Clinical Trial Project Lead - Drive Delivery & Impact

ThermoFisher Scientific; Italia; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Project Manager to lead clinical operations programs, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to quality standards. The role entails coordinating a cross-functional team, communicating with the sponsor, and managing escalation pathways across internal and external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 6+ years in clinical operations management, with strong knowledge of project management principles,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.
• 6+ years in clinical operations management, managing clinical trials per quality, timeline, and budget expectations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact between the sponsor and the organization at the project level.
• Ensure escalation pathways adhered to internally and externally (Rules of Engagement – communication pathways).
• On projects where the scope requires, ensure clear delineation in responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads.
• Accountable for the overall delivery of the cross-functional project (time, cost, quality).
• Ensure financial stewardship at a project level by demonstrating an intimate understanding of the contract, resource alignment to budget, management of Out of Scope activity, drive the Con Mod process/negotiations and team execution to timelines.
• Establish, communicate and manage customer expectations to achieve optimal delivery during the project
• Drive Risk Identification and Issue Resolution at project level (RBQM/RESOLVE).
• Ensure project team compliance with organization policies, SOPs, ICH- GCP, regulatory and project specific requirements.

Skills

MS Office proficiency

Advanced communication

Project prioritization

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

Risk identification

Negotiation

Clinical development knowledge

Regulatory awareness

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CTMS

Clarity

Preclarus

Job description

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Project Manager to lead clinical operations programs, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to quality standards. The role entails coordinating a cross-functional team, communicating with the sponsor, and managing escalation pathways across internal and external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 6+ years in clinical operations management, with strong knowledge of project management principles,