Vice President, Head of Clinical Operations at Recursion, a TechBio company using AI to decode biology. Lead clinical operations strategy and execution across the full development portfolio, build high-performing teams, and establish scalable operating models for early and late-stage clinical programs.
At Recursion, we are decoding biology to radically improve lives. As Vice President, Head of Clinical Operations, you will own clinical operations strategy and execution across Recursion’s development portfolio from study planning through study closeout, data delivery, inspection readiness, and registrational support.
This is a portfolio-wide leadership role for an experienced clinical operations leader who can build scalable operating models, lead high-performing teams, manage global trials, and ensure operational excellence across early and late-stage clinical programs. You will also help define what modern clinical operations look like in an AI-native TechBio company: data-driven, quality-focused, patient-centered, technology-enabled, and built to move with urgency because patients are waiting.
You will join Recursion’s Clinical Development organization, reporting to our Chief Medical Officer. The Clinical Development team is an empowered, execution-minded group responsible for translating Recursion’s innovative science into medicines for patients.
You will work closely with leaders across Development, Regulatory, Development Sciences, Clinical Operations, Data Science, Biology, Chemistry, Portfolio Strategy, Communications, Legal/Compliance, and future commercialization functions. Together, you will help ensure Recursion’s clinical programs are informed by robust evidence, external medical insight, patient need, and the full potential of the RecursionOS.
Working Location & Compensation:
This is an office-based, hybrid position at our US headquarters located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time.
At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range for this role is $303,600 to $364,100 (USD). You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
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More About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.
Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.