Director Site Management & Monitoring - Cell Therapy

Typical Accountabilities

• Leadership of Site Management & Monitoring teams across multiple countries and culturally diverse environments.

• Provides leadership and direction to CRA teams to support effective study delivery and operational execution.

• Ensures effective workload allocation, team collaboration, and people management across the organization.

• Coaches and develops team members through ongoing feedback and capability development.

• Supports recruitment and retention of high-performing talents within the organization.

• Collaborates closely with regional and global stakeholders across different cultural backgrounds.

• Demonstrates confidence to proactively speak up, challenge constructively, and influence stakeholders across different organizational levels.

• Drives study execution with strong sense of urgency, proactive mindset, and operational agility.

• Supports effective collaboration and communication across regional teams including Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.

• Contributes to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational effectiveness and team collaboration.

Functional Capabilities

Excellent leadership and people management skills

Excellent stakeholder management and cross-cultural communication skills

Strong operational leadership within fast-paced environment

Strong collaboration and influencing capability

Strong coaching and team development capability

Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability

Strong proactive mindset and execution capability

Essential Qualification

• Extensive experience in Study Management within pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.

• 14+ years of relevant industry experience preferred.

• Extensive Oncology experience is essential.

• Extensive experience in Cell Therapy study management.

• Proven experience managing CRA teams and geographically dispersed teams.

• Strong experience working with stakeholders across different cultural backgrounds.

• Strong verbal and written English communication skills.

• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities within fast-paced environment.

• Demonstrated proactive mindset, operational agility, and ownership.

Desired Skills or Requirements

• Experience within multinational or globally operating organizations preferred.

• Strong international and cross-cultural collaboration experience preferred.

• Strong coaching and talent development capability.

• Demonstrates confidence to speak up and challenge constructively.

• Demonstrates high energy and agility.

• Ability to influence stakeholders across different organizational levels.

• Ability to identify and drive more efficient and effective ways of working.

Date Posted

Closing Date

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.