| 15+ years TOTAL professional experience (any industry), summed from work-history date ranges |
| VP or above — OR equivalent scope regardless of title. Also satisfied by COO with services experience, or CEO of a company of ~30+. |
| Led a team of 30+ including managing managers — OR CEO of a company of roughly 30+ people |
| Led a DIRECT CUSTOMER-BILLABLE SERVICES organisation in life sciences for 5+ YEARS — a revenue-generating delivery organisation whose output is billed to paying customers. Implementation services, support organisations, internal/product functions, business development, and CLINICAL RESEARCH SITE NETWORKS do NOT qualify. |
| Experience in clinical operations |
| Worked at a company of fewer than 500 people at some point |
| Based in the United States (anywhere — no location preference beyond this) |
| Clinical site business operations: site contracts, site payments, or trial forecasting |
| Built or scaled the function rather than inheriting a running one |
| Both sponsor-side and services-side exposure |
| P&L or commercial ownership of a service line |
| Worked with or at a clinical trial financial/technology platform |
| 3+ years at a Big 4 / Accenture-tier consulting firm — Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG, or a large IT-services peer such as Cognizant, Capgemini or Infosys. |
| Clinical research site network experience — worked at or led a research site network or site management organisation. A plus, not a qualifier: it does NOT satisfy Requirement 4. |
| VP or above — OR equivalent scope regardless of title. Also satisfied by COO with services experience, or CEO of a company of ~30+. (Formerly REQ-2; retired as a hard requirement 2026-09-16.) |