Senior Clinical Trials Program Lead

University of Sydney; St Leonards; On-site; AUD 118,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Sydney, Northern Clinical School, is seeking a Project Manager to lead high-impact clinical trials and programs of work. You will provide end-to-end project management across multiple workstreams, driving governance, planning, and resource allocation in a fast-paced clinical research environment.

You will oversee budgets, ethics submissions, data integrity, recruitment, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure milestones are achieved and risks

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualifications in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Data Science, Science or a relevant field.
• Demonstrated high-level project management expertise with ability to manage scope, time, cost, quality, risk, procurement and integration across complex projects.
• Proven leadership capability, with experience managing teams, exercising sound judgement, and proactively resolving challenges in a dynamic environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to identify risks, develop practical solutions, and implement strategies to minimise future issues.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with ability to influence, negotiate, and build relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience managing complex projects and multiple workstreams within large or multifaceted organisations, including financial management and budget oversight, and delivery of complex clinical trial designs such as platform, adaptive or multi-site studies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end development and delivery of high-quality complex clinical trials, including project planning, trial documentation, database oversight, and preparation of ethics and governance submissions.
• Manage clinical trial budgets and financial performance, including supporting grant applications, monitoring expenditure, and proactively addressing risks with investigators and program leadership.
• Ensure clinical trials are conducted in accordance with protocols, ICH-GCP, and ethics and governance requirements, including monitoring participant safety, tracking adverse events, and escalating issues as required.
• Oversee participant recruitment strategies and study visit processes to ensure targets are met and trial activities are delivered efficiently and consistently.
• Manage trial data integrity and reporting, including oversight of data collection, quality assurance processes, and liaison with external stakeholders such as Clinical Research Associates.
• Oversee the acquisition, governance and use of linked health datasets and real-world data sources, ensuring compliance with data governance requirements and supporting high-quality data-driven research outcomes.
• Provide leadership and people management to the clinical trial team, including workload allocation, mentoring, performance development, and supporting recruitment of staff in line with University policies.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budget oversight

Stakeholder management

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Public Health/Epidemiology/Health Data Science

Job description

The University of Sydney, Northern Clinical School, is seeking a Project Manager to lead high-impact clinical trials and programs of work. You will provide end-to-end project management across multiple workstreams, driving governance, planning, and resource allocation in a fast-paced clinical research environment.

You will oversee budgets, ethics submissions, data integrity, recruitment, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure milestones are achieved and risks