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$90K - 130K a year
Lead clinical study operations including CRO oversight, budget and timeline management, risk mitigation, and cross-functional team leadership for vaccine clinical trials.
Requires 10+ years biotech/pharma experience with 6+ years clinical project management, global trial conduct, vendor management, regulatory knowledge, and strong communication skills.
Job title: Associate Director, Clinical Project Management Company: Novavax Job description: **Except where prohibited by applicable state law, this position requires that you be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless you need a reasonable accommodation or qualify for an exemption.** If you find science, speed, and success exhilarating, you have come to the right place. Novavax, Inc.(Nasdaq: NVAX) is a biotechnology company that promotes improved health globally through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. Novavaxis currently conducting multiple late-stage clinical trials for NVX-CoV2373, our vaccine candidate against the virus that causes COVID-19, and has recently reported exciting and highly encouraging initial efficacy results. NanoFlu, our quadrivalent influenza nanoparticle vaccine, met all primary objectives in its pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in older adults. Both candidate vaccines incorporate Novavax' proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.Novavaxis a leading innovator of recombinant vaccines. Our proprietary technology platform leverages the power and speed of genetic engineering to efficiently produce highly immunogenic nanoparticles in order to address urgent global health needs. Novavax, Inc. is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland with additional facilities in Uppsala, Sweden and Bohumil, Czech Republic. The Associate Director, Clinical Project Management (CPM) is an experienced study team leader responsible for the clinical operation operational delivery of one or more clinical studies through reporting, including inspection readiness and risk management, and in alignment with the program strategies. The CPM is an expert on the operational strategy of clinical trials, lead CRO and vendor oversight activities, and responsible for developing the study timelines and management of the study budget. The CPM leads and manage the internal cross functional study team and provides regular status reports to internal key stakeholders, including program team and senior management. Responsibilities include but not limited to: • Clinical operation project leader for assigned clinical studies including selection and oversight of full service CROs. Oversees on time study deliverables of key milestones. Establishes vendor management plans and manages CROs and study-related vendors accordingly (inclusive of quality plan). • Manage study financials including vendor work order development and approval, invoice review, monitoring spend, facilitate regular forecasting communication between Finance departments. Manages vendor work order changes. • Active participant in CRO lead meetings, including regular CRO study team meetings and protocol training (e.g., Investigator Meeting, CRA training), responsible to review key CRO study operational plans (e.g. risk management plan, monitoring plan, communication plan, etc.); proactively provides input to operational strategy, including country and site feasibility. • Tracks study progress and proactively escalates project related issues, including related to time, budget, and quality, to the key internal stakeholders to ensure timely resolution of issues. • Leader of internal cross functional study team; manages, facilitates and documents meetings (e.g. action log) and facilitates effective decision making, cross functional connectivity, and communications are effective and efficient. Partners with Manufacturing Operations to create clinical trial material labeling and packaging plans, and Clinical Immunology to ensure quality and timely delivery of samples for testing. • Ensures comprehensive operational input to protocol design. • Lead clinical operations sub-team(s) where appropriate, e.g. for large programs with multiple studies, in accordance with the organizational expectations. • Contributes to knowledge management within Clinical Development (incl. lessons learned from previous studies are considered in new study design and implementation). • Provides Program Team and Senior Management with regular study updates/status reports on study execution. Acts as a liaison between departments within Novavax for project-related matters. Minimum Requirements: • BS/BA degree or equivalent (background in life sciences preferred). Advanced degree is preferred. • 10+ years industry experience (biotech/pharma) with at least 6+ years of clinical project management experience. Experience managing outsourced global vaccine studies strongly preferred. • Global clinical trial conduct and clinical operations experience, from start-up to database-lock. A thorough understanding of the processes associated with project and study management. • Strong understanding of ICH, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), clinical, and regulatory operations • Experience in management of vendors and CRO's and managing project to budget • Excellent communication skills and management skills with attention to detail. • Strong understanding of ICH, GCP and relevant regulatory requirements • Proficiency with MS Project, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint. • Ability travel globally up to 10% of time. Novavax is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland with additional facilities in Uppsala, Sweden and Bohumil, Czech Republic. Novavax is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol NVAX and is dedicated to developing novel vaccines to address infectious disease. Novavax offers a base salary, annual bonus, equity grants, professional career development/growth opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, Rx, STD, LTD, Life, Optional Life, 401(k) plan. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Novavax is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment and advancement opportunities are available to all individuals on an at-will basis, regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, protective hairstyle, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. #LI-RB1 #LI-Remote Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Expected salary: Location: Maryland Apply for the job now! [ad_2]
This job posting was last updated on 12/9/2025