Clinical Project Manager
Location: Remote, United States
Full-time, Permanent
Meet Life Sciences is partnering with a boutique CRO client to recruit a Clinical Project Manager to lead clinical studies from startup through closeout. This opportunity is suited to a clinical research professional with prior lead project management experience, ideally within a CRO. The successful candidate will serve as the primary sponsor contact, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure studies meet agreed timelines, budgets, quality standards, and regulatory requirements. Our client supports global clinical research across a variety of immunological indications.
Responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and execution of clinical studies, overseeing scope, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
- Serve as the primary liaison between sponsors, internal study teams, and external vendors.
- Manage project financials, identify out-of-scope activities, and support the development and execution of change orders.
- Drive study startup activities, including feasibility, site selection, and site activation planning.
- Review monitoring visit reports, ensuring findings are appropriately addressed and escalated.
- Identify study risks, develop mitigation plans, and resolve operational challenges.
- Oversee vendor performance against agreed deliverables, timelines, and quality expectations.
- Develop and maintain project management plans, study documentation, and progress reports.
- Coordinate study team training and readiness.
- Support proposal development, client presentations, and bid defense activities as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, business, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Previous experience independently leading clinical studies as a Clinical Project Manager or equivalent.
- CRO experience strongly preferred.
- Experience managing study budgets, scope changes, and change orders.
- Hands-on study startup experience and familiarity with monitoring visit report review.
- Strong understanding of risk management and vendor oversight.
- Experience supporting global clinical trials and communicating directly with sponsors.
- Working knowledge of ICH-GCP and applicable clinical trial regulations.
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Prior Experience leading studies within dermatology, immunology, inflammatory diseases, or gastroenterology would be advantageous. This is a fully remote opportunity with occasional travel.