Clinical Research Project Director

🕒 July 13

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧪 Clinical Research

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UBC

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2003

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Consulting • Biotechnology

UBC is a company dedicated to improving patient outcomes by connecting specialty therapies to patients in need. They provide modern and customized solutions focusing on access, safety, and evidence generation for biopharmaceutical products. UBC specializes in evidence development, risk management, and patient access, utilizing real-world data and innovative technologies to optimize the healthcare journey and ensure effective medication use.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic leadership, vision, and support to project teams • Drive project management performance, quality delivery, milestone adherence, financial margin optimization, and customer satisfaction • Ensure project teams prepare plans aligned with contracted services and timelines • Lead and mentor multidisciplinary project teams, including Project Managers, operations teams, vendors, and functional staff • Ensure projects are adequately staffed and team members receive appropriate training • Select, contract, and manage external vendors and subcontractors • Monitor project delivery against scope, budgets, resource expenditures, forecasting, invoicing, revenue recognition, out-of-scope management, and contract modifications • Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies • Serve as senior operational client contact and maintain client relationships • Conduct governance discussions, address client needs, and provide project updates • Implement quality controls for data integrity, patient safety, and protocol compliance • Ensure adherence to project plans, company policies, sponsor SOPs, regulatory requirements, data privacy provisions, and international guidelines • Prepare project progress reports, metrics, dashboards, and other outputs for clients and senior management • Support business development activities, including capabilities presentations, RFP reviews, proposal and budget input, and bid defenses • Attend and present at conferences as required • Develop and implement operational strategies and process improvements for global projects • Prepare procedures, SOPs, guidelines, and department materials • Ensure staff training, timesheet completion, expense reporting, and required project training • Oversee 4 to 6 projects and one multi-study program, depending on scope • Directly manage 1 to 2 projects, depending on scope • Mentor, support, and supervise Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, Project Associates, and administrative staff • Conduct interviews and performance reviews and address performance deficiencies

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline such as Life Sciences, Healthcare, or Business, or equivalent industry experience • Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) preferred • Minimum 12–15 years of clinical research operations experience within a CRO, pharmaceutical, device/diagnostics, or biotechnology company • Minimum 10 years of experience at increasing levels of project management or clinical research oversight responsibilities • Previous Project Director or Director of Clinical Operations experience within a CRO preferred • Minimum 5 years of supervisory or management experience • Proven ability to lead, motivate, and manage cross-functional teams • Strong understanding and experience in clinical operations and drug/biologic development processes • Strong knowledge of clinical drug-development functions, including clinical, data management, statistics, and medical writing • Comprehensive knowledge of ICH GCP and applicable international regulations, including EU Clinical Trials Directives and FDA Guidelines • Broad therapeutic experience is a plus • Experience managing evidence-development projects such as Phase IV studies, real-world evidence, Phase II–III clinical trials, and expanded access programs globally • Ability to drive operational strategy for global evidence-development programs • Experience with proposal and budget development for evidence-development programs • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills • Strong prioritization, time-management, project-management, negotiation, influencing, consensus-building, and relationship-management skills • Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, financial-acumen, and budget-management skills • Strong computer skills, including MS Office • Proficiency in project-management tools and software • Demonstrated ability to manage staff to achieve company and client goals • Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment • Ability to travel 10%

🏖️ Benefits

• 10% travel availability • Inclusive workplace culture • Career growth opportunities • Meaningful work improving patient outcomes and advancing healthcare