Blair McCauley

About Blair McCauley

A passion for converting senior executive vision and strategic priorities into reality and driving process improvement through cross-functional transformational programs and continuous improvement initiatives. More than 20 years of experience in the clinical research industry, excelling in the areas of project and program management, including: • Chief of Staff• Acquisition Integration• Strategic Program Management• Strategy frameworks and execution • Executive Stakeholder Management • Change Management principles and application • Business Continuity• Senior Leadership Development programs (Brandon Hall Gold Award recipient, 2025)• Sustainability and ESG• Cross-functional process improvement initiatives following LEAN methodology (Advanced LEAN Facilitator certified, 2021)• Proposals and Contracting • Personnel Management • Clinical Trial Operations

Experience

1. Senior Director, Strategic Operations

   IQVIA

   Feb 2026 — Present · Durham, NC, US

   Provide chief-of-staff support to the R&D Sales & Account Management Leadership Team, serving as a strategic partner, ensuring alignment across priorities, and enabling executive decision-making and organizational effectiveness. Helps drive critical projects to completion, manages change, and leads strategic initiatives.~Strategic Support: provides executive support, serves as a strategic partner for the leader. Reviews executive content, creates content for leaders, prepares executive briefings, manages leadership agenda, and develops annual/quarterly plans. Collaborates and communicates with executives.~Performance Metrics: drives performance metrics across all sales functions, including revenue growth, pipeline health, and customer retention. Ensures timely reporting and actionable insights to optimize sales strategies and achieve organizational targets.~Drive efficiencies: identifies and implements process improvements. Maintains a strong focus on service excellence by promoting best practices that enhance client experience and satisfaction throughout the sales lifecycle.~Project Management: provides strong project management, working across the sales teams to provide critical thinking as a partner for strategic change and change management.~Special Projects: oversees high-priority projects requiring executive sponsorship and drives innovation. Researches and implements innovation and growth opportunities. Manages overall yearly calendar.

Education

• Elon University - Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2009 — 2011

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Management and Society

  2001 — 2004

Skills

• Phase I
• Clinical Trials
• CRO
• Proposal Writing
• Project Management
• Budget Proposals
• Phase Ii
• Phase Iii
• Observational Studies
• Ms Excel Pivot Tables
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Ms Project
• Visio
• Edc
• Training
• Ich-Gcp
• Crm
• Program Management
• Gcp
• Process Improvement
• Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Clinical Research
• Clinical Development
• Clinical Trial Management System (Ctms)
• Microsoft Office
• CRO Management
• Good Clinical Practice (Gcp)
• Electronic Data Capture (Edc)