Associate Director – Clinical Development – Neuroscience (hybrid)

Barrington James Limited; Mid-Ulster District Council; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Barrington James Limited is seeking an Associate Director – Clinical Development in Neuroscience for a hybrid role based in Cork, Ireland. The 18 month fixed term opportunity leads consultants and supports trials within Clinical Development with a focus on high-performance team culture.

The role drives risk management, trial planning, registration readiness and strategic input to enrolment strategies across regional/global scope. Strong leadership, communication and coaching skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (scientific or health-related) with 5 years clinical research experience, or an advanced degree.
• Minimum 5 years clinical trial experience with knowledge of the clinical research process.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Global clinical trial experience.
• Experience with management of business plans.
• Technical/process expertise in clinical trial development.
• Understanding of drug development process and task interdependencies.
• Strong communication and confidentiality in organizational contexts.
• Proven ability to coach others.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates problem solving and shared learning across clinical functions.
• Participates in risk assessments at the plan level and ensures cross-functional risk management at the trial level.
• Ensures inspection readiness and coaches CDTLs in documentation of deviations and issue summaries.
• Partners with cross-functional leadership to provide operational input on feasibility and resource needs.
• Provides strategic direction to CTPMs to drive regional/global enrolment milestones.
• Monitors training compliance for consultants, associates and assistants.
• Promotes quality in clinical research by applying GCPs, SOPs, and best practices.

Skills

Clinical research

Global trials

Coaching

Communication

Education

Bachelor or higher in scientific/health field

Advanced degree

Job description

Associate Director – Clinical Development – Neuroscience (hybrid)

Are you within the clinical development space and would like to join an exciting and collaborative role that works to discover and bring life‑changing medicines to those who need them? If so, this opportunity is for you.

Location: Cork, Ireland (hybrid)

18 month fixed term opportunity

The Clinical Development Associate Director provides leadership and direction for the consultants and assistants supporting trials within the Clinical Development (CD) organization and ensures a high‑performance team culture.

• Facilitates problem solving, shared learning and decision‑making across clinical functions.
• Participates in risk assessments at the clinical plan level and ensures development and implementation of cross‑functional risk management plans at the trial level.
• Ensures inspection readiness of respective study team(s). Oversees and coaches CDTLs in the timely documentation of deviations, creation of story boards or issue summary documents (e.g., for high risk areas/hot topics).
• Partners with functional, cross‑functional and team leadership to provide operational input into the feasibility and resource requirements associated with clinical plans.
• Provides strategic direction and leadership to CTPMs to enable them to drive the implementation of the Regional/Global enrolment strategy, to accomplish milestones to plan.
• Monitors training compliance for consultants, associates and assistants ensuring timely completion of all required courses.
• Ensures quality in clinical research activities by promoting consistent use of GCPs, global SOPs, and best practices.

About you

• Bachelors or University degree (scientific or health‑related field preferred) and 5 years clinical research experience or relevant experience in a scientific or health‑related field; or an advanced degree.
• Minimum of 5 years clinical trial experience with a strong working knowledge of the clinical research process.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Global clinical trial experience.
• Prior experience with the management of business plans.
• Demonstrated technical and process expertise in clinical trial development.
• Must understand the drug development process and interdependencies of various tasks and functional groups.
• Strong communication skills. Communicates effectively up and down in an organization and maintains confidentiality with respect to strategic and personnel matters.
• Proven ability to coach others.