Sr. Director, Clinical Research Operations

About N-Power Medicine

N-Power Medicine aims to establish a new paradigm in drug development by reinventing the ‘how’ and transforming clinical trials through better integration with clinical practice, ensuring broader participation by physicians and patients. We are building an exceptional multi-disciplinary team with diverse expertise spanning healthcare, engineering, technology, and regulatory, and with people who share our core value of Empowering Community through generosity, curiosity, and humility. We are working with urgency to bring better therapies to patients faster.

Position Overview

The Senior Director, Clinical Research Operations is responsible for scaling and leading the operating model that allows N-Power to run clinical research efficiently across a growing network of oncology practices. This newly created role will be accountable for the clinical research staff organization embedded at network practices and the clinical operations function responsible for study start-up, regulatory, and trial conduct.

The Senior Director will set the organizational design, operating model, and performance standards that drive scalability, staffing, capacity planning, and training infrastructure.

This is a remote role.

Role Objectives and Responsibilities

Operating Model, Performance Management and Research Operations Scale-up

Responsible for executing a long-term operating model for clinical research across the N-Power network, anticipating the organizational, process, and resourcing needs of a rapidly expanding network

Develop a scalable site activation and research integration approach that allows new practices to be brought onto the network quickly, consistently, and cost-effectively

Identify standardization, centralization, and technology enablement to reduce per-site operational burden and improve productivity.

Own the performance and reporting framework that gives executive leadership clear visibility into network research performance, risks, and investment needs.

Organizational Leadership & Execution

Build and lead a multi-layer organization spanning the distributed clinical research field team and clinical operations

Design the organizational structure, roles, career paths, and management cadence needed to sustain quality and engagement as the team scales across geographies

Establish the training, onboarding, and development infrastructure that allows the function to grow while maintaining consistent standards of practice

Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and mission alignment, ensuring onsite teams are equipped to represent N-Power's value proposition to practices and physicians

Drive improvements in operational efficiency and unit economics as the network grows

Serve as an escalation point for site-level relationship risks and support rollout of new initiatives or workflow changes across the network

Partner closely with Network Operations leadership and other cross-functional teams to align CRS and Clinical Operations priorities with broader network strategy

Perform additional duties and responsibilities as required.

Education, Experience, Behavioral Competencies, & Skills

10+ years of experience in clinical research operations, including direct, hands-on oncology clinical trial experience

Proven success leading and managing a multi-layer, distributed, research workforce at scale

Strong understanding of oncology practice workflows, including academic/community research and practice administration

Demonstrated ability to build repeatable playbooks, SOPs, and processes as teams and programs grow

Track record of driving operational efficiency through process standardization, centralization, and technology adoption

Experience building staffing models, capacity plans, and KPI/reporting frameworks

Experience designing training and development infrastructure for a distributed clinical workforce

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, clinical teams, and technical experts alike