Director, Site Engagement & Monitoring Excellence
ExecutiveClinical OperationsNeurology
$209K - $228K/yr(estimated)
Description
<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eikon Therapeutics is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the intersection of chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases. Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Position</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Director Study Site Engagement &amp; Monitoring Excellence will be responsible for leading the development and execution of Eikon’s global trial site engagement strategy, including oversight and accountability for all internal/external managed site monitoring activities to ensure predictable delivery of high-quality data and establish Eikon as a preferred sponsor for clinical sites.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Director will ensure effective collaboration with clinical study teams, and Functional Service Provider (FSP) partners, to implement excellent site relationship management and site monitoring activities to accelerate operational excellent delivery of Eikon’s clinical programs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This role will require a minimum of 3 days a week of onsite presence (or more as business needs require) in either of our California or New Jersey offices to ensure effective management, operational excellence and high-performance delivery of clinical studies and to support the expected significant team growth &amp; collaboration.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Strategic Leadership</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Define and implement site engagement strategies to improve relationships</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Support the build of new partnerships and networks</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Support high quality monitoring approaches and ensure alignment with regulatory standards</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Serve as liaison between clinical study teams and investigative sites</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Operational Support</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide guidance, oversight and training to the study site engagement team, including CRA site monitors, whether insourced or outsourced suppliers, to maximize effectiveness and acceleration in Eikon’s operational execution of clinical research.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Develop and maintain appropriate performance standards, processes and documentation for harmonized site engagement and monitoring support across Eikon’s clinical programs.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maintain regular information exchange within the study site engagement team, identify common elements of study support across regions/countries to codify and apply lessons learned, troubleshoot issues and distribute acquired site intelligence to Clinical Operations study teams and Clinical Development stakeholders as required.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oversee resource and talent management of site engagement team, including CRA monitors, whether insourced or via outsourced suppliers, across relevant regional/country clusters to maintain quality of monitoring that deliver and achieve Clinical Operations study team goals.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Accountable for overall oversight and training of FSP, study site engagement and CRAs by country/region, including identifying and managing CRA performance issues. Responsible for ensuring associated corrective and preventative actions are put in place, and that ICH GCP compliance, regulatory, quality and timeline objectives are met for all trials executed globally.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Responsible for site and monitoring quality using interpretive signals in conjunction with local country intelligence to proactively identify risks.&nbsp; Lead risk assessment at the site/country level for designated studies, including identification of mitigation and control.&nbsp; Maintain knowledge of appropriate tools and resources (e.g., metrics, site health, Risk Based Monitoring signals, etc.) and demonstrate use of data to enhance quality and accelerate study delivery. Track site engagement metrics and satisfaction scores.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrate a learning culture by ensuring site quality and trends, including preventative actions are shared across study &amp; assets in the clinical programs to drive accelerated drug delivery.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Be the point of escalation for issues that arise in site engagement, escalating as necessary and keeping the relevant Clinical Operations study team informed of escalation and resolution. Effectively solve problems and use judgment relating to national and international regulations, guidelines, investigator interactions and timelines.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Manage functional budget, including resource projections, capacity assessment and vendor (e.g., FSP) oversight and evaluation, to ensure adequate and appropriate resourcing for Eikon’s clinical trial portfolio.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Cross Functional Collaboration</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Align with global Clinical Development stakeholders to ensure strategy and approach for clinical programs and studies is appropriate to meet study goals while incorporating study engagement team, including CRA monitors.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to ongoing department infrastructure development efforts such as SOP development, implementation and/or innovation of new processes and clinical system capabilities to consistently deliver operational excellence.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with Clinical Development leadership to partner on important projects and stay current with relevant industry trends and innovations to ensure best practices in study site engagement are applied across Eikon.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Serve as a talent magnet and develop, coach, and retain top talent in the team. Set clear performance standards and holds self and organization accountable for achieving results. Embraces metrics and performance standards (KPIs).</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Qualifications</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Post Graduate degree with 10+ years of experience or a Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience in a relevant field, such as Life Sciences, Nursing, or a related discipline.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Significant management experience in oncology clinical trial setting with the ability to effectively collaborate with different Clinical R&amp;D stakeholders in a matrix organization. Management expertise should cover management of budget, resources, headcount, processes (and controls), productivity, quality and project delivery.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A complete understanding of ICH GCP and global/regional regulatory requirements is required.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong communication skills requiring proficiency in written and spoken English. The incumbent must be competent and effective in written and verbal communication. Skills in more than one language are an advantage in this role.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strategic thinking and high emotional intelligence.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong leadership that will attract, motivate, inspire, develop and retain talented staff. In addition, leadership skills that enable and drive alignment with the goals, purpose and mission of our company.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Travel: up to 25% travel expected</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At Eikon, employee compensation also includes bonus and equity compensation, in addition to several generous benefit programs, including:</span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">401k plan with company matching</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Medical (premiums covered by Eikon at 95%), dental and vision insurance (premiums covered by Eikon at 100%)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mental health and wellness benefits</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Weeklong summer and winter holiday shutdowns</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Generous paid time off and holiday policies</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life/AD&amp;D Insurance (premiums covered by Eikon at 100%) and optional supplemental employee-paid life/AD&amp;D policies </span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Enhanced parental leave benefit</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Daily subsidized lunch program when on-site</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The expected salary range for this role is $209,000 to $228,000 depending on skills, competency, and the market demand for your expertise.</span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eikon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We are currently not accepting any new third-party agencies or firms at this time. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website, employees or Human Resources. Eikon Therapeutics will not pay fees to any third-party agency or firm associated with unsolicited resumes.</span></p></div>
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