Pliant Therapeutics
We are transforming the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments for fibrotic diseases.
fibrosis • integrins • muscle biology • oncology • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
51 - 200
Associate Director, Business Operations
August 6
🏢 In-office - San Francisco
Pliant Therapeutics
We are transforming the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments for fibrotic diseases.
fibrosis • integrins • muscle biology • oncology • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
51 - 200
Description
• Leading the vendor selection lifecycle including Request-for-Information (RFI) and/or Request-for-Proposal (RFP) activities for clinical services such as study management (CROs), central laboratory, bioanalytical services, interactive response technology (IRT), etc. • Leading the review and negotiation of budgets for CRO, central laboratory and other vendor agreements on behalf of Clinical Development. • In collaboration with Legal, negotiating vendor agreements including payment terms in accordance with Pliant standards and processes. • Developing site (investigator grant) budget templates in accordance with Pliant’s fair-market value standards. • Supporting the quarterly financial reviews with Clinical Operations and Corporate Finance. • Supporting the budget forecasting activities for the Development organization during biannual Corporate budget planning cycles. • Effectively partnering with relevant internal and external stakeholders such as Clinical Operations, Legal, Regulatory, Finance, Quality Assurance and/or vendors, as applicable, to enable informed, risk-considered decisions. • Proactively identifying, defining and implementing new or improved Functional processes or standards. • Willingness to mentor or manage other Business Operations professionals based on business need.
Requirements
• 10+ years of relevant clinical development experience preferred with a B.A./B.S. degree; • 8+ years of relevant clinical development experience preferred with an advanced degree. • 3+ years of experience directly negotiating full scope CRO agreements at task and resource by region level and/or building CRO resourcing models. • Prior people management experience preferred. • Ability to utilize complex Microsoft Excel formulas and functions – e.g. VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH and pivots. • Experience with writing macros or other programming languages a plus.
Benefits
• Benefits • Equity • Annual target bonus for fulltime positions
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