Description

Pliant is seeking a Sr. Director, Vendor Outsourcing with a proven ability to work collaboratively within a matrix environment to lead vendor outsourcing activities for the Clinical Development Organization (CDO). They will partner closely with the Head of Business Operations to implement new or improved processes, tools and strategies to enable effective outsourcing of services to vendor partners.

This is a hybrid position, requiring 3 days/week at Pliant (South San Francisco).

Responsibilities

• Setting the vision for and developing and enhancing the standards, processes and tools utilized by Vendor Outsourcing in support of the CDO.
• Leading the vendor selection lifecycle including Request-for-Information (RFI) and/or Request-for-Proposal (RFP) activities for clinical services such as study management (CROs), central laboratory, bioanalytical services, interactive response technology (IRT), etc.
• Leading the review and negotiation of budgets for CRO, central laboratory and other vendor agreements.
• In collaboration with Legal, negotiating vendor agreements including payment terms in accordance with Pliant standards and processes.
• Developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with key vendors to enable effective collaboration and issue resolution.
• Supporting the budget forecasting activities and quarterly financial reviews with Clinical Operations and Corporate Finance.
• Effectively partnering with relevant internal and external stakeholders such as Clinical Operations, Legal, Regulatory, Finance, Quality Assurance and/or vendors, as applicable, to enable informed, risk-considered decisions.
• Proactively identifying, defining and implementing new or improved departmental processes or standards.
• Leading and managing a forthcoming team of Business Operations professionals.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, abilities, and prior experience required.

• 15 years of relevant clinical development experience preferred with a B.A./B.S. degree; or
  12 years of relevant clinical development experience preferred with an advanced degree.
• 5 years of experience directly negotiating full scope CRO agreements at task and resource by region level and/or building CRO resourcing models.
• 5 years of functional management experience preferred.
• 5 years people management experience preferred.
• 2 years of experience with site budget development utilizing fair-market value standards preferred.
• Ability to utilize complex Microsoft Excel formulas and functions – e.g. VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH and pivots.
• Experience with writing macros or other programming languages a plus.

Pliant requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated prior to the first date of employment (subject to any legally required exemptions).

The annual base salary for this role is $240K – $250K. Individual pay may vary based on additional factors, including, and without limitation job-related skills, experience, work location and relevant education or training. Pliant’s compensation package also includes benefits, equity, and annual target bonus for fulltime positions.