Lead Local Operations Manager - Solid Tumor Oncology

Job Function:

R&D Operations

Clinical Trial Project Management

Professional

Remote (US), Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at

The Lead Local Operations Manager (LOM) is a senior operational leader accountable for US country level site performance, operational strategy, and delivery across the end-to-end clinical trial lifecycle. The Lead LOM serves as the US operational nexus for assigned trials, coordinating Local Operations Managers, resolving complex escalations, and integrating country level operational insights into global trial planning and execution. Operating as a player coach, the Lead LOM leads and mentors other Local Operations Managers while directly managing strategic or high impact sites and programs.

The role ensures strong alignment between site level execution and global trial objectives, driving delivery against key operational KPIs related to feasibility, startup, enrollment, data quality, compliance, and closeout. Compared with Associate and Senior Local Operations Manager roles, the Lead LOM is typically assigned to key USA Oncology sites, more complex trials, programs, or portfolios, may work across multiple disease areas, and is expected to exercise advanced judgment, influence, and leadership to ensure successful country level trial delivery.

The Lead LOM may represent the country’s performance for a specific trial, in global trial forums and may, where required, assume broader trial delivery leadership responsibilities in accordance with Global Development procedural documents.

You will be responsible for:

• Owns US site level operational delivery for assigned sites
• Leads and coordinates local trial team activities in compliance with SOPs, other procedural documents, and applicable regulations.
• Leads local project planning activities to meet recruitment targets and to deliver high quality data on time and within study budget, including but not limited to: development of local trials specific procedures and tools, recruitment planning, contingency and risk management, and budget forecasting.
• Provides leadership oversight and mentoring support to other local operations managers assigned to the trial or program
• Shapes US trial operational strategy and integrates site insights into global feasibility and startup planning
• Serves as the primary US operational interface to global trial leadership
• Monitors country level operational KPIs and identifies systemic risks and mitigation strategies.
• Acts as escalation point for complex site contracting, operational, and recruitment issues.
• Represents US local operations at investigator and/or study coordinator site meetings and key governance forums.
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