Director – Clinical Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Czechia.

📋 Description

• Supervise a team of high-level individual contributors or managers.

• Ensure the timely, successful, and high-quality delivery of organizational project outputs.

• Allocate client projects with appropriately skilled professionals and focus on staff retention and development.

• Foster new business opportunities through project proposals and client presentations.

• Offer consultation services to project teams.

• Oversee project performance and documentation in collaboration with project, functional, and client leadership.

• Contribute as a senior member of project teams when designated, including status reporting and attending project meetings.

• Provide expertise, facilitate the collection of metrics, and formulate action plans to ensure projects remain on schedule and within budget.

• Manage team and departmental resources, assignments, quality assurance, and delivery efficiency.

• Create and oversee project resourcing plans.

• Offer executive oversight for large projects as necessary.

• Provide technical support, performance oversight, training coordination, and talent development.

• Recruit, retain, nurture, and inspire skilled teams.

• Engage in performance evaluations and salary reviews, while developing management pipelines.

• Generate business leads, assist in proposals, and serve as the local client contact when required.

• Participate in system enhancements, standards and process improvements, change management, and quality initiatives.

• Maintain productivity, billability, compliance, project resourcing, departmental metrics, and stakeholder relationships.

• Ensure adherence to ICH Guidelines, Good Clinical Practices, regulatory requirements, and Parexel SOPs.

• Exemplify teamwork, communication, leadership, and effective line management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive work experience, particularly in management roles, within the clinical research field.

• A degree in biological sciences, pharmacy, or another health-related discipline, or an equivalent nursing qualification or relevant clinical experience.

• Proficient in both Czech and English.

• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with experience in presentations.

• Adaptable attitude towards assignments and a willingness to learn.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Proficient in computer applications, including CTMS, EDMS, EDC, IWRS, and MS Office.

• Experience working in a matrix organizational structure.

• Capability to manage managers and lead a global virtual team.

• Skilled in managing a full workload across various projects and tasks while prioritizing with attention to detail.

• Excellent negotiation, influencing, and organizational skills.

• A client-focused mindset.

• Ability to manage and motivate direct reports as well as the broader team.

• Familiarity with ICH Guidelines, Good Clinical Practices, regulatory agency requirements, and Parexel SOPs.

• Willingness to travel as required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.

• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.