Senior Director, Investigator Grants

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the Global Investigator Grants organization across all regions, formulating strategy, operating model, and a multi-year roadmap.

• Lead, nurture, and retain a global team, which includes workforce planning and resource allocation.

• Incorporate acquired and partner site networks into Precision's investigator grants framework.

• Manage the integration of the site payment process within the CTMS, covering requirements, configuration, data migration, validation, testing, go-live readiness, adoption, and optimization.

• Develop global governance, policies, SOPs, and financial controls for investigator payments, prepaid funds, accruals, reconciliations, transparency reporting, and study closeout.

• Supervise investigator grant budgets, forecasting, accruals, change-order effects, and prepaid fund positions.

• Provide guidance to sponsors, site networks, and internal leadership on complex matters related to grant administration, payment, contracts, and compliance.

• Collaborate with Business Development, Proposals, and Contracts on the strategy for investigator grants and site payments.

• Define and track global KPIs, service levels, executive dashboards, ongoing improvement, automation, and organizational change management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• A minimum of 18 years of progressive experience in investigator grants, site payments, or clinical trial finance within a CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology setting.

• At least 10 years of experience leading global teams through managers and directors.

• Proven experience in leading a clinical systems implementation (CTMS or site payment platform) and/or integrating acquired operations.

• Experience in incorporating site networks or acquired businesses into a global operating model.

• In-depth knowledge of CTAs, site budgets, fair market value, payment triggers, prepaid funds, multi-currency payments, and country-specific tax and regulatory standards.

• Strong expertise in forecasting, accruals, pass-through cost management, change order impacts, and cash management across a global portfolio.

• Familiarity with Veeva Vault Clinical, Medidata Rave Grants Manager, and ERP/PSA platforms.

• MBA, PMP, or an equivalent advanced degree or professional certification preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus.

• Health insurance.

• Retirement savings benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Disability benefits.

• Parental leave.

• Paid time off for sick leave and vacation.