Job description
Site Name: UK - Cambridgeshire - Addenbrookes
Posted Date: Jul 2 2025
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Clinical Development Manager
The Clinical Development Manager (CDM) will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams in delivering quality clinical studies and/or tissue bank studies within the Clinical Unit Cambridge (CUC) with end-to-end involvement and oversight from protocol development, study set up, study execution, study closeout and final study report. The role is based within GSK’s Phase 1 Clinical Pharmacology Unit (Clinical Unit Cambridge).
In this role you will
* Lead the operational delivery and quality of clinical trials and/or tissue bank studies within the CUC, ensuring compliance with ICH/GCP, regulatory, ethical requirements, and GSK written standards.
* Maintaining end-to-end oversight of study conduct and communications, including risk and issue management to make decisions which balance benefit/risk with a clear understanding of impact on project; takes actions to mitigate risk where appropriate.
* Developing, reviewing and/or enhancing the operational and scientific robustness of clinical trial documentation including Study Delivery Plans, Study Protocols and manuals, Informed Consent Forms, clinical study timelines, costing templates, and other study documents as required.
* Coordinating and submitting the required package of regulatory documents for approvals to conduct the clinical trial, e.g. Ethics Committee and Regulatory Clinical Trial Applications (CTAs), NHS R&D, and manage subsequent correspondence, approvals and amendments through to close-out of the clinical trial.
* Maintaining study documentation for the Investigator Site File for monitoring and inspection-readiness.
* Requires active partnership building and collaboration with other functions both within the CUC and wider GSK. Interact effectively across boundaries with functions using influencing and relationship-building skills.
* Managing and leading on multiple project workstreams, alongside clinical trial management, and delivering to demanding deadlines.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* Bachelor of Science or equivalent, or professional qualification in a life science field.
* Experience of successfully leading on end-to-end clinical study delivery as a study manager, clinical development associate, clinical trial coordinator or other similar role within a Phase I Clinical Pharmacology Unit.
* Understanding of the drug development process, with particular expertise in early clinical development, clinical trials regulatory requirements, and clinical trial terminology.
* Experience working within a GCP environment (or similar).
* Demonstrated excellent organisation and leadership skills in a matrix team environment.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
* Ability to deliver to demanding deadlines, with an agile and flexible approach, whilst maintaining quality.
* Exemplary written and verbal communication.
* Able to build relationships in a dynamic and matrix environment, including navigating, influencing and communicating complex discussions and issues, encouraging alternative perspectives, managing change, and developing solutions.
Closing Date for Applications – 13th July 2025
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