Associate Director, Clinical Business Operations Management

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Associate Director overseeing clinical business operations at Iovance Biotherapeutics. Leading cross-functional collaboration and supporting business planning process.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $175,000 - $195,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supports the identification and prioritization of deliverables across clinical departments (i.e., Medical Writing, Biostatistics, Drug Safety, Clinical Science), organizes cross-functional teams and tracks progress against goals and timelines
Understands and advises on functional priorities within the context of enabling larger organizational success.
Supports business planning, such as budget review, resource forecasting, goals review, etc.
Supports business data collection and analysis, helps track delivery against corporate and department goals and collaborates with Department Heads on Quarterly Business Reviews
Problem solves by leveraging understanding of business and functional relationships to activate right people and solutions.
Spends time connecting individuals and teams within function, across functions and across the organization.
Serves as a thought partner for vision and goal setting and partner with teams to drive functional short-to-long-term business planning and execution.
Keeps Department meetings on track with focused agendas and objectives. Takes minutes and tracks deliverables as appropriate, follows up on deliverables as needed.
Anticipates needs of CMO and Department Heads and prompts actions and conversations that enhances team success.
Helps the CMO and Department Heads balance needs of the function and needs of the overall organization.
Advises on new approaches to address organizational needs and complex challenges within Departments and broader organization
Identifies opportunities to leverage synergies and eliminate redundancies, drives operational excellence, helps control spend
Collaborates with PMO team to align on priorities, processes and tools
Represents Clinical Organization in appropriate meetings and committees
Must adhere to Iovance Biotherapeutics’ core values, policies, procedures, and business ethics.
Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent curriculum (life science, learning science or other relevant healthcare discipline is preferred, advanced degree such as MBA preferred).
Minimum of 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry, responsibilities within a drug development organization with emphasis in Business and Project Management is preferred.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong presentation skills
Strong and proven project management skills and very organized
Adept at fostering positive, transparent and productive relationships
Adapts quickly to rapidly changing business demands
Takes initiative to solve a wide range of difficult problems in creative ways
Proven ability to challenge current business standards and processes, with the ability to propose solutions
Embraces an enterprise mindset and is able to clearly connect functional activities to the broader organizational context.
Proficient with skills in the following core business management areas:
Strategic planning
Business process management and improvement
Project management
Team facilitation
Communication and event planning
Experience in managing organizational cross-functional initiatives and/or business operations programs
Ability to develop and execute on change management and communication strategies
Experience in clinical development/operations preferred
Experience in Quality functions and processes desired
Broad organizational and business knowledge
Business or project management coursework or additional supportive training desired (e.g. PMP, Six Sigma, Lean, Design Thinking, Agile methodology, etc.)

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Supports the identification and prioritization of deliverables across clinical departments (i.e., Medical Writing, Biostatistics, Drug Safety, Clinical Science), organizes cross-functional teams and tracks progress against goals and timelines
Understands and advises on functional priorities within the context of enabling larger organizational success.
Supports business planning, such as budget review, resource forecasting, goals review, etc.
Supports business data collection and analysis, helps track delivery against corporate and department goals and collaborates with Department Heads on Quarterly Business Reviews
Problem solves by leveraging understanding of business and functional relationships to activate right people and solutions.
Spends time connecting individuals and teams within function, across functions and across the organization.
Serves as a thought partner for vision and goal setting and partner with teams to drive functional short-to-long-term business planning and execution.
Keeps Department meetings on track with focused agendas and objectives. Takes minutes and tracks deliverables as appropriate, follows up on deliverables as needed.
Anticipates needs of CMO and Department Heads and prompts actions and conversations that enhances team success.
Helps the CMO and Department Heads balance needs of the function and needs of the overall organization.
Advises on new approaches to address organizational needs and complex challenges within Departments and broader organization
Identifies opportunities to leverage synergies and eliminate redundancies, drives operational excellence, helps control spend
Collaborates with PMO team to align on priorities, processes and tools
Represents Clinical Organization in appropriate meetings and committees
Must adhere to Iovance Biotherapeutics’ core values, policies, procedures, and business ethics.
Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned. 🎯 Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent curriculum (life science, learning science or other relevant healthcare discipline is preferred, advanced degree such as MBA preferred).
Minimum of 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry, responsibilities within a drug development organization with emphasis in Business and Project Management is preferred.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong presentation skills
Strong and proven project management skills and very organized
Adept at fostering positive, transparent and productive relationships
Adapts quickly to rapidly changing business demands
Takes initiative to solve a wide range of difficult problems in creative ways
Proven ability to challenge current business standards and processes, with the ability to propose solutions
Embraces an enterprise mindset and is able to clearly connect functional activities to the broader organizational context.
Proficient with skills in the following core business management areas:
Strategic planning
Business process management and improvement
Project management
Team facilitation
Communication and event planning
Experience in managing organizational cross-functional initiatives and/or business operations programs
Ability to develop and execute on change management and communication strategies
Experience in clinical development/operations preferred
Experience in Quality functions and processes desired
Broad organizational and business knowledge
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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementstrategic planningbusiness process managementchange managementclinical developmentquality functionsbusiness analysisresource forecastingbudget reviewdata collection

Soft Skills

communication skillspresentation skillsproblem solvingrelationship buildingorganizational skillsadaptabilityinitiativecollaborationteam facilitationgoal setting

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PMPSix SigmaLeanAgile certificationMBA