Clinical Portfolio Manager - PMO

LifeArc; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading life science organization seeks a Clinical Portfolio Manager to oversee its clinical portfolio in London. The role involves collaboration with stakeholders, managing project activities to meet quality and regulatory standards, and requires a strong background in project management and life sciences. The successful candidate will contribute to impactful projects aimed at improving patient outcomes.

Benefits

Employer pension contributions up to 12%

Private health insurance

Annual leave of 31 days plus bank holidays

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Educated to at least BSc degree in life science subject.
• Significant experience in diverse portfolio management in life sciences.
• Understanding of Good Clinical Practice and clinical trial requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manages the clinical portfolio and facilitates strategic planning.
• Tracks project finances, forecasts, and budgets.
• Ensures project information is accurately maintained in systems.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Education

BSc degree in life science subject

Job description

Job Title: Clinical Portfolio Manager - PMOLocation: London Job Type: Permanent

Agencies: We will only work with recruitment partners on our preferred supplier list and will not engage with speculative CVs submitted.

Are you passionate about making life science life changing and delivering impact for patients? We want to hear from you.

About the role:

This role reports to the PMO Leadership and is responsible for the management of LifeArc's Clinical Portfolio'. In this role, you will be part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team based in LifeArc's London office, collaborating with colleagues across LifeArc's sites (Stevenage, Edinburgh, London). You will be responsible for coordinating all efforts related to the portfolio. You will act as a key business partner to the Chief Medical Officer and associated Heads of Functions (Clinical, Medical, Regulatory, Quality), and work closely with our project sponsors, project leaders and team members, ensuring strategy is translated into achievable operational plans and that clinical project activities are delivered to the highest quality and regulatory standards and within agreed timelines and budget.

The role responsibilities:

• Manages the clinical portfolio by facilitating high level strategic planning and goal setting, ensuring consistency and alignment with LifeArc strategy, goals and commitments.
• Accountable for the oversight of accurate project financial forecasting, resource management and project prioritisation, and responsible for tracking forecasts to overall project budgets and project quarterly spend commitments.
• Ensures provision of information for clinical project tracking, monitoring and controlling, including milestone attainment, budget variance, timeline tracking, recruitment tracking, and other requirements to assess project performance including risk. Ensures project reporting is streamlined to manage workload, whilst tailored to meet the requirements of internal and external stakeholders.
• Accountable for ensuring project information is entered into systems and databases, and all data is accurate and is updated in a timely manner in accordance with guidance and agreed frequency.
• Supports the application of effective project management governance, processes and systems across the company, demonstrating best practice for successful delivery.
• Manages Clinical Portfolio meetings and associated meetings with appropriate cadence, timely agendas and pre-reads, minute-taking, record keeping around decisions and actions.
• The portfolio manager will be expected to provide programme and project management support, for example drafting business cases.

Education & experience required:

• Educated to at least BSc degree in life science subject.
• Significant experience of diverse portfolio management at the strategic and operational level within the life science community.
• Significant experience and technical understanding in product development within the life-sciences industry.
• Understanding of Good Clinical Practice and experience of clinical project/portfolio management with an awareness of clinical trial requirements.

Desirable:

• Certified project/portfolio management qualifications (e.g. PMP) are preferred.

Skills & abilities:

• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to set clear expectations, drive accountability and the tenacity to drive projects to conclusion.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence multi-disciplinary teams in a matrix environment.
• Ability to critically and objectively interpret and evaluate scientific, technical and business-related information, and challenge assumptions.

About us:

LifeArc is a not-for-profit life science organisation, leading the way for change in rare diseases in the UK and supporting promising initiatives in global health. We seek out research in areas of unmet need that has great potential, providing support to help it become breakthroughs that change lives.

What we can offer you:

Focused on finding life changing solutions for underserved patients, our people thrive in an inclusive, and supportive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary approach guarantees our people growth opportunities, while our culture of innovation and collaboration drives the impact we make delivering on our purpose of 'putting patients at the centre of everything we do'.

We are dedicated to creating a diverse, flexible, equitable and happy work environment so our colleagues can thrive as their truest selves. We act with courage, curiosity, care & commitment to deliver quality & excellence for our patients and each other Join us, and you'll be given the scope to develop your professional skills and experience in a safe, supportive and challenging environment

Salary will be determined by qualifications and experience along with other exceptional benefits. Because we understand everyone has different requirements, our flexible benefits allow you to choose those which are important to you. Our pension scheme offers employer contributions of up to 12%, private health insurance, and annual leave of 31 days PLUS bank holidays.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, for example, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LifeArc we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so whatever your background or lived experience, if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and you may be just right for this or other roles.

We all have potential. At LifeArc, you'll discover what you can really do with it.