We are Hiring
Clinical Operations Lead
The Opportunity
1Day Sooner advances trials, technologies, and policies by representing people who participate in medical studies to fight infectious disease. Our Cooperative Participant Organization (CPO) launched in September 2025 to support the world’s most impactful trials and those who want to participate in them.
1Day Sooner is running a household-scale study of Far-UVC light for infection prevention: 100 households over six months in a test of whether this technology is suitable for self-installed, domestic use and as a pilot for future larger trials. This new role, Clinical Operations Lead, will own that study end to end from stakeholder engagement to clinical operations to result dissemination. Beyond the Far-UVC study, you’ll have the opportunity to support up to 3 external collaborators running trials under the CPO’s framework and help to build internal infrastructure to allow the CPO to scale over time.
Key Information
- How to apply: Fill out our Airtable application form. Applications close September 13, 2026.
- Role type: Full-time, remote – 1Day Sooner has no offices. Travel up to 10% of the time.
- Reports to: Circe McDonald, Director of Clinical Trials
- Location & work eligibility: We prefer this position to be located in the United States or Canada, but will consider candidates globally who have the ability to obtain a visa to the United States. If located outside the US, you would be employed through an international Employer of Record (EOR).
- Compensation: Depending on background and experience, we expect salary to fall in the range of $75,000 – $115,000 for someone hired within the US; elsewhere the salary may be adjusted depending on local benefits and employment regulations but is expected to be equitable to this range in the local currency.
- Benefits:
- US: Our benefits package includes: generous health and wellness benefits through an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) for you and your family; 401(k) match up to 6%; 15 vacation days plus federal holidays and an office closure between Christmas and New Year’s; 15 fully paid sick days; 5 paid days of professional development leave; parental and bereavement leave; and a professional development stipend.
- International (EOR): Benefits depend on local requirements and the package available through the employer of record.
- Trial period: Per our standard practice for external hiring, the position includes an initial 4-month trial period. During that period, the employee receives 1.25x their normal salary (as compensation for the uncertainty of future employment) until a decision is made whether to bring the employee on permanently. There would be a formal check-in at 4 weeks and 8 weeks, with the 8-week check-in serving as the most likely time we would make a long-term commitment. If we decide to discontinue employment, there would be an additional 8 weeks’ notice at the trial-period compensation level.
- Start date: Candidates must be able to start before or during January 2027.
Position Responsibilities
- Serve as the project manager and clinical coordinator for an internal six-month, 100 household study of Far-UVC. Make key study design decisions, keep key stakeholders informed, manage study budgets, draft study protocols, develop and maintain a study database, report key metrics, and do interim and final study analyses.
- Support up to 3 external collaborators running clinical trials under the Cooperative Participant Organization’s framework. Collaborators may be located anywhere in the world but the working language is expected to be English.
- Work closely with two other team members, a Research Lead and a Volunteer Coordinator, as well as cross functional communications and graphic design staff to highlight our collaborators, match participants to trials, and socialize clinical trial participation by healthy volunteers.
What Success Might Look Like
- By week 8: Submitted study packet to the IRB, a detailed study budget and project timeline, and warm pool of 50-100 households reading for study start.
- By month 6: The Far-UVC study fully enrolled (100 households) and tracking against its original timeline, with any deviations clearly documented and communicated, plus a drafted study report or manuscript outline ready for external review.
- By month 9: In addition to owning the Far-UVC study, support at least one additional external collaboration.
- Throughout: Collaborators and internal stakeholders consistently describe communication as clear, timelines as realistic, and study participants reporting positive experiences.
What We’re Looking For
You don’t need to check every box, but strong candidates will have many of the following:
- Mission-driven: You are motivated by 1Day’s mission, vision, and values and excited about speeding and supporting the world’s most impactful clinical trials and those interested in participating in them.
- 5+ years of professional experience working on clinical trials, ideally at a pharmaceutical company, CRO, or academic clinical trial center (ie, VTEU, CTU, etc.) .
- Clinical Operations Experience:
- Ability to write and critically review all elements of clinical trials, including protocols, standard operating procedures (SOPs), patient information sheets and informed consents, data management plans, and statistical analysis plans.
- Familiarity with clinical trial regulations in one or more countries.
- Project Management:
- Experience scoping projects within a ticket tracking system, with an emphasis on finding areas for reducing project timelines.
- Ability to create and manage budgets for both internal and external projects.
- External Collaboration Management:
- Comfort building and expanding relationships remotely within the research community, especially with academic organizations, including across international and cultural barriers.
- Scientific Expertise:
Preferred (not required):
- Post-secondary education, with preference given to those with graduate education.
- Expertise in environmental controls, especially Far-UVC.
- Experience working fully remotely.
If this sounds like you, please apply now!
Equal opportunity & accommodations
Consistent with federal, state, and local law, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or other protected category. Please let us know what accommodations you might need when applying or if asked to interview by emailing jobs@1daysooner.org.
Further resources/reference documents:
You can learn more about our Cooperative Participant Organization (CPO) here including case studies of what our collaborator support can look like.
How We Hire
The full hiring process for roles at 1Day Sooner generally involves:
- Submitting a resume and cover letter
- An initial remote interview
- Further remote interviews with additional team members
- Invitation to take a paid-by-hour work trial to simulate the work you would do if hired and/or evaluate certain skills important for success in the role
- All of our work tests are created “in house” and closely resemble actual work done by staff
- Reference checks
- A final employment offer
When we make an offer to a candidate, our offer includes a trial period of up to four months. We generally hope to make a long-term offer by the two month mark, but if we don’t, we offer two additional months of employment (in effect, as severance). Employees receive full benefits during the trial period. Out of all staff who have been hired with a trial period, 80% have remained past the trial period, 10% chose to leave during the trial period, and 10% were not retained past the trial period.
Consistent with federal, state, and local law, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.