Senior Manager, Clinical Operations

Company

With deep expertise in chemistry, Nuvalent is working to create selective medicines designed with the goal to address the needs of patients with cancer. Nuvalent is an exciting early‑stage company, bringing together experienced scientists and industry veterans with a proven track record in drug discovery, oncology drug development, and company building.

Role

Reporting to the Associate Director, Clinical Operations, the Sr. Manager, Clinical Operations will ensure excellence in clinical trial planning, execution, and data collection, in accordance with regulatory guidelines. You will be working on a clinical study with responsibilities including site selection, contract negotiation, budget management, study start‑up, conduct and close‑out. This role will collaborate with cross‑functional study team as well as demonstrate excellent management of and partnership with CROs and vendors. The ideal candidate has a track record of executing complex, on‑time clinical trials at a biotech/pharmaceutical company and delivering high‑quality clinical trial results.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to one or multiple clinical studies and demonstrate thorough knowledge of clinical operations project management. Collaborate with cross‑functional clinical study team to support clinical study delivery.
• Evaluate, and ensure appropriate oversight of CROs and other external vendors.
• Ensure clinical trials are executed according to scope of work, budget, timelines, KPIs, and corporate goals.
• Establish and maintain effective communication and collaboration with functional area peers to meet clinical study objectives and support goals.
• Identify risks and propose solutions to facilitate clinical studies.
• Responsible for review and oversight of the study‑level budget(s) and demonstrates accountability for the management of the budgets through managing the review and approval of contracts and/or work order changes; contribute to 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 the 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 Data Management to ensure timely and efficient database lock. Participate in data review and reconciliation efforts.
• Lead or co‑lead department initiatives to support an expanding organization.
• Travel may be required (10% – 15%).

Competencies

• Detail and process orientated, with excellent project management skills, including risk assessment and contingency planning.
• Excellent problem solving, communication and organization skills.
• Flexibility with changing priorities, ability to think critically, strong attention to detail, and ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment and build effective working relationships across the organization.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to strategically plan, organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Qualifications

• At least 5 – 7 years of Clinical Operations experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a scientific or healthcare discipline preferred and relevant experience within the biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO industry.
• Extensive knowledge of current ICH‑GCP guidelines.
• Relevant experience managing early through late Phase clinical trials.
• Demonstrated cross‑functional leadership fostering team spirit and team motivation.
• Capability to challenge status‑quo using risk management approach.
• Able to thrive in a remote/virtual environment.

Additional Information

Nuvalent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, aiming to provide employees with competitive total rewards packages.

The targeted salary range below reflects what Nuvalent reasonably and in good faith expects to offer for this position at the time of posting, but the final salary determination may be within or outside this range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and market factors. The range will be reviewed regularly and is subject to change.

Nuvalent also offers a comprehensive benefit package to support our employees at each stage of their career, financial, health, and well‑being journey, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, generous paid time off (including a summer and winter company shutdown), and much more.

Annual Salary Range: $145,000 – $175,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Nuvalent provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to religion, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, alienage or citizenship status, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran or military status, predisposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.