Associate Director-Clinical Operations

As an important member of our talented Hospital Patient Monitoring (HPM) Clinical Affairs team, the Associate Director- Clinical Operations, is responsible for day-to-day Clinical Operations/team Management and providing expertise in clinical research process legislation, ICH-GCP guidelines, improving efficiency in clinical execution.

Your role:

• Responsible for planning, direction, and coordination of clinical programs and activities, including overseeing Clinical Evidence planning and generation, Clinical PIL tools, process implementation, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
• Ensures accountability for process execution, system functionality, backlog management, and improvement initiatives.
• Assists in the updates and enhancement of quality system processes for Clinical & Medical Affairs, aligning with business strategies, roadmaps, and Informatics demands.
• Serves as a primary point of contact between Clinical & Medical Affairs and other departments, driving cross-function cooperation and ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Coordinates change requests and submissions, ensuring all critical parties are aligned and changes are effectively implemented.
• Works with a diverse global team, emphasizing project management, business analysis, service management, solution ownership, and validation to achieve targeted outcomes.
• Promotes application standardization through shared processes, data harmonization, and architectural compliance, while fostering strong relationships.
• Leverages expertise in Clinical & Medical Affairs to propose innovative ideas that support the function meeting their objectives.
• Ensures compliance with training requirements and driving continuous improvement for the clinical programs.
• Supports the development of the Clinical & Medical Affairs team by sharing resources, knowledge, and experience, and leading initiatives that enhance the organization.

You're the right fit if:

• You have a minimum of 10+ years’ Clinical Operations experience within Medical Device Clinical Research and FDA regulated OEM Medical Device product environments. Experience in Patient Monitoring (desired).
• You have a minimum of 3+ years’ experience in functional management of Clinical teams, including budgeting, training, staff development, performance management, resource management (overseeing the allocation of personnel, materials, and other resources to meet project or organizational goals), continuous improvement, etc.
• You have proven expertise in leading Clinical Operations, execution, research process legislation, ICH-GCP guidelines, planning and associated technologies/tools.
• You have a detailed understanding of Clinical & Medical Affairs, leveraging expertise to propose innovative ideas, providing meaningful input and contribute to senior leadership discussions.
• You have a deep understanding of Health Care Research methodology, regulations, laws, and guidance in major markets such as EU, USA, UK, AUS, Japan and China.
• You have proven experience in building/Cultivating strong working relationships and partnerships with business stakeholders/functions and influencing internal/external service providers towards achieving strategic objectives.
• You have a minimum of a Bachelors’ Degree (Required) in Biology, Health Science MPH, Nursing or equivalent. Master’s/PhD desired. Six Sigma, Safe, Agile, PMP certifications desired.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. 

How we work together:

We believe that we are better together than a part. For our Office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an Office role.

About Philips:

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Philips Transparency Details:

• The pay range for this position in Cambridge, MA is $144,900 to $231,840

The actual pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. 

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the hourly range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. 

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.  Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.  Details about our benefits can be found here. 

Additional Information:

• US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.
• Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.  For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Cambridge, MA.

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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.