BioNTech is hiring a Director, Clinical Trials Feasibility, Planning, and Analytics to join Global Clinical Operations. In this role, you will optimize operational planning and analytical support for our global clinical portfolio, directly contributing to our mission of advancing medicine through innovation.
What You'll Do
- Lead feasibility assessments for global clinical trials, including site selection, patient population analysis, and competitive landscape assessment.
- Develop country and site-level enrollment projections and timelines, ensuring alignment with protocol design and core project team objectives.
- Build and maintain forecasting models to support scenario planning, resource allocation, and risk mitigation across the clinical portfolio.
- Provide operational input during the protocol design phase, ensuring trials are executable, cost-effective, and aligned with core project team objectives.
- Lead the adoption of advanced analytics, real-world data, and predictive modeling to inform feasibility and planning decisions.
- Lead implementation and optimization of digital tools and platforms to enhance planning accuracy and efficiency.
- Track clinical trial performance against expectations, identify areas for potential intervention, and advise cross-functional teams on clinical trial trade-offs across variables such as time, quality, and cost.
- Partner with CROs on ensuring alignment of assumptions and expectations around feasibility and performance of outsourced studies.
- Build and mature scalable, sustainable feasibility and analytics capabilities to enable high quality, data driven trial planning across the portfolio.
- Drive the evolution of BioNTech’s feasibility, planning, and analytics capabilities, strengthening internal ownership while optimizing the use of external partners.
- Establish and embed fit‑for‑purpose, cost-effective and scalable feasibility and analytics approaches that enhance internal decision‑making.
- Serve as a key point of contact for clinical trial feasibility, planning, and analysis matters.
- Collaborate with peers in Clinical Operations and cross-functionally with Clinical Procurement, Vendor Management, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory and Project Management to support budgeting, resource planning, and trial prioritization.
- Participate in root cause analysis and develop mitigation strategies to address study execution and enrollment challenges.
- Ensure the quality and integrity of feasibility assessments and operational plans, actively identifying and managing internal and external risks.
- Support the QA team during internal audits, vendor audits, and/or hosting inspections as required.
- Adhere to regulatory requirements, the ICH-GCP guidelines, and all applicable procedures.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum 10 years of experience in global pharmaceutical or biotech environments with expertise in feasibility planning.
- Proven ability to lead within matrixed teams and manage competing priorities globally.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data visualization tools.
- Excellent communication skills complemented by stakeholder management abilities.
- Results-oriented mindset coupled with attention to detail.
- Willingness to travel as required.
Nice to Have
- Degree in life sciences or public health (PhD/PharmD/MSc preferred).
Technical Stack
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Team & Environment
This role is part of Global Clinical Operations (GCO) and collaborates closely with cross-functional teams and external partners.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive remuneration packages
- Annual bonus
- Equity
- Compensation: $168,100 to $268,700/year + equity (variable and dependent on company and individual performance)
Work Mode
This is a global role with locations in New Jersey (US), Berlin (Germany), Cambridge (US), Gaithersburg (US), London (United Kingdom), Mainz (Germany), Marburg (Germany), and Munich (Germany).
BioNTech is committed to advancing medicine through innovation while fostering a dynamic workplace that embraces diversity, with a mission to address diseases with high medical needs.
