Clinical Trial Program Lead

Venaris Executive Search; Region Hovedstaden; On-site; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Venaris Executive Search partners with a leading international life science company to appoint a Clinical Trial Program Lead who will own an end-to-end Global Study at the intersection of operational strategy and execution.

You will manage outsourced CROs, shape the development strategy, and drive cross-functional decisions to deliver quality, timelines and budget adherence while advancing lifecycle management and portfolio opportunities.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in pharmaceutical/biotech clinical development.
• Leading complex global clinical development programs.
• Oversight of CROs and external partners in outsourced settings.
• Strong understanding of clinical development, global regulatory requirements, and ICH-GCP.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional decisions.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the company’s clinical development strategy.
• Provide strategic oversight of CROs and external partners.
• Ensure quality, timelines and budget adherence for global studies.
• Contribute to lifecycle management and portfolio development.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders and translate objectives into executable plans.

Skills

Clinical leadership

CRO management

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Join a leading international life science company in an exciting role and assume end-to-end responsibility for a high-impact role at the intersection of operational strategy and execution.

Lead a Complex Global Clinical Study with strategic impact

As Clinical Trial Program Lead, you will play a key role in shaping and executing the company’ clinical development strategy. Reporting to the Head of Clinical Operations, you will assume responsibility for a strategically important Global Clinical Study while influencing the future direction of the company’s development portfolio.

Operating in an outsourced model, you will provide strategic oversight of CROs and external partners, ensuring clinical programs are delivered to the highest standards of quality, compliance, timelines, and budget. You will serve as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, driving cross-functional decision-making, managing program risks, and translating development objectives into successful execution.

Beyond study delivery, you will contribute to lifecycle management, portfolio development, and the evaluation of future business opportunities, combining scientific insight, business acumen, and operational excellence to create long-term value. This is a highly visible role offering a rare combination of strategic influence, broad organizational exposure, and ownership of complex global development activities.

Global Clinical Study Leadership in an outsourced setup

You bring extensive experience from the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry and a proven track record of leading complex global clinical development programs. Operating in fully outsourced environments, you have successfully provided strategic oversight of CROs and external partners while maintaining accountability for quality, timelines, budgets, and study outcomes.

You combine a strong understanding of clinical development, global regulatory requirements, and ICH-GCP with the ability to translate scientific and business objectives into executable strategies. With sound business acumen and a strategic mindset, you are comfortable influencing senior stakeholders, navigating complex matrix organizations, and driving cross-functional decisions that create value and accelerate delivery.

Personally, you thrive in environments characterized by complexity, accountability, and change. You balance strategic perspective with operational pragmatism, bringing sound judgment, resilience, and a strong sense of ownership to everything you do. Through credibility and collaboration, you create alignment across stakeholders and build momentum around shared objectives.

Most importantly, you are motivated by shaping the direction of clinical development programs, challenging established thinking, and delivering meaningful outcomes for patients, the business, and the broader development portfolio.