Clinical Trial Manager

Boehringer Ingelheim; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company in Dubai seeks a Clinical Trial Manager to spearhead clinical trial operations. The role entails overseeing trial preparation, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing trial budgets while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. Ideal candidates should possess strong project management skills and a degree in Biomedical Sciences. The position offers a vital role in bringing innovative treatments to patients faster.

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of project management emphasizing teamwork.
• Experience in therapeutic areas relevant to the company pipeline.
• Familiarity with guidelines and standards of care.

Responsibilities

• Ensure trial compliance with GCP-ICH and local regulations.
• Manage and review R/OPU trial budget and update as needed.
• Maintain oversight of trial conduct and ensure compliance.

Skills

Strong clinical trial project management experience

Ability to build and maintain strong relationships

Understanding of local/regional major regulations

Education

Bachelors or master’s in Biomedical Sciences

Job description

Overview

The opportunity:

We’re looking for a Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) to lead the operational and scientific delivery of clinical trials at the regional and local level. In this pivotal role, you’ll help bring innovative treatments to patients faster by ensuring trials are expertly planned, efficiently executed, and strategically managed. As a CTM, you’ll be at the heart of our clinical development efforts by driving collaboration, overseeing trial progress, and ensuring quality and compliance every step of the way.

This role will be reporting to Head of Clinical Development & Operations, and based in Dubai, UAE.

Role & responsibilities

Trial Preparation

• Ensure trial compliance with GCP-ICH, local/global regulations, SOPs, and protocol by overseeing CRO and internal teams.
• Manage and review R/OPU trial budget; update as needed for accuracy and oversight.
• Conduct trial-specific training for internal and external partners per the Trial Training Plan.
• Plan and coordinate operational feasibility and timelines; align and track trial team progress.
• Validate country/site feasibility and commitments; finalize site selection with cross-functional input.
• Develop and implement country-level engagement, recruitment, and risk mitigation plans; coordinate patient-facing documents and report feedback for trial improvement.
• Frontload activities at R/OPU level to drive efficiency and speed.
• Oversee vendor outsourcing per operating models and governance.
• Respond promptly to Regulatory Authority/Ethics Committee and external stakeholder queries.

Trial Conduct

• Maintain oversight of trial conduct, ensuring GCP and regulatory compliance, SOP adherence, and risk monitoring.
• Oversee budget, quality monitoring, and safety reporting in collaboration with other functions.
• Monitor patient recruitment progress; proactively manage contingencies.
• Support CTL during investigator meetings.
• Build and maintain relationships with external experts, sites, Patient Organizations, and stakeholders; coordinate cross-functional collaboration.
• Actively participate in CD&O community and CTM network to promote functional excellence.

General accountabilities

• Build and maintain engagement with Investigators, other site staff and Patient Organizations (POs), in collaboration with other functions, to ensure trial speed and effective start up, conduct and close out.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external experts, investigational sites, Patient Organizations and other stakeholders by coordinating and ensuring cross-functional collaboration amongst CD&O and appropriate functions (i.e. Medical Affairs, Market Access, PAR) on regional/ local level.
• Supports CTL to ensure issues are raised to Evidence team for timely action or mitigation.

Requirements

• Bachelors or master’s with experience in Biomedical Sciences preferred.
• Strong clinical trial project management experience. In-depth understanding of project management with emphasis on team work to promote high-performance teams
• Experience in Therapeutic Areas relevant in company pipeline is desirable
• Understanding of local/regional major regulations
• Familiarity with guidelines and standard of care is desirable
• Experienced in working with CROs and POs is desirable
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships of mutual value

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What’s Next?

We are looking forward to receiving your application! We will then have a look at your profile. If we see a match, we will invite you for a screening interview.

Screening

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