Clinical program manager

An innovative UK biotechnology company is looking for a Clinical Programme Manager to support the delivery of a pioneering clinical development programme in hearing loss.

This is a 12-month, full-time fixed-term contract, which will hopefully move to a permanent role in the future. Part-time and flexible working will also be considered.

This opportunity would suit someone with strong clinical development programme or clinical project management experience who enjoys working in fast-paced, dynamic, hands-on and highly collaborative environments.

Clinical Programme Manager – 12-month FTC

Location: Remote (with some travel to Sheffield HQ and UK sites)

Salary: £DOE + Benefits Package

Why Join?

• Support a first-in-human clinical programme in an area of significant unmet patient need
• Work on a novel cell therapy / surgical combination therapeutic approach
• Join a small, ambitious biotech environment where you can make a visible impact

About the Role

The Clinical Programme Manager will provide day-to-day programme management support across clinical development activities, helping to keep workstreams organised, visible and moving forward.

The role will involve close collaboration with clinical development, clinical operations, regulatory, quality, scientific and external partner teams. You will support planning, coordination, tracking, reporting, meeting management and action follow-up across a varied development pathway.

This is primarily a clinical programme management role. Scientific contribution to study design, regulatory strategy and clinical planning is welcomed, but the main focus is coordination, delivery and alignment across the clinical development programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination, tracking and delivery of clinical development activities
• Maintain timelines, milestones, dependencies, action trackers and programme reporting materials
• Coordinate meetings, agendas, briefing materials, decisions and follow-up actions
• Monitor progress, identify risks, delays or resource constraints, and support mitigation planning
• Support clinical trial preparation, trial-related activities and handover points between clinical development and clinical operations
• Work cross-functionally with clinical operations, regulatory, quality, scientific and external partner teams
• Support documentation, contract, confidentiality agreement and governance workflows
• Contribute to continuous improvement of planning tools, reporting systems and project management processes

Ideal Background

We are keen to hear from candidates who have:

• Clinical development, clinical operations or clinical programme management experience
• Worked in biotech, pharma, medical devices or a related life sciences environment
• Experience supporting clinical studies, clinical trials or broader clinical development programmes
• Strong programme or project management capability across multiple workstreams
• Good understanding of clinical research processes, GCP and regulatory frameworks
• Strong stakeholder management, organisation and communication skills
• Comfort working in a small, fast-moving and flexible company environment

Experience in early-stage clinical development, advanced therapies, hearing loss, audiology, otology, medical devices, surgical innovation or regenerative medicine would be advantageous, but is not essential.

This role is unlikely to suit someone from a purely non-biopharma project management background or someone with only academic experience and limited exposure to industry development processes.