Trial Delivery Manager, Sponsor Dedicated

Home Based Remote Role - East Coast

IQVIA is seeking an accomplished Senior Project Lead / Associate Director, Clinical Trial Management to provide centralized, global clinical trial oversight within our Functional Service Provider (FSP) model. This role partners closely with a Global Trial Leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the successful planning, execution, and delivery of complex clinical trials across regions and vendors.

You will lead Study Management Teams (SMTs), oversee country and site-facing activities, and ensure trials are conducted with the highest standards of quality, compliance, and inspection readiness—from start-up through close-out. This role is ideal for a senior clinical operations professional who thrives in a matrixed, global environment and is ready to influence strategy, mentor teams, and drive operational excellence.

• Lead and coordinate global and regional clinical trial management activities for internally managed and outsourced studies.
• Serve as a core member of the Trial Team, partnering with Global Leadership to deliver operational strategy and execution.
• Act as primary point of contact for country, regional, and functional stakeholders within Clinical Development Operations.
• Function as backup or first point of contact in the absence of the Global Leadership.

• Drive trial delivery across the full lifecycle: feasibility, site selection, start-up, execution, and close-out.
• Ensure milestones, timelines, and deliverables are met and transparently communicated.
• Maintain real-time trial oversight through dashboards, reports, and issue tracking.
• Act as the central subject matter expert for assigned protocols.

• Provide oversight of CROs and global vendors supporting site-facing activities, including:
  • IWRS/IVRS
  • Central Laboratory
  • ePRO/eCOA
  • Imaging
  • Translation and printing
  • Ancillary supplies and investigator meetings
• Review and approve vendor deliverables, invoices, and spend.
• Ensure vendor performance aligns with trial plans, budgets, and quality expectations.

• Ensure continuous inspection readiness in accordance with ICH-GCP, applicable regulations, and sponsor SOPs.
• Lead or contribute to CAPA development and resolution.
• Support Health Authority inspections, internal audits, and quality reviews.
• Partner with Quality & Compliance stakeholders to ensure effective oversight.

• Lead feasibility activities and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Establish and track regional enrollment commitments, ensuring alignment with projections.
• Ensure robust recruitment and contingency plans are in place.
• Proactively identify risks, elevate issues, and drive resolution.

• Oversee trial documentation, filing, archiving, and retention.
• Create, review, and maintain trial-specific documents, including:
  • Monitoring Guidelines
  • Informed Consent Forms
  • IMP and blinding documentation
  • Feasibility and site selection materials
• Support HA/EC/IRB submissions with required central documents.
• Coordinate data cleaning activities to support timely database lock.

• Lead teams across projects or programs.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to less experienced team members.
• Lead or participate in special initiatives, task forces, and process improvement efforts.
• Contribute innovative ideas to enhance operational efficiency and quality across the FSP partnership.

• Independently manages complex trials with limited oversight.
• Demonstrates strong operational leadership and stakeholder management.
• Owns central trial oversight activities and delivers consistent, high-quality results.

• Leads program-level or high-impact trials with increased complexity.
• Manages and mentors multiple team members across insourced and outsourced studies.
• Serves as a Therapeutic Area Expert or Functional Champion, influencing strategy and best practices.
• Proactively identifies and resolves budget, resourcing, and operational risks.

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Nursing, Pharmacy).
• Base:
  • 6+ years of clinical trial management experience in pharma and/or CRO environments.
• Advanced:
  • 8+ years of clinical trial…