Ph3Overview /h3pThe Sr Director, Country Site Operations (CSO), European Markets, is accountable for leadership and performance of country and site operations across assigned European markets, supporting Biogen clinical trials across all phases of development and therapeutic areas. This role provides strategic and operational leadership to regionally based clinical country leaders and Clinical Country Site Leads (CCSLs), ensuring strong country delivery, site performance, and sponsor oversight. The role leads through a management team of Directors, Associate Directors, and Senior Managers and is accountable for country‑level execution, issue resolution, and continuous performance improvement. The CCSL field‑based is a core pillar of the role, with accountability for maintaining strong investigator and site relationships, driving site intelligence, and reinforcing Biogen’s position as a sponsor of choice through scientific and operational engagement directly tied to clinical trials. In the new CSO operating model, the Sr Director provides governance and oversight of the Clinical Monitoring workforce supporting European markets, including Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) and Clinical Monitoring Leads (CMLs), across both FTE and FSP delivery models. This includes ensuring consistent operational standards, quality expectations, escalation pathways, and effective collaboration between monitoring teams and country/site leadership to support country performance and site delivery. /ph3Key Responsibilities /h3ulliAccountable for CSO country’s performance across assigned European markets, including delivery governance, risk management, and resolution of operational issues. /liliLeads and develops people managers and country/site leadership to ensure consistent execution, capability development, and sustainable workloads. /liliPreserves and strengthens CCSL site engagement, sponsor oversight, and site intelligence to inform site selection and portfolio decisions. /liliProvides oversight of monitoring delivery (CRA/CML; FTE/FSP) and ensures structured collaboration between CCSLs, country leaders, and monitoring teams. /liliPartners with CRO and FSP providers to drive operational excellence, monitoring effectiveness, and site performance. /liliDrives and implements CSO initiatives and operating‑model changes with global applicability, supporting standardization and continuous improvement. /liliOwns budget and headcount planning for the Europe markets organization and contributes to broader CSO workforce planning. /liliPartners with other CSO Leaders in EU (including EU-CTR functions) to drive quality and consistency of the team. /li /ulh3Education Requirements /h3pUniversity degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience required; advanced/graduate degree preferred. /ph3Minimum Experience Requirements /h3ulliRequires 15+ years’ experience in clinical development, experience across multiple clinical operations disciplines including field-based site-facing clinical operations roles, clinical trial delivery via an outsourcing model. /liliClinical operations project leadership experience preferred but not required. /liliSignificant ability for strategic planning, ability to influence, and the ability to collaborate across many functions. /liliExperienced people manager. /liliStrong understanding of regulatory environment regarding GCP, clinical trial regulations and regulatory guidance pertinent to clinical trial conduct in assigned region. /liliStrong project management skills and experience leading internal and external global cross-functional projects. /liliStrong interpersonal and communication skills, including experience working with various levels of senior management. /li /ulpJob Level: Management /ph3EEO Statement /h3pAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr