Clinical Project Manager CRO - Career Growth & Benefits

Rho Inc; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

HSA

FSA

Employee assistance program

Life & disability insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Job summary

Rho Inc is seeking a Clinical Project Manager for a remote US-based position within its CRO-focused team. The role emphasizes end-to-end trial leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and regulatory compliance, with a strong focus on budget management and client relations.

The ideal candidate will bring 3+ years in clinical project management, familiarity with ICH-GCP, and experience in relevant therapeutic areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in life sciences or public health with 3+ years of clinical project management experience.
• Experience in neurology, analgesia, respiratory, immunology, or dermatology preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical trial processes and client expectations.
• Ability to lead start-up, execution, and close-out of trials; manage budgets and PM plans.
• Familiarity with ICH-GCP guidelines and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Leads cross-functional project teams and vendors; collaborates with global PM leadership.
• Establishes timelines, runs meetings, and manages project scope.
• Develops and maintains project management plans; ensures document consistency.
• Manages budgets, forecasts, and investigator grant payments; oversees vendor contracts.
• Negotiates changes in scope and opportunities to expand business.
• Mentors junior PM staff; provides guidance and feedback.
• Serves as primary client liaison; maintains strong stakeholder relationships.
• Identifies risks and coordinates inspections readiness and audits.
• Reports progress to leadership with status updates and presentations.

Skills

Clinical PM

CRO experience

ICH-GCP knowledge

Budgeting

Vendor management

Regulatory familiarity

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in life sciences or public health

Job description

Clinical Project Manager CRO - Career Growth & Benefits - Remote

This Clinical Project Manager role at Rho CRO offers a strong career opportunity within the clinical research industry. Here's what professionals should know before applying:

Compensation context: No salary is listed, but CRO Clinical PMs in the US typically earn between $85,000 and $125,000 annually depending on therapeutic area experience and seniority. Rho emphasizes "financial rewards" and career stability, which is a positive signal.

• End-to-end clinical trial lifecycle management (startup through closeout)
• Budget forecasting, vendor oversight, and Investigator Grant Payment management
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management
• GCP compliance, inspection readiness, and regulatory familiarity
• Mentoring and developing junior PM staff

Market demand: CRO project management skills are highly transferable and in strong demand across pharma, biotech, and medtech. Therapeutic area exposure in neurology, immunology, or respiratory is a significant differentiator.

Green flags: Rho promotes internal stability and low PM turnover—a rare quality in the CRO space. The mentoring component suggests genuine investment in professional development. Comprehensive benefits and emphasis on work-life balance are also positive signals.

Potential considerations: No salary transparency and no explicit remote work policy may warrant clarification during interviews. The role also carries broad scope (budgets, client relations, compliance), so it suits a generalist PM ready for high ownership.

When you work at Rho, it's more than just a job—you become part of the Rho Factor. We're a proud bunch of science nerds who love tackling big challenges together. We're not your typical CRO, and we're not trying to be. Here, curiosity is encouraged, fresh approaches are welcome, and collaboration is at the heart of everything we do.

Whether you're a data wizard, analytical genius, project mastermind, or any other role, you'll fit right into the equation of the Rho Factor. Expect plenty of geeky jokes, eccentric personalities, spontaneous brainstorms, and a supportive community where people genuinely care about their work—and each other.

You’ll have the opportunity to experience a thriving company with real stability—financial, workforce, and corporate—which has created a safe environment to innovate and develop over a long and rewarding career.

We're currently hiring a Clinical Project Manager to join our team in the US! Our Project Management team is responsible for the successful planning, implementation, monitoring, execution, and close-out of clinical trial projects in compliance with Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and standard procedures agreed upon in each client contract. Project Managers provide leadership to project team members and ensure that all contractual expectations and obligations are met.

Our Project Management Team will tell you, joining Rho has been one of their best career moves in terms of contentment, financial rewards, and career growth—which is why we have such stability in the group!

Responsibilities:

• Leads clinical projects, including the management of cross-functional project teams and vendors, or works alongside the global Project Lead on larger, complex, or global studies when more than one PM is required to manage a trial.
• Establishes and maintains project timelines; organizes and leads project team meetings and manages follow-up.
• Develops and maintains project management plans; reviews functional area plans and other project documents to ensure consistency across documents and with the scope of work.
• Establishes and manages project vendor and site budgets; forecasts budgets and activities; tracks out-of-scope activities; ensures budget adherence by internal and external team members; oversees vendor contracts and site budgets/contract amendments; manages the Investigator Grant Payment (IGP) process, ensuring sufficient contracted funds are in place to support projected enrollment and site-related costs throughout the study.
• Negotiates client requests that result in changes in scope or opportunities to expand business or scope.
• Manages cross-functional project resources, ensuring that project tasks are correctly assigned to staff and vendors; identifies when additional resources are required; provides timely and accurate performance feedback to team members and escalates to management as appropriate.
• Serves as the primary project and client liaison, providing timely, clear, and appropriate levels of communication and customer service.
• Builds and maintains positive client and stakeholder relationships; understands project-level requirements and satisfaction with progress and performance; recognizes additional opportunities to expand business or scope.
• Identifies, evaluates, and manages project risks and study trends throughout trial conduct with internal and external stakeholders; escalates when appropriate.
• Coordinates inspection readiness efforts by proactively managing project documentation, identifying compliance gaps, and participating in audits and inspections.
• Reviews project operational metrics, identifies risks and issues across the project, and works with the project team to address concerns.
• Provides status updates to leadership, including developing slides and presentations at project oversight meetings; also provides status updates to clients.
• Builds relationships with global, cross-functional project team members.
• Trains and mentors Project Management employees including Project Managers, APMs, and Project Associates.
• May support the Contracts, Proposals, and Business Development teams with RFIs and RFPs, including participating in bid defenses.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in life sciences or public health, along with at least 3 years of experience working in clinical project management, ideally within a CRO environment.
• Ideally, experience in neurology, analgesia, respiratory, immunology, or dermatology.
• Knowledge of clinical trial processes and client expectations.
• Ability to lead components of clinical projects, including study start-up and close-out, as well as establish and manage project budgets and develop project management plans; understanding of protocol development and/or review; familiarity with the drug development process, ICH-GCP guidelines, and federal regulations.
• Ability to proactively identify issues with projects and lead resolution within the team; developing problem-solving skills, judgment, and the ability to anticipate necessary action.
• Makes data-driven decisions and resolves issues proactively.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and communication skills along with diplomatic negotiation skills.
• Ability to lead, coordinate, and motivate teams; delegates and prioritizes work for self and team members.

Rho provides a comprehensive benefits package for all benefit-eligible employees:

• medical, vision, dental, HSA, FSA, EAP, life & disability insurance, and 401(k)
• All employees are eligible for paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and bereavement leave.

Flexibility: We encourage a work-life balance that allows employees to bring their best selves to work while being passionate about their lives outside work.

Is the Clinical Project Manager role at Rho fully remote? The posting does not specify a fully remote or in-office arrangement, but it is open to candidates across the US with no city requirement listed. Candidates should confirm the remote/hybrid policy directly with Rho during the interview process. What therapeutic area experience is preferred for this role? Rho ideally seeks candidates with experience in neurology, analgesia, respiratory, immunology, or dermatology, though it is listed as preferred rather than required. What is the minimum experience required for this Clinical Project Manager position? A Bachelor's Degree (preferably in life sciences or public health) plus at least 3 years of clinical project management experience, ideally within a CRO environment, is required. What benefits does Rho offer for this role? Rho offers a comprehensive package including medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, EAP, life and disability insurance, 401(k), paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and bereavement leave. Will this role involve managing junior team members? Yes, the Clinical Project Manager is expected to train and mentor junior Project Management staff including APMs and Project Associates.