Director, Clinical Trial Feasibility & Site Intelligence

Role Summary

The Director, Clinical Trial Feasibility & Site Intelligence is responsible for developing and overseeing strategic feasibility and site intelligence processes to inform clinical trial planning and provide clinical trial sites across the Jazz clinical trial portfolio. The role leverages cross functional expertise, analytics and data-driven insights—both historical and predictive—to inform protocol design, site and country selection. This role delivers feasibility insights and study placement strategies to support clinical study design and planning, leading development of study scenarios through cross-functional analysis to enhance country and site selection. It is critical to driving data-informed, efficient, and scalable clinical trial planning strategies.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership of the global Clinical Trial Feasibility & Site Intelligence function, ensuring operational excellence across relevant activities.
• Accountable for processes and resources to enable study scenario and plans development informing study timelines and budgets through robust cross functional assessment of country and site footprint, enrolment rate and site activation projections
• Deliver complex feasibility insights and study placement strategies as an input to study design and operational planning, participating in study team or leadership discussions to inform key clinical trial planning decisions
• Drive accelerated site identification and selection through process and project leadership to define site identification strategy that aligns with study requirements
• Develop, implement and oversee strategic feasibility and site intelligence processes, leveraging both historical and predictive data to optimize protocol design, country and site selection through assessment of operational risk.
• Identify, assess, and integrate cutting-edge technologies and data sources (e.g., real-world evidence, EMR/claims data, AI/ML tools, geo-mapping, patient registries) to improve accuracy and efficiency of feasibility planning and site targeting.
• Evaluate ROI and impact of new tools, vendors, and feasibility approaches on cost, speed, diversity, and data quality; make recommendations to scale those that provide measurable value.
• Establish and monitor KPIs and operational metrics for country and site quality across studies, using insights to inform process improvements and executive reporting.
• Provide cross functional leadership building effective partnerships with key functions including Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, to ensure feasibility insights are embedded into study design and execution strategies.
• Manage and develop a high-performing feasibility team, including hiring, coaching, and resource planning across therapeutic areas and global regions.
• Functional oversight of CRO and vendor partnerships supporting feasibility, including governance oversight, performance management, and contract and budget management.
• Act as a strategic advisor and Subject Matter Expert (SME) on feasibility, enrolment optimization, and site intelligence across the organization and industry forums.

Qualifications

• Required: Experience in the development and implementation of global clinical trial process and change management activities
• Required: Proven success in strategic leadership of global site identification process, with expertise in data driven site selection across regions and therapeutic areas.
• Required: Advanced expertise in global clinical trial feasibility assessment, enrolment modelling, and operational clinical trial execution.
• Required: Experience integrating historical or real-world data sources and digital technologies to enhance inform study planning decisions and optimize study timelines and budgets; experience in assessment or utilization of AI LLM preferred.
• Required: Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a high performing team, manage complex projects, and drive cross-functional decisions through data driven discussions.
• Required: Proven Cross Functional Leader, able to build effective cross organizational partnerships with key functions including Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs
• Required: Demonstrated functional oversight of CRO and vendor partnerships supporting SSU, including governance oversight, performance management, and contract and budget alignment.
• Required: Strong understanding of vendor and budget management, with experience measuring ROI of feasibility-related investments and initiatives.
• Required: Experience with inspection readiness and continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Preferred: Experience with integration of AI tools and technologies in feasibility planning.

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or related field
• Preferred: Advanced degree
• Required: 15+ years of experience in clinical research, with 5+ years in leadership roles within feasibility or site intelligence