TIME Operations Manager
Posted Sep 15, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you kept a pharma or CRO client satisfied while a study ran behind schedule.
What they are checking: Whether they communicate early and honestly with sponsors and come with a recovery plan.
How do you manage day-to-day execution of several studies at different stages at once?
What they are checking: Whether they have systems for tracking many moving parts without dropping deliverables.
Tell me about a time you changed a clinical operations process to make it faster.
What they are checking: Whether they bring innovative ideas and can actually put them into practice, as the posting asks.
Why does accelerating cancer trials matter to you?
What they are checking: Whether they share the mission of faster patient access to new treatments and not just the job title.
What would you do
How would you get a portfolio of oncology trials ready to open quickly across a network of community sites?
What they are checking: Whether they can run feasibility, contracts, budgets, IRB and site readiness in parallel instead of in sequence.
A site in the network is enrolling far fewer patients than expected. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they dig into screening, eligibility and site workload rather than just pushing the site harder.
How would you expand a collaboration with an existing pharma partner?
What they are checking: Whether they see account growth as part of operations and can spot the next study opportunity.
A sponsor wants a deliverable that your sites cannot realistically meet. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can push back on clients with data while protecting the relationship.
About the work
Walk me through the steps of study start-up and where you think the most time is usually lost.
What they are checking: Whether they know start-up well enough to see where a rapid model like TIME can actually save weeks.
What regulatory and GCP requirements matter most during start-up, and how do you make sure sites meet them?
What they are checking: Whether speed never comes at the cost of compliance, which sponsors and regulators will not forgive.
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