Patient Engagement Associate Director, Design And Innovation (Sponsor Dedicated/ Remote - US Based)

Patient Engagement Associate Director, Design And Innovation (Sponsor Dedicated/ Remote - US Based) Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.   Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.   Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.   Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:   Why Syneos Health • We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program. • We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.  • We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Associate Director, Patient Engagement Sponsor‑Dedicated Role / Remote - US Based **Direct Pharmaceutical Experience Required** Redefine How Patients Shape Drug Development This is a rare opportunity to lead patient‑focused drug development from the inside of a pharmaceutical organization , while being supported by the global scale and innovation engine of Syneos Health . As Associate Director, Patient Engagement , you will serve as a strategic leader embedded within a sponsor’s clinical development organization, responsible for integrating the patient voice across the full development lifecycle—from early molecule strategy through clinical execution and evidence generation . Your work will directly influence how trials are designed, how patients experience participation, and how development decisions are made at an enterprise level. This is not a support or execution‑only role . It is a visible, high‑influence, sponsor‑side position requiring hands‑on experience leading patient engagement and patient recruitment strategies within a pharmaceutical company . Experience limited to CROs, investigative sites, agencies, or service providers does not meet the requirements of this role. What You Will Drive A global strategy for patient‑focused trial design, patient experience enhancement, and patient‑centered evidence generation Sponsor‑side patient recruitment and retention strategies embedded directly into clinical development planning and execution Patient journey analytics, inclusion frameworks, and co‑designed engagement initiatives that improve recruitment performance, reduce participant burden, and increase trial satisfaction Strategies to strengthen representation and inclusion across therapeutic areas and geographies Enterprise‑level change management to scale patient engagement capabilities , standardize best practices, and modernize the clinical trial experience Cross‑functional collaboration with Clinical Operations, Clinical Research, Regulatory, Data Science, Medical Affairs, Public Affairs, Commercial, and Corporate Affairs Strategic input into