development courses.

• Ongoing education and training opportunities.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• Vacation packages.

• Hybrid work options.

• Paid parental leave.

• CTI Cares community and global giving initiatives.