Senior Patient Recruitment and Retention Lead (CONTRACT)

The Perfect Addition to Our Team

You are a seasoned leader in the pharmaceutical industry who is eager to shape and implement patient recruitment and retention strategies for clinical trials. You are well organized and collaborative, able to work seamlessly with teams to drive our clinical activities. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, juggling priorities, and stepping in wherever needed. With a proven track record in scaling operations within biotech or pharmaceutical settings, you are a results-driven problem solver who efficiently connects problems with solutions.

The Opportunity

The Patient Recruitment & Retention Contractor will be responsible for development and execution of Entrada’s clinical trial recruitment and retention, bringing proven expertise in building and optimizing clinical trials, feasibility, patient recruitment, and regulatory compliance. This role reports to the SVP, Clinical and Business Operations & Quantitative Science, and will support ongoing and new global rare disease trials.

Responsibilities

• In partnership with study teams, develop and oversee global patient recruitment and retention strategies across all clinical programs, ensuring alignment with portfolio timelines, program priorities, and corporate development goals.
• Drive execution of integrated feasibility strategies, including landscape analysis, enrollment modeling, and site capability assessments to inform protocol optimization and accelerate trial start up.
• Ensure alignment between ongoing trial feasibility efforts and patient recruitment and retention strategies through effective vendor partnerships.
• Establish and monitor enrollment KPIs and recruitment progress; providing regular progress reporting to Clinical Operations leadership and study teams as well as senior leadership, implementing course corrections when needed.
• Serve as subject matter expert on global regulatory expectations (FDA, EMA) for diversity and inclusive research practices, supporting cross-functional teams on compliance and strategies and staying up-to-date on recruitment technologies.
• Bring the patient voice and experience into the patient recruitment and retention strategy and related materials.
• Proactively identify risks to enrollment timelines, implementing mitigation strategies where necessary and communicating said risks to study leadership teams.
• Provide insights to program-level performance of patient recruitment vendors and digital outreach agencies where needed.

The Necessities

At Entrada, our passion for science, our devotion to patients and our values drives our behavior:

• Humanity - We genuinely care about patients and about one another.
• Tenacity - We are relentless and persistent in the pursuit of developing therapies for patients.
• Creativity - We are creative problem solvers.
• Collaboration - We are more than the sum of our parts.
• Curiosity - We have a growth mindset and push conventional thought and theory.

To thrive on our team, you will need to come with:

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in clinical operations or related areas, with at least 6 + years focusing on study recruitment, study diversity, and patient engagement.
• Experience working with rare disease patient populations across global regions.
• Direct experience implementing and executing challenging patient recruitment and retention strategies for late-phase studies.
• Forward-thinking and creative with high ethical standards.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced professional environment with changing priorities and business needs.
• Strong problem-solving, multitasking, and organizational skills, with the ability to work independently and stay self-directed.
• This is a US based remote position with preference given to local New England based candidates. This role will require minimum monthly or quarterly travel to the Entrada Therapeutics Headquarters located in Boston, MA.#LI-JF1 #LI-Remote