Clinical Lead/Project Manager Onsite or Remote

Glaukos Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Glaukos Corporation is seeking a Clinical Project Manager/Senior Project Manager to collaborate closely with Clinical Development and Clinical Operations. You will coordinate integrated project plans, manage timelines, and help develop study metrics to inform strategy and decision making.

The role requires 5+ years of clinical project management experience in medical devices or pharmaceutical settings, with strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years of clinical project management experience.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical and/or medical device development processes from early development to commercialization.
• Clinical research or clinical operations experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate integrated project plans and ensure alignment with timelines across clinical development and operations.
• Oversee timelines and establish clinical study metrics to support strategy and decisions.
• Support creation of project plans, timelines, and resource allocation for trials and related activities.
• Facilitate cross-functional strategic discussions to ensure comprehensive planning and execution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align with organizational goals.

Skills

Clinical project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk identification and mitigation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Job description

What You\'ll Do

• The Clinical Project Manager / Senior Project Manager is part of this group and will be working closely with the Clinical Development and Clinical Operation’s teams, ensuring seamless coordination, integrated project plans and implementation of those project plans to meet defined objectives.


• Key accountabilities include oversight of integrated project timelines, establishing and maintaining clinical study metrics to aid strategy development and decision making.


• Support clinical teams with the development of project plans, timelines, and resource allocation for clinical trials and related activities


• Facilitate cross functional strategic discussions to ensure all elements of applicable project development are planned and executed


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals.


• Create and maintain clinical studies metrics that will aid decision making and identify bottlenecks


• Helps to identify and manage risks, assisting in the development of proactive mitigation strategies


• Communicate transparently and in a concise fashion to relevant stakeholders regarding clinical study status, plans, risks and strategy


• Exercise excellent judgment in determining appropriate project communications to internal and external stakeholders


• Proactively identifies critical path constraints and works with R&D management to identify solutions


• Promote implementation and cross functional adoption of “fit for purpose” PMO tools, including MS Project, consistent use of SharePoint, and reporting and analytics tools


• Promote implementation and cross functional adoption of project management best practices and assist with training and development supporting the implementation of the organization’s PMO


• Contribute to the development and refinement of project management processes, tools, and best practices within the clinical development and operations teams

How You\'ll Get There

• Bachelor’s Degree Required


• 5 plus years of Clinical project management experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industries.


• Knowledge of pharmaceutical and/or medical device development processes and deliverables at each stage of the pipeline, from early development to commercialization


• Any clinical research or clinical operations experience would be preferable but not required.


• Ability to work cross functionally and collaboratively to develop and execute development plans. Effective communication skills including written and verbal


• Experience facilitating cross-functional team meetings to enable communication, decision-making, and alignment with internal and external stakeholders while managing project scope, deliverables, risks, and resources


• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including attention to detail


• Comfort working in an innovative and entrepreneurial environment; operates well with ambiguity and proactively identifies and actions solutions


• Adaptability to shifting strategies or changing project priorities


• Experience in project management tools including Microsoft Project, Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint; Advanced knowledge of analytical tools preferred