Project Manager – FSP Trial Lead

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Clinical trial Project Manager leading FSP project delivery for a clinical research organization. Managing sponsor relationships, cross-functional teams, budgets, risks, vendors, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as Project Lead and primary sponsor contact
  • Accountable for overall project delivery, including quality, time, and cost
  • Establish and communicate customer expectations to the project team
  • Ensure internal and external escalation pathways are followed
  • Lead cross-functional project teams to meet or exceed deliverables
  • Implement and execute study plans supporting successful clinical trial delivery
  • Work closely with Global Trial and functional leads
  • Define responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads when required
  • Ensure financial stewardship at trial level, including contract understanding, resource alignment, out-of-scope activity management, Con Mod negotiations, and timeline execution
  • Drive project-level risk identification and issue resolution
  • Ensure compliance with organization policies, SOPs, ICH-GCP, regulatory, and project-specific requirements
  • Manage vendors where required
  • Delegate and prioritize the workload of project team members

Requirements:

  • B.A. or B. Sc. in a scientific discipline
  • Previous experience comparable to 8+ years, including 2+ years of project/trial management
  • Related scientific and clinical expertise
  • Exceptional project-management, risk-assessment, contingency-planning, and communication skills
  • Extensive knowledge of clinical development related to one or more trial phases (I, II, III)
  • Knowledge of cross-functional drug development
  • Expertise in Good Clinical Practices (GCP), International Council for Harmonization (ICH) guidelines, and regulatory requirements for clinical development
  • Ability to establish and execute operational plans
  • Technical and systems competency, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and organization systems
  • Ability to delegate and prioritize workload in a frequently changing environment
  • Effective oral, written communication, and presentation skills
  • Proactive, solutions-oriented, and adaptable to changing priorities and situations
  • Advanced therapeutic area knowledge and clinical development guidelines and directives
  • Sound interpersonal and customer service skills, including ability to lead, motivate, and coordinate cross-functional project teams
  • Ability to negotiate, persuade, and influence others, including cross-cultural awareness
  • Prior neurology therapeutic experience required
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Benefits:

  • Fully remote work arrangement