Manager, Clinical Business Operations

Position Summary
The Manager, CBO will support the AD, CBO with the internal growth of the newly formed CBO pillar under the Outsourcing and Vendor Governance (OVG) department. This role primarily develops and negotiates US site budgets for Crinetics’ late phase clinical trials and contributes to processes, trackers, and metrics reporting for CBO.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities
- Develop, negotiate, and execute site budgets; ensure consistency across sites with multiple studies
- Collaborate with global CRO partners on site budget template development and negotiation
- Oversee compliance with internal financial policies/SOPs, ICH-GCP compliance, and FMV regulations
- Track site budget metrics (e.g., start-up timeline acceleration, negotiated cost savings) and drive process improvement
- Build internal cross-departmental and external relationships
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, and Clinical Operations
- Identify risks and mitigation strategies
- Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 8 years of related pharmaceutical industry experience (or equivalent combination)
- Minimum 3 years of direct site budget negotiation experience in a CRO, biotech, or pharmaceutical organization
- Strong knowledge of clinical trial site budget development, negotiation, and contract management
- Experience with an Investigator site grant budget tool (e.g., Grants Manager, GrantPlan)
- Solid understanding of drug development and Clinical Operations
- Strong organization/time management and attention to detail
- Verbal and written communication skills; ability to present budget information effectively
- Proficiency with MS Word and MS Excel
- Self-starter with minimal supervision
- High sense of accountability/urgency

Travel
- Up to 5% of time