Director, Clinical Operations

Septerna is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, CA, on a mission to develop life-changing medicines for patients. We are expanding our multidisciplinary team to create revolutionary medicines to address unmet needs of patients.

Requirements

• Lead operational planning and execution of clinical programs (Phase I–III, including patient-facing, global studies) in alignment with development goals.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of clinical trials: define timelines, budgets, risk mitigation, resource allocation, and monitoring of results.
• Collaborate across functions — Clinical Development, Regulatory, Biometrics/Data, QA, — to ensure aligned execution and streamlined decision-making.
• Build and mentor a growing clinical operations team; drive team development, foster a culture of learning, accountability, innovation, and high performance.
• Drive operational excellence by creating and implementing fit-for-purpose processes, systems and tools that support a scaling organization — standardizing templates, SOPs, dashboards, KPIs.

Benefits

• Generous compensation package
• Benefits
• Stock options
• Annual target bonus for full-time positions