Associate Director, Study Start Up (Site Budgets & Contracts)

Location: Jersey City, NJ; onsite presence required at least 3 days per week

Salary: $166,000–$200,550 per year, depending on skills, competency, and market demand.

Company

hirify.global Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments using technology that combines chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology.

What you will do

• Own global and country-specific investigator site budget development across assigned oncology studies.
• Translate clinical protocols into procedure-level budgets, incorporating oncology cost drivers such as biopsies, biomarker assessments, imaging, patient stipends, and drug handling.
• Lead site budget and payment-term negotiations, including escalation of requests outside approved parameters.
• Coordinate clinical trial agreement and budget finalization with Legal, Finance, Clinical Data Management, vendors, and investigator payment teams.
• Track budget and contract cycle-time KPIs, forecast site activation timelines, and lead process improvements.
• Oversee CRO and outsourced contracting vendors while coaching and developing study start-up and site-contracting staff.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree, or 8+ years with a postgraduate degree, including extensive clinical operations, study start-up, or investigator site budget experience.
• Expertise building site budgets from protocols using procedure-level benchmarking tools such as IQVIA GrantPlan, CPT and procedure-code mapping, country-specific cost structures, and Fair Market Value principles.
• Strong knowledge of clinical trial start-up processes and experience managing multiple clinical trials.
• Strong familiarity with Veeva Vault Clinical, including CTMS and eTMF.
• Excellent project management, communication, organization, and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Oncology trial experience, US coverage analysis or Medicare Coverage Analysis, global CTA and budget templates, or relevant professional certification are preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite collaboration and operational support in Jersey City at least three days per week.
• Annual bonus and equity compensation.
• 401(k) plan with company matching.
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health, wellness, life, and AD&D insurance benefits.
• Paid time off, holiday policies, enhanced parental leave, and summer and winter holiday shutdowns.
• Daily subsidized lunch when working onsite.