Sr. Director, Clinical Research Operations

About N-Power Medicine
N-Power Medicine aims to establish a new paradigm in drug development by reinventing the ‘how’ and transforming clinical trials through better integration with clinical practice, ensuring broader participation by physicians and patients. We are building an exceptional multi-disciplinary team with diverse expertise spanning healthcare, engineering, technology and regulatory, and with people who share our core value of Empowering Community through generosity, curiosity and humility. We are working with urgency to bring better therapies to patients faster.
Position Overview
The Sr. Director, Clinical Research Operations is responsible for building and leading the full operating model for how N-Power executes clinical research at our network practices — from the onsite Clinical Research Staff (CRS) who manage prescreening, consenting, and protocol-driven assessment coordination in partnership with treating physicians, to the regulatory and clinical trial operations work ensure programs are run in a compliant manner following applicable rules and regulations.
This is a newly created, senior leadership role accountable for the staffing model, capacity planning, resource allocation, training infrastructure, engagement strategy, and performance metrics across the full function, spanning both the distributed CRS field team and the Clinical Operations team responsible for regulatory execution.
This is a remote role.
Role Objectives and Responsibilities
Staffing Model, Capacity Planning & Performance Management
Build a repeatable and scalable staffing model tied to health system profile, clinical programs, enrollment targets, and patient volume across all sites
Define productivity and success metrics for the CRS team (e.g., prescreening throughput, consent conversion) tied to business and pharma customer delivery targets
Build dashboards and reporting cadences that give leadership visibility into team and site performance
Use performance data to identify skill gaps and direct training investment where it matters most
Leadership & Execution
Build the playbooks, SOPs, and management cadence needed to run a consistent, high-quality distributed field team
Directly manage the Clinical Operations team, ensuring regulatory work such as study-startup, TMF management, documentation, site/IRB coordination, and site monitoring is a tightly integrated part of the same function
Build scalable training and development infrastructure for a distributed field and regulatory operations workforce
Train onsite team to represent N-Power’s mission and value proposition to practices
Serve as an escalation point for site-level relationship risks and support rollout of new initiatives or workflow changes across the network
Partner closely with Network Operations leadership and other cross-functional teams to align CRS and Clinical Operations priorities with broader network strategy
Perform additional duties and responsibilities as required.
Education, Experience, Behavioral Competencies, & Skills
9+ years of experience in clinical research operations, with direct, hands-on oncology clinical trial experience
Proven success managing a distributed, multi-site workforce at scale
Strong experience in oncology research and practice workflows, including academic/community research workflows, practice business administration.
Demonstrated ability to build repeatable playbooks, SOPs, and processes as teams and programs grow
Metrics-driven: experience building staffing models, capacity plans, and KPI/reporting frameworks from scratch
Experience designing training and development infrastructure for a distributed clinical workforce
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, clinical teams, and technical experts alike
Collaborative, hands-on leader who thrives in dynamic environments; generous, curious, and humble
Preferred

Employment type
Remote

Work arrangement
Yes