Seattle Children's · 3 days ago
Director of Clinical Trial Operations
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$181K/yr - $271K/yr
8+ years expSeattle Children's is one of the nation's top five pediatric research centers dedicated to providing hope, care, and cures for children. The Clinical Trial Operations Director will oversee clinical study operations and manage a team focused on early phase cell and gene therapy clinical trials, ensuring efficient execution and compliance with safety standards.
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Responsibilities
Oversee clinical study operations within our healthcare organization
Oversee resourcing, developing, training, and managing a successful clinical trial operations team
Responsible for the planning, oversight, management, and delivery of clinical development programs within Seattle Children's Therapeutics (SCTx)
Ensure that early phase trials are executed with efficiency, collaboration, and a service mindset
Partner with investigators/sponsors as well as the core clinical, regulatory, data science, research and manufacturing teams to deliver seamless research experience while upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance, and data quality
Manage the financial and budgetary aspects of clinical study development for trials conducted by SCTx
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in nursing, Life Sciences, Healthcare Administration, or related field
Minimum 8 years of relevant experience with expertise in the areas of clinical trial operations and 5 years in a leadership/manager role with increasing responsibility overseeing early phase oncology trials; developing, implementing, and leading early-phase (I/II) clinical trials
Direct experience managing early phase cell, gene and protein therapy trials and/or stem cell transplant clinical trials is strongly preferred
Proven success in building trial operations infrastructure, including SOP generation, managing contracts and clinical budgets; managing trial operations supporting clinical product development from early to late stage trials
Preferred
Masters in nursing, Life Sciences, Healthcare Administration, or related field
10 years of relevant experience with expertise in the areas of clinical trial operations
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision plans
403(b)
Life insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
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Company
Seattle Children's
Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we are here to do.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.72MKey Investors
Fund for Science and TechnologyScaleReadyHyundai Hope On Wheels
2025-08-27Grant
2025-01-08Grant· $0.12M
2024-08-28Grant· $0.4M
Leadership Team
Eric Althoff
Director Of Business Development - Seattle Children's Therapeutics
Howard Jeffries
Senior Medical Director, Strategy & Regional Network
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