Reporting to: Chief Medical Officer
Location: London
Job Summary
The Vice President of Clinical Operations and Data Management (CODM) provides strategic leadership for the planning, execution, and oversight of global clinical trials. This role is accountable for delivering high-quality, compliant, patient-focused studies on time and within budget, while advancing the organization’s clinical development strategy and supporting global regulatory and commercialization objectives.
Key Elements and Responsibilities
· Provide strategic and operational leadership for clinical operations and data management across programs, from study start-up through close-out, in compliance with ICH-GCP.
· Ensure the quality, integrity, and inspection-readiness of all clinical and data management activities globally.
· Drive cross-functional collaboration to deliver clinical trials on time and within budget.
· Lead planning, execution, and reporting of clinical studies, ensuring alignment on timelines, deliverables, and resources.
· Act as the primary escalation point for critical study and vendor issues.
· Oversee study budgets, timelines, resources, and financial tracking.
· Partner with Clinical Science, Biostatistics, and external vendors to ensure seamless delivery of:
o Clinical documentation
o Data management activities
· Ensure effective coordination of regulatory submissions (e.g., IRB/ethics committees, local authorities).
· Oversee data management strategy and execution, including database design, build, maintenance, and database lock activities, in alignment with biostatistics.
· Ensure robust data integrity, accurate record-keeping, and compliant archiving practices.
· Provide oversight of clinical sites, academic partners, and vendors (e.g., CROs, labs) to ensure performance, quality, and compliance.
· Build and maintain strong relationships with investigators and key opinion leaders.
· Lead, develop, and mentor high-performing teams.
· Ensure delivery of high-quality study documentation to meet program timelines.
Requirements
Experience, Skills & Knowledge
· Extensive experience in clinical operations leadership within biotech/pharma.
· Strong clinical project and program management expertise.
· Proven track record managing CROs and external vendors.
· Solid understanding of global regulatory requirements (ICH-GCP).
· Experience managing budgets and resource planning.
· Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to operate strategically and tactically.
· Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving biotech environment.
· Experience in rare/orphan diseases and/or academic collaborations is a plus.
Education
· Experience in rare disease; gene and cell therapy experience is a plus
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