VP, Clinical Research Operations

OneOncology•Nashville, TN

11d•Onsite

About The Position

OneOncology is positioning community oncologists to drive the future of cancer care through a patient-centric, physician-driven, and technology-powered model to help improve the lives of everyone living with cancer. Our team is bringing together leaders to the market place to help drive OneOncology’s mission and vision. Why join us? This is an exciting time to join OneOncology. Our values-driven culture reflects our startup enthusiasm supported by industry leaders in oncology, technology, and finance. We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to improve and build new processes that support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients they serve. Role Summary: The Vice President, Clinical Research Operations will report to OneOncology’s Chief Scientific Officer. This role will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating clinical research operations for OneR, OneOncology’s site management organization, while simultaneously ensuring efficient operations related to research projects. This role requires a dynamic individual with extensive knowledge and experience in both clinical and financial aspects of research within a healthcare setting. This role will be accountable for building, scaling, and continuously transforming OneOncology’s centralized research operations into a best ‑ in ‑ class, enterprise research platform, supporting multiple thousands of interventional trial accruals per year. This will be a demanding role in high growth organization, with the need to manage a large team, coordinate with numerous sponsor contacts, and provide dedicated and humble service to OneOncology ’ s physician & practice partners. As a clinical research leader, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our organization's research initiatives, contributing to medical advancements, and promoting excellence in patient care. This role will have strategic influence and executive level visibility up through OneOncology and Cencora’s leadership teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field; Master's degree preferred
15+ years of healthcare experience with a minimum of 10+ years of progressive experience in clinical research, with demonstrated expertise in operational ownership and financial responsibility for clinical trials and research projects
3+ years in a senior executive or enterprise leadership role required
Oncology-specific research experience highly preferred
Experience working with physician-owned, community-based practices required
Experience working in high-growth, fast-paced environments
Comprehensive knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and ethical standards for clinical research
Exceptional leadership skills and experience managing multidisciplinary teams effectively
Occasional travel
Demonstrated track record of strong clinical research operations in the oncology physician practice field.
Skill in managing relationships with and between individuals and groups of people, including team members, management, and physicians.
Customer-focused mindset to effectively serve OneOncology’s practice partners.
Able to use computers and software applications (including standard MS Office products and financial analysis and project management applications).
Knowledge of and facility to learn AI and other technology tools to streamline workflows
Ability to lead large-scale change initiatives across people, processes, and technology
Robust knowledge of accreditation standards and requirements.
Strong people skills for daily management of clinical staff and physician practice interactions.
Excellent project management skills with an emphasis on detail and follow through.
Demonstrated strong analytical, strategic planning, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communications and presentation skills.
Attendance is an essential job function.

Nice To Haves

Ambition to build one of the largest and most impactful oncology research operations platforms in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Provide executive leadership for all central clinical research operations management within the OneOncology platform, with a particular focus on Contracts & Budgets, Regulatory, and Quality.
Establish shared executive accountability with the Vice President, Clinical Research Sites for the governance, coordination, and performance of clinical trial execution across OneR sites.
Maintain executive accountability for the leadership, performance, and development of a 50+ person corporate clinical research organization, collaborating closely with physicians and healthcare professionals across the network.
Proactively interface with healthcare professionals, cooperative groups, contract research organizations, and sponsors utilizing good interpersonal skills to promote collaborative relationships and new clinical trial opportunities.
Design, implement, and optimize work processes for efficient management of high-volume regulatory, contracting, and quality audit functions; Drive reduction in study start-up timelines and contract execution cycles.
Drives program growth by interfacing with executive leadership, principal investigators, physicians, and staff to facilitate program development and service improvement.
Identify, establish, and evaluate quality assurance and performance improvement projects within the program.
Own and report on enterprise research performance metrics, directly linking operational outcomes to revenue growth, margin improvement, capacity utilization, and sponsor satisfaction.
Own executive accountability for throughput and performance across hundreds of active oncology trials, providing oversight for a nationally distributed oncology network.
Provide executive leadership and enterprise oversight to align OneOncology operations and clinical teams, ensuring integrated, consistent, and high‑performing clinical research execution across the network.
Additional responsibilities as assigned to help drive our mission of improving the lives of everyone living with cancer.