Senior Director, Investigator Grants

Precision for Medicine

4d•$198,976 - $298,464•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Director, Global Investigator Grants is the senior leader accountable for the strategy, governance, and performance of Precision's global investigator grants and site payment organization. Reporting directly to the VP, Operational Finance, this role leads the Global Investigator Grants team across all regions, ensuring investigator payments, prepaid fund management, forecasting, accruals, and reconciliations are delivered accurately, on time, and in compliance with Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), sponsor contracts, and applicable regulations. The Senior Director leads the integration of acquired and partner site networks into Precision's investigator grants operating model and is accountable for overall integration of the site payment process within the Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS). Working with Clinical Operations, Project Management, Site Contracts, Finance, Information Technology, and sponsors, the role builds scalable processes, strong financial controls, and a sponsor experience grounded in transparency, predictability, and audit readiness.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
Minimum of 18 years of progressive experience in investigator grants, site payments, or clinical trial finance within a CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology environment, including at least 10 years leading global teams through managers and directors.
Demonstrated experience leading a clinical systems implementation (CTMS or site payment platform) and/or the integration of acquired operations.
Experience integrating site networks or acquired businesses into a global operating model.
Executive leadership and vision: ability to set strategy and lead a global function through managers and directors, aligning operations with finance, clinical solutions, and corporate growth objectives.
Integration leadership: ability to assess, plan, and execute integration of site networks or acquired operations, harmonizing processes, systems, data, and controls with minimal disruption to sites and sponsors.
Clinical systems transformation expertise, including CTMS and site payment system implementations, requirements, configuration, data migration, validation, and adoption.
Expert knowledge of CTAs, site budgets, fair market value, payment triggers, prepaid funds, multi-currency payments, and country-specific tax and regulatory requirements.
Strong command of forecasting, accruals, pass-through cost management, change order impacts, and cash management across a global portfolio.
Ability to build and sustain financial controls, SOPs, and audit-ready processes, including aggregate spend and transparency reporting obligations.
Ability to develop leaders, build succession, and foster accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence across geographies.
Ability to establish trusted executive relationships with sponsors, site networks, and cross-functional leaders, and influence outcomes without direct authority.
Ability to lead organizational change, process standardization, and automation initiatives that improve quality, efficiency, and scalability.
Advanced communication skills, including listening for understanding, asking clarifying questions, confirming perspectives, and communicating complex financial and operational information clearly to executive leadership, sponsors, and global teams.
High emotional intelligence, including self-awareness, empathy, composure, cross-cultural trust building, diplomatic handling of sensitive conversations, and resilient leadership through change.
Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

MBA, PMP, or equivalent advanced degree or professional certification.
Hands-on experience with Veeva Vault Clinical (CTMS and Clinical Finance), Medidata Rave Grants Manager, and ERP/PSA platforms.

Responsibilities

Lead the Global Investigator Grants organization across all regions, setting the strategic vision, operating model, and multi-year roadmap in alignment with Operational Finance and Clinical Solutions objectives.
Lead, develop, and retain a global team of an Associate Director, managers, financial analysts – grants and investigator grants associates, including workforce planning and resource allocation to support portfolio growth.
Lead the integration of acquired and partner site networks into Precision's investigator grants model, including assessment of existing site payment practices, harmonization of processes, systems, and controls, transition of open site payment obligations and prepaid balances, and post-integration performance monitoring.
Serve as the accountable owner for overall integration of the site payment process within the CTMS, including requirements definition, configuration, data migration, validation, user acceptance testing, go-live readiness, user adoption, and ongoing optimization in partnership with Information Technology, Business Systems, Clinical Operations, and Finance.
Establish global governance, policies, SOPs, and financial controls for investigator payments, prepaid fund management, accruals, reconciliations, aggregate spend and transparency reporting (e.g., Sunshine Act), and study closeout to ensure audit and inspection readiness.
Provide oversight of investigator grant budgets, forecasting, and accruals across the portfolio, including grant budget impacts within change orders, and report on performance, risks, and prepaid fund positions to the VP, Operational Finance and senior leadership.
Serve as the senior escalation point and trusted advisor to sponsors, site networks, and internal leadership on complex grant administration, site payment, contractual, and compliance matters, and participate in executive sponsor meetings and Quarterly Business Reviews.
Partner with Business Development, Proposals, and Contracts to shape investigator grant and site payment strategy within proposals, bid defenses, and contract terms, including advance and prepaid funding structures and fair market value approach.
Define and monitor global KPIs, service levels, and executive dashboards (e.g., payment cycle times, prepaid fund coverage, forecast accuracy, site satisfaction), and drive continuous improvement, automation, and organizational change management.