Sr Dir, Clinical Operations

If you have experience providing direction, coordination, execution, control and completion of Clinical Operations; learn how you can lead our Clinical Operations team in Tokyo.

About the Senior Director Clinical Operations role within ICON:

The Senior Director Clinical Operations will be responsible for resourcing, line management, training, functional delivery, providing high quality measurements within the Clinical Operations group at country level and collaborating with the Director, Vice President, and above. Lead the overall delivery, through your management team, to drive execution of service, client satisfaction, quality and efficiencies.

The Senior Director Clinical Operations will provide overall budgeting responsibilities for your country to drive productivity and quality within the region. Communicate with the Director and/or VP Clinical Operations on all critical issues and business growth opportunities.

Work closely with Business Development to support the growth of the country and provide regional/client based knowledge to achieve success and be the key contact for the country in regards to operational questions and escalations.

We provide the Senior Director Clinical Operations with the resources to be successful in supporting their line of business. In addition, we offer a strong benefits package that includes a comprehensive health plan, retirement plans, competitive pay, vacation, and an annual incentive plan to reward performance.

To succeed you will need:

You will have a Bachelor's degree (or local equivalent) or relevant experience in clinical research along with a minimum of 10 years' experience in clinical trials, background in Operations, Project Management and people management.

You must have good understanding of Project Management life cycle, client relationship management, good commercial awareness and customer focus, highly developed problem solving skills, able to work as team leader and individually on multiple client projects, ability to multi-task, excellent organizational, documentation and communication skills, business computer skills, and trained in Good Clinical Practices

You must be able to speak Japanese at native level and English at advanced-business level.