Clinical Project Manager

About the Position

We are seeking an experienced Clinical Project Manager to lead a clinical-stage gene therapy programme in a biotech environment. This role is hybrid-based, with 2-3 days a week in central London.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated clinical project plans, ensuring alignment across Clinical Operations, Regulatory, CMC, Quality, Biometrics, and external vendors.
• Lead cross-functional project meetings, track milestones, actions, risks, and dependencies, and drive accountability across stakeholders.
• Support the planning and execution of global clinical studies, ensuring study start-up, enrolment, data delivery, regulatory activities, and close-out activities remain on track.
• Partner with CROs and other service providers to oversee timelines, deliverables, performance, budgets, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate regulatory submissions, health authority interactions, and associated project plans in collaboration with Regulatory Affairs.
• Work with CMC and supply teams to ensure clinical trial materials are available to support study timelines.
• Maintain project budgets, forecasts, and resource plans, highlighting risks and proposing mitigation strategies where required.
• Prepare project reports, dashboards, and updates for leadership, ensuring key decisions, risks, and priorities are clearly communicated.
• Ensure project documentation, decisions, and study-related records are maintained in accordance with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Proactively identify and manage project risks, escalating issues and driving solutions to minimise impact on delivery.

Requirements

• Core Skills:

  • Experience in project management within biotechnology, clinical development environments.
  • Strong understanding of clinical operations, regulatory activities, vendor management, and study execution.
  • Proven ability to manage complex timelines, budgets, risks, and multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to influence across cross-functional teams.
  • Strong attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and a proactive, delivery-focused approach.

• Secondary Skills:

  • Experience supporting the delivery of clinical-stage development projects.
  • Experience managing CROs and external service providers.

We Offer

• Competitive salary: €80,000 - €90,000 per annum.
• Hybrid working arrangement with 2-3 days a week in central London.
• Opportunity to work in a growing Biotech environment.

About the Company

Cpl is a leading recruitment and managed services company, providing expert solutions across various sectors. We are committed to delivering high-quality services and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Apply Now to join our team and contribute to the advancement of clinical-stage gene therapy programmes.