Clinical Project Manager: Drive Cross-Functional Innovation

Cytel; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytel is seeking a proactive Project Manager with a background in pharmaceutical and clinical development to lead cross-functional teams and support client-driven operational transformations. You’ll coordinate data standards, drive process improvements, manage vendors, and maintain governance during clinical activities.

You will work embedded with a global pharmaceutical client, delivering autonomy and ownership while Cytel backs your efforts with training and support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in clinical research, CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology environments.
• 2+ years of project management or study management experience.
• Strong knowledge of the clinical development lifecycle and programming concepts (SDTM/ADaM).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and track clinical data standards and statistical programming activities across clinical programs.
• Support operational transition activities including organizing workshops for knowledge transfer and maintaining documents.
• Support inspection readiness and ensure project documentation is maintained.
• Develop and maintain task lists, process flow, project plans, timelines, resource forecasts, risk logs, and communication plans.
• Help build an internal portal to support future activities.
• Support updating SOPs as needed.
• Facilitate cross-functional project meetings and communicate status to internal teams and sponsor stakeholders.
• Use strong communication to explain methodology and consequences of decisions.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Team motivation

Cross-functional collaboration

Project coordination

Presentation skills

Client interaction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field

2+ years project management or study management experience

5+ years clinical research/CRO/pharma/biotech experience

Job description

Cytel is seeking a proactive Project Manager with a background in pharmaceutical and clinical development to lead cross-functional teams and support client-driven operational transformations. You’ll coordinate data standards, drive process improvements, manage vendors, and maintain governance during clinical activities.

You will work embedded with a global pharmaceutical client, delivering autonomy and ownership while Cytel backs your efforts with training and support.