Nuvalent, Inc. · 3 days ago
Associate Director, Clinical Operations
Nuvalent, Inc. is an early-stage company focused on developing selective medicines for cancer treatment. The Associate Director, Clinical Operations will lead clinical trial planning and execution, ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines and managing cross-functional teams and external vendors.
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Responsibilities
Lead and manage and provide strategic input on one or multiple clinical studies and demonstrate thorough knowledge of clinical operations’ project management. Lead cross-functional clinical study team to support clinical study delivery
Evaluates, selects, and ensures appropriate oversight of CROs and other external vendors
Ensures clinical trials are executed according to scope of work, budget, timelines, and KPIs
Establish and maintain effective communication and collaboration with functional area peers to meet clinical study objectives and support corporate goals
Identify risks and propose solutions to facilitate clinical studies
Develop and demonstrates accountability for the management of study budgets through review and approval of contracts and/or work order changes; manages budget forecasting and accruals in collaboration with finance
Oversee and manage the creation, maintenance, QC and close out of TMF activities
Ensure appropriate oversight of enrollment, site activation and data collection milestones
Contribute to and support team to ensure the completeness of study documents including, study protocol, investigator brochure, informed consent forms, clinical study reports and case report forms
Collaborate with the Clinical Data Manager to ensure timely and efficient database lock
Participate in data review and reconciliation efforts
Mentor junior team members by delegating study related responsibilities, overseeing, and supporting development plans
Lead or co-lead department initiatives to support an expanding organization
Travel may be required (10% – 15%)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or higher in a scientific or healthcare discipline
Minimum of 8 years of Clinical Operations experience
Extensive knowledge of ICH-GCP guidelines
Experience managing early through late Phase global oncology clinical trials
Demonstrated cross-functional leadership fostering team spirit and team motivation
Capability to challenge status-quo using risk management approach
Preferred
Leadership experience in regulatory inspections
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) retirement savings plan
Generous paid time off (including a summer and winter company shutdown)
Company
Nuvalent, Inc.
Nuvalent is creating precisely targeted therapies for patients with cancer designed to overcome the limitations of existing therapies for clinically proven kinase targets.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.82BKey Investors
Bain Capital Life SciencesDeerfield
2025-11-18Post Ipo Secondary· $500M
2024-09-16Post Ipo Equity· $575M
2023-10-16Post Ipo Equity· $300M
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