Project Manager - Early Phase

Parexel; Harrow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Parexel in Harrow is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the Early Phase Unit and oversee cross-functional sponsor projects. You will drive operational excellence, ensure on-time delivery, and maintain high quality standards across trials in a fast-paced environment. The role offers onsite work in Harrow with a hybrid option (approx.

2 days in the office). Candidates should bring strong leadership, budgeting, and regulatory knowledge, including ICH-GCP, to develop tailored sponsor

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field or equivalent clinical research experience.
• Experience leading clinical trials or project teams and coordinating cross-functional work.
• Strong presentation, business development, and budget/contract awareness.
• Solid knowledge of ICH-GCP and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership of Early Phase clinical trials or programs.
• Own sponsor relationships and maintain proactive communication with sponsors and internal groups.
• Ensure operational excellence and timely, budget-aligned project delivery.
• Oversee start-up activities, site selection, submissions, contracts, and budgets.
• Identify risks and implement contingency plans.
• Lead closeout activities and document lessons learned.
• Manage project finances including revenue recognition and invoices.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs and contracts.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Budget management

Communication

Presentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field

Tools

MS Office

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

An exciting opportunity for a Project Manager (PM) to joining the project management team at our Early Phase (EP) Unit in Harrow! In this role as a PM, you will lead the Parexel and Sponsor teams by combining a depth of clinical research experience and project management skills with insight into sponsor pressures and an ability to develop the right solution for each sponsor.

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager who can develop tailored solutions for sponsors. The role involves ensuring operational excellence and successful execution of clinical trials, delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

This role will be either full time onsite in our Unit in Harrow, London, or we can consider a hybrid model where the successful individual attends the office approx. 2 days per week.

Key Accountabilities

• Provides overall leadership of Early Phase clinical trials or programs.
• Owns the sponsor relationship, provides a central point of study contact, and ensures proactive communication with sponsors and internal groups
• Ensures the project teams achieve operational excellence and successful execution of the clinical operations and logistical strategy.
• Manages study start-up activities, defines and plans site selection strategy, manage submission, reviews project contracts and budgets, and sets up project team and vendors
• Identifies potential project risks, implements contingency plans, and keeps clients informed about risks and contingencies
• Leads administrative closeout procedures, ensures project documentation is archived, and conducts end-of-study meetings to document lessons learned
• Accountable for the financial aspects of project(s) including input into revenue recognition, milestone payments, and monthly pass-through invoices.
• Understands and ensures compliance with SOPs, contract terms, system requirements and metrics.
• Oversees PM Assistants to assure development of the project plan, team lists, and maintenance of central files /regulatory files.

Knowledge/Skills

• An experienced Project Manager/Associate Project Manager or equivalent experience or related work experience in project management or related fields
• Experience as a Functional Team Leader in clinical/data management/logistics functions or proven experience in coordinating clinical trials
• Excellent presentation and speaking skills (business development experience desirable)
• Budget/Contract experience desirable
• In depth knowledge of guidelines, ICH-GCP and other applicable local and international pharmaceutical industry regulations
• Good working knowledge of MS-Office products such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a science related field or a wealth of related work experience as a clinical research project manager or BA degree with work related experience as a clinical research project manager.