Clinical Trial Manager, FSP

Regulatory Jobs; North Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Clinical Trial Manager to drive operational excellence on low-to-moderate complexity studies. You will manage data quality, timelines, and cross-functional collaboration to meet contract deliverables.

Responsibilities include developing monitoring plans, overseeing the Trial Master File, and coordinating with sites and internal teams to ensure compliant, on-time study execution. Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP and FDA guidelines is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of clinical trial management experience.
• Experience with ICH-GCP and FDA guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical operations and quality for low-to-moderate complexity studies.
• Develop monitoring plans and Master Action Plan for trials.
• Coordinate Trial Master File setup and document quality.
• Lead team meetings; track timelines, resources and budgets.
• Ensure regulatory submissions and ethics approvals are addressed.
• Support forecast estimates and resource allocation.

Skills

Leadership

Planning

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Budgeting & forecasting

Outlook

Excel

Word

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

5+ years clinical trial management experience

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Word

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Join Us as a Clinical Trial Manager - Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation The Clinical Trial Manager is accountable for achieving the final clinical deliverable (usually clean data from evaluable patients as specified in the study protocol) within the time period specified in the contract with the customer. The Clinical Trial Manager interprets data on project issues and makes good business decisions with support from experienced team members or line manager. Works to ensure that all clinical deliverables meet the customer's time/quality/cost expectations. Maintains profitability by ensuring clinical activity is conducted within contract scope, through efficient management of the clinical team. The position involves working on projects of low to moderate complexity and as part of a team of CTMs.

What You'll Do:

• Manage all clinical operational and quality aspects of allocated studies, of low to moderate complexity, in compliance with ICH GCP. In accordance to project specific requirements, may assume Clinical Study Manager (CSM) responsibilities on small and/or less complex projects.
• Develop clinical tools (e.g. Monitoring Plan, Monitoring Guidelines) in conjunction with the Data Quality Plan. Contribute to the development of the Master Action Plan (MAP) for providing clinical related documents. Ensure timely set up, organization, content and quality of the relevant sections of the Trial Master File (local and central). May participate in the design and development of CRFs, CRF guidelines, patient informed consent templates and other protocol specific documents as required. Collaborate with the project manager to prepare, organize, and present at client meetings, including bid defense and hand-off meetings.
• Collaborate with the clinical team and other departments as needed to meet deliverables of the project. Regularly communicate with the team and lead team meetings to ensure that timelines, resources, interactions, and quality are maintained. Responsible for the implementation and training of standardized clinical monitoring processes within the study and according to corporate standard policies. Responsible for the timely archiving of documents and study materials for the department.
• Ensure achievement of the final clinical deliverable within the contractual time period specified by preparing and monitoring clinical activity timelines and metrics, providing status updates to the project manager, regularly reviewing projects using tracking and management tools, implementing recovery actions, reviewing monitoring visit reports, and managing CRF collection and query resolution. Continuously monitor or co-monitors clinical trials to assess performance and ensure contractual obligations are met. In smaller regions, may routinely conduct Accompanied Field Visits (AFVs) and be accountable for project financials.
• May communicate with study sites regarding issues such as protocol, patient participation, case report form completion and other study-related issues.
• May coordinate all start-up activities and ensures that timely ethics committee and regulatory submissions (if appropriate) are addressed. Ensure that essential document quality meets the expectation of Regulatory Compliance Review. Review and follows up on all questions raised by the ethics committees.
• May provide input into preparation of forecast estimates for clinical activities. Responsible for clinical resource management, assignment, delegation of clinical responsibilities and identification of additional resource requirements.

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Good leadership skills, effective at mentoring and training, and capable of motivating and integrating teams
• Good planning and organizational skills to enable effective prioritization of workload
• Solid interpersonal and problem solving skills to enable working in a multicultural matrix organization
• Capable of working effectively in a changing environment with complex/ambiguous situations
• Familiarity with the practices, processes, and requirements of clinical monitoring
• Good judgment and decision making skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including English language proficiency
• Capable of evaluating workload against project budget and adjusting resources accordingly
• Sound financial acument and knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and fiscal management
• Strong attention to detail
• Solid understanding of relevant regulations e.g. ICH/GCP, FDA guidelines, etc.
• Good computer skills to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications such as Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.

Working Conditions and Environment:

• Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Frequently drives to site locations and frequently travels both domestic and international.

Why Join Us?

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference.