Executive Director, Global Site Management

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals • Warren, MI

15h • Onsite

About The Position

Regeneron is seeking an Executive Director to provide enterprise-level strategic leadership and organizational accountability for global site-facing capabilities. The role sets the vision and operating strategy for site management, monitoring execution, resource and budget planning, and CRO/FSP/vendor performance across the clinical development portfolio. It leads the evolution of the global site management operating model so regional capabilities, roles, governance, and deployment strategies deliver consistent quality, speed, scalability, and value.

As the senior functional authority for global site management, the Executive Director leads enterprise initiatives requiring regional or global expertise and partners with Therapeutic Area/Program Clinical Trial Management, Clinical Science, Quality, and Development Operations leadership to optimize portfolio performance. The role advises senior and executive management, represents the function in governance forums, and engages vendors and collaboration partners at senior levels. It translates development strategy into a differentiated global site-management capability that advances the clinical trial portfolio.

The position is based on site four days per week in Tarrytown, NY; Warren, NJ; or Armonk, NY. Travel of up to 40% may be required.

Requirements

• Minimum bachelor's degree.
• 17+ years of experience, including 10+ years of functional leadership and people management.
• Expert knowledge of drug development, global clinical operations, clinical monitoring, site management, GCP, and applicable regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate scientific and development strategy into scalable operational capabilities.
• Extensive experience leading global clinical trial operations and enterprise transformation across multiple therapeutic areas, regions, and development stages.
• Experience working with or establishing global clinical site relationships.
• Cross-cultural awareness and fluency in Business English.
• Proven executive leadership in setting vision, leading through ambiguity, building high-performing global organizations, developing senior talent, shaping culture, and delivering sustained change at scale.
• Demonstrated success leading leaders and managing performance across global, matrixed, and partner-based organizations.
• Executive presence and exceptional communication, influence, negotiation, and decision-making skills, including the ability to translate complex issues into clear enterprise choices and mobilize stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated collaborative as well as independent working style.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to align activities with clinical development plans (CDPs).
• Strong organizational skills, with effective time use and prioritization.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and advance global strategy for country key opinion leader, investigator, and site relationships.
• Set direction and governance for global study execution, clinical site monitoring, and issue escalation across the portfolio.
• Sponsor risk-based, study-specific monitoring strategies and ensure consistent implementation and effectiveness.
• Define enterprise performance, quality, compliance, and productivity expectations for site management and monitoring activities.
• Champion standardization, digital enablement, innovation, and measurable value creation across the global operating model.
• Own the global workforce and capability strategy for site management, including multi-year FTE and external-capacity forecasts, headcount planning, allocation, utilization, leadership development, and succession across CTL and CRA organizations.
• Hold executive accountability for global vendor strategy, CRO/FSP contracting, investment, capacity, and performance; lead senior-level vendor governance, commercial and operational decisions, and corrective interventions when performance or quality is at risk.
• Oversee country- and site-level data and quality issue management in partnership with study management, data management, Quality Management Leads, and other stakeholders.
• Partner with Global Monitoring Oversight, Central Monitoring, Vendor Relationship Management, and CRO counterparts to align risk-based monitoring strategies, standards, and training requirements.
• Serve as the enterprise thought leader and senior subject matter authority for global site management; influence internal strategy and external industry practice, sponsor cross-portfolio transformation, and build executive alignment for new capabilities, operating-model changes, and strategic investments.
• Establish the global CTL capability model, accountabilities, standards, and measures supporting study feasibility, site identification and selection, patient recruitment and retention, and resolution of complex investigator-site issues.

Benefits

• Competitive and comprehensive total rewards package, which may include annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid time off, and family support benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive