Senior Director, Clinical Operations

🔍School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States📁Research📅Jan 12, 2026 Post Date📅108021 Requisition #

The Stanford Cancer Institute’s Clinical Trials Office (SCI-CTO) is the centralized organization for cancer clinical research operations at Stanford Medicine. The SCI-CTO with over 200 staff provides high quality and efficient services supporting the development, activation, and completion of scientifically impactful cancer clinical trials serving the SCI’s catchment area.

The Senior Director, Clinical Operations leads the SCI-CTO clinical research operations organization by managing and overseeing all aspects of adult and pediatric clinical trials planning, study coordination, and data management. This position is responsible for building and overseeing a team of highly skilled research staff to assure compliance with regulatory agencies, provide timely patient access to clinical trials, and ensure data integrity and protocol adherence.

The position collaborates closely with physician investigators and clinical research staff to drive successful implementation of cancer clinical trials. This position also collaborates with SCI-CTO colleagues and many others across Stanford Medicine and reports to the SCI-CTO Executive Administrative Director. This integral leadership role will be a great fit for you if you are energized by leading a team, collaborating for results, driving changes, and are passionate about making a difference.

Given the patient‑facing nature of cancer clinical research, this position is based on the Stanford Medicine campus with options for some hybrid work.

The SCI earned its most recent comprehensive cancer center designation by the NCI in 2022, and is a prominent, growing, and complex Institute within Stanford Medicine. Cancer clinical research is integrated throughout Stanford Medicine, which is comprised of Stanford School of Medicine and our adult and pediatric health systems – Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health. The SCI actively works to build synergies and collaborations across Stanford Medicine.

Given the SCI’s mission, breadth, and depth, we thrive in a fast‑paced, team‑oriented, and forward‑thinking environment with tremendous opportunities for personal and professional growth. You will be working with a leading‑edge community of faculty and staff who are fundamentally changing the world of health care in the cancer arena.

• Contribute to strategy and direction to establish objectives for the overall cancer clinical research operation of the SCI-CTO.
• Determine staffing levels, select, develop, and evaluate personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function including hiring, performance management, and related duties.
• Identify, clarify, and resolve issues with strategic impact and substantial significance, which may span multiple areas, using advanced clinical trials operations and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) knowledge requiring broad discretion and judgment.
• Implement and maintain quality control standards, and evaluate program effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Stanford Medicine leaders on the direction of clinical research and operational objectives. Develop strategies to ensure effective achievement of objectives (both short and long term).
• Serve as a liaison to external organizations/agencies.
• Monitor affiliated sites to ensure faculty, administration, and staff meet educational and regulatory requirements for participation in clinical research.
• Manage operational budget, assign resources within budget constraints, secure resources for new initiatives, report on financial health of operations.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

• Demonstrated leadership experience of clinical trials and research teams.
• Oncology clinical operations experience.
• Academic clinical research experience.
• Advanced degree in nursing or other relevant fields preferred.
• Demonstrated experience building, leading, motivating, and managing a high‑performing team comprised of multiple position and experience levels.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, policies and processes, and regulatory…