Clinical Project Manager
Location: France, Spain or United Kingdom
Working model: Remote / home-based
Sector: CRO / Clinical Research
Therapy area focus: Oncology, rare disease and complex clinical studies
Are you an experienced Clinical Project Manager looking for a role where you can take genuine ownership of international clinical studies while remaining close to the operational delivery of the trial?
We are supporting a confidential CRO client with the appointment of a Clinical Project Manager to join their European project management team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of complex clinical studies across multiple countries, working closely with sponsors, CRAs, sites, vendors and cross-functional internal teams.
This role would suit someone who enjoys balancing strategic project oversight with hands-on clinical operations involvement. You will be comfortable managing timelines, budgets, risks, vendors and client communication, while also staying close to site performance, recruitment, monitoring quality and study delivery.
The role
As Clinical Project Manager, you will be responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of assigned clinical studies from site selection through to close-out.
You will act as a key point of contact for the sponsor and will lead the internal project team to ensure studies are delivered to agreed scope, timelines, quality expectations and budget.
Responsibilities will include:
* Leading the delivery of international clinical studies across multiple countries
* Acting as the primary contact between the CRO and sponsor
* Managing project plans, timelines, trackers, study documentation and operational delivery
* Leading cross-functional project teams across clinical operations, regulatory, medical, biometrics, pharmacovigilance and vendor functions
* Overseeing study start-up, site selection, site activation, recruitment, monitoring quality and close-out activity
* Working closely with CRAs and site teams to ensure strong clinical delivery and issue resolution
* Managing project risks and developing mitigation plans
* Overseeing vendors including laboratories, drug distributors, IRT providers and other study partners
* Managing budgets, revenue forecasting, scope changes and change order requirements
* Providing regular written and verbal updates to sponsors and internal stakeholders
* Ensuring studies are delivered in line with ICH GCP, local regulations, SOPs and project agreements
* Supporting audit and inspection readiness at project, country and site level
* Contributing to process improvement initiatives within the project management group
About you
We are looking for someone with strong clinical research project management experience, ideally gained within a CRO environment.
You may currently be working as a Clinical Project Manager, Project Manager, Senior Clinical Trial Manager, Global Trial Manager or similar. What matters most is that you have personally managed multi-country clinical studies and can demonstrate both project leadership and hands-on operational oversight.
You will ideally bring:
* Clinical research experience within a CRO, pharmaceutical or biotech environment
* Previous project management experience across clinical trials
* Experience managing multi-country or international studies
* A strong understanding of ICH GCP, clinical trial operations and regulatory requirements
* Experience working closely with CRAs, investigational sites and cross-functional study teams
* Confidence managing timelines, risks, vendors, budgets and sponsor communication
* Experience in oncology, rare disease, CNS, cell and gene therapy, autoimmune or other complex therapeutic areas would be advantageous
* The ability to work independently in a leaner, collaborative CRO environment
* Residence in France, Spain or the United Kingdom