Vitalief is hiring a
Vice President of Clinical Research Consulting

Summary

Vitalief is seeking a strategic solutions leader for their Client Services Delivery team to help clients adapt to the demands of the research and clinical trials environment. The position requires 10+ years of consulting and clinical research operations experience, exceptional leadership skills, and a bachelor's degree. The role involves optimizing business operations, leading sales pursuits, collaborating with executive management, and representing Vitalief at relevant industry events.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of combined consulting and clinical research operations experience, successfully delivering innovative solutions to clients
• Proven track record of successfully building a solutions delivery teams and service offerings within a consulting firm
• Bachelor’s degree is required
• Exceptional leader with a strong executive presence, presentation skills, excellent negotiations skills, and ability to overcome obstacles and objections with confidence
• Ability to serve as the single accountable leader in the design and delivery of our most complex performance improvement engagements by creating collaborative, high-performing work environments while continually addressing issues, removing barriers, and ensuring successful client outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain an extensive professional network, recognize opportunities to enhance and expand executive level relationships, and identify business development opportunities that align with Vitalief’s core set of capabilities
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills required to effectively quantify financial and operational benefits for performance improvement initiatives, identify risks to achieving projected outcomes, and develop and implement solutions to address data gaps or risks
• Proven success in building strong executive-level and C-suite relationships while leading a multi-faceted change process; demonstrated broad-based change management expertise and extensive experience positively influencing change in a variety of complex environments with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
• Delivery team leadership experience including team design, role definition and development, team and culture building, coaching/mentoring, and performance management of team members
• Highly driven, results-oriented, competitive, positive person who thrives in a small, team-oriented, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Ability to travel domestically

Responsibilities

• Create a high-performance environment and inspire respect from clients and engagement teams
• Help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapid demands of the research and clinical trials environment through optimizing existing business operations
• Serve as an engagement leader, working closely with client senior leaders and directing the Vitalief delivery team
• Lead sales pursuits as a SME, creating and delivering client presentations, proposals, and Statements of Work (SOWs); participating in negotiations; and being influential in helping close business deals
• Meet/exceed revenue and profit targets by effectively positioning Vitalief as a highly valued, trusted delivery partner with client executives and management
• Collaborate with Vitalief executive management team, the business development team, and marketing to create innovative market-leading solution/service offerings
• Help create a highly successful ‘team’ solution selling approach
• Represent Vitalief at relevant industry and networking events

Benefits

Competitive Base Salary + Bonus + Equity Incentives