Associate Director, Clinical Operations

Artiva Biotherapeutics

Associate Director of Clinical Operations at Artiva managing clinical trials focusing on NK cell therapies. Leading strategic operations and ensuring trial excellence for autoimmune diseases.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeSan Diego • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $190,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Google Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage complex Phase 1, 2, 3, and 4 clinical trials as part of the Artiva Clinical Operations team.
Demonstrate oversight of CROs and work in a quality framework that supports early and confirmatory trials
Provide direction and leadership in CRO and vendor selection and management.
Knowledge of regulatory start up process and planning in support of study start up
Building, managing, and maintaining high performing clinical teams
Contribute to strategic planning to ensure optimized clinical development plans for assigned projects.
Inclusive of this is enrollment modelling to support scenario planning for portfolio optimization and spend/timeline analysis.
Provide technical expertise for the development of clinical documents (protocols, monitoring plans, clinical trials report, investigator brochures, etc.) and trial conduct.
Coordinate closely with Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Data Management, Drug Safety, Legal, Finance, Project Management and Regulatory to ensure operational excellence.
Be responsible for, and manage, clinical research activity of Clinical Trial Managers and other staff.
Prepare clinical research budgets and timelines.
Manage trial budgets, spend analysis and accuracy in partnership with management and Artiva finance teams.
Analyze and develop action plans to address issues with investigational sites, CRAs, and CROs
Work with departmental leadership and Quality to identify and improve Artiva SOPs.
Responsible for preparing Requests for Proposals documents (RFP’s) and soliciting bids from CROs and vendors, evaluating the submitted proposals for merit and fit, and developing a rationale for selecting a preferred vendor with the Clinical Operations Team.
Accountable for the management of vendor agreements for outsourced activities, including vendors’ adherence to the scope of service agreements, budgets, plans and timelines, ensuring that change orders to the work scope and budgets meet clinical operations specifications.
Responsible for driving a feasibility process leading to a collaborative evaluation and selection of clinical trial sites.
Responsible for driving enrollment efforts to deliver the program.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a life science related field or equivalent work experience strongly preferred.
An advanced degree in a life science discipline is strongly preferred.
Experience in Cell Therapy, Autoimmune or Rare Disease is strongly preferred
A minimum of 10 years’ relevant industry experience, including CRO/vendor management, with expertise in clinical operations leading early through late-stage clinical trials
Expertise in the areas of drug development, operations, and strategic planning, specifically management of clinical trial operations.
Demonstrated experience managing and mentoring clinical team members, in a matrix environment.
Demonstrated knowledge of international clinical pharmaceutical standards, ICH/GCP guidelines, and regulatory compliance.
Must have extensive experience managing CROs, central laboratories, and other clinical study vendors.
Must have a working knowledge of data management, data review and analysis, and drug safety and pharmacovigilance.
Ability to work on and solve complex problems.
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Effective leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.
Excellent communication/interaction skills and experience in a dynamic and growing organization.
Ability to travel, up to 25%, includes the possibility of international travel.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A beautiful facility
An entrepreneurial, highly collaborative, and innovative environment
Comprehensive benefits, including:
Medical, Dental, and Vision
Group Life Insurance
Long Term Disability (LTD)
401(k) Retirement Plan
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Company paid holidays, including the year-end holiday week
Our recognition program, Bonus.ly, is where you can trade in points earned for things you want.

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Hard Skills & Tools

clinical trial managementCRO managementregulatory compliancedrug developmentstrategic planningdata managementdata analysispharmacovigilancebudget managementenrollment modeling

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringproblem-solvingprioritizationcommunicationteam productivitycollaborationorganizational skillsadaptabilityinterpersonal skills

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in life scienceadvanced degree in life scienceICH/GCP certificationclinical research certificationCRO management certificationproject management certificationregulatory affairs certificationpharmacovigilance certificationdata management certificationclinical operations certification