Remote Project Specialist II - Clinical Trials PM

Parexel; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision & Dental Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Vacation/Holiday/Sick Time

Flexible Spending & Health Savings   —

Work/Life Balance

401(k) with Company match

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Parexel is seeking a Project Specialist II to join our team with a remote capacity based on the East Coast. You will develop and maintain project plans, provide project‑level reports and metrics, and support oversight, budgeting, and informed decision‑making by Project Leaders and Functional Leads.

This role offers growth in project management, financial management, and global clinical research operations while working independently or with limited oversight across all lifecycle phases,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Minimum one year of experience in the Project Specialist role or more than 2 years in Clinical Research.
• ICH / GCP knowledge.
• Experience working globally across regions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, customize, and maintain coherent Project Management Plans with Project Leader and Functional Lead input in accordance with applicable SOPs.
• Provide project reports, compliance metrics, financial information, and analysis to support operational review, client and internal reporting, project oversight, risk management, and Project Leader decision‑making.
• Maintain selected information, systems, tools, project team lists, system access records, and required reviews within the integrated project management environment.
• Collaborate with Project Leaders and Functional Leads on action plans, resource requests, project activities, and follow‑up with the project team on action items.
• Support project initiation activities, including vendor selection, project‑specific training curriculum, time‑booking review, pass‑through cost review, TMF and site payment set‑up, system access management, insurance tracking, and Letters of Authorization.
• Prepare for and attend project meetings, support information preparation for internal and client meetings, report on owned responsibilities, and track and follow‑up on action items.
• Collaborate with Project Leaders and Functional Leads to help ensure study supplies are delivered as required and in accordance with contractual obligations, and perform vendor invoice review.
• Lead assigned operational closeout activities using the closeout checklist, coordinating with functions to close systems, archive documents, hand over final work to the sponsor, and support financial closeout preparation.
• Support the Clinical Operations Leader with CTMS compliance and the tracking and analysis of site, shipment, laboratory, contact, closure, vendor, query, and other assigned reports.

Skills

Project management

Financial management

Analytical thinking

Quality delivery

Ownership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

CTMS

Job description

Parexel is seeking a Project Specialist II to join our team with a remote capacity based on the East Coast. You will develop and maintain project plans, provide project‑level reports and metrics, and support oversight, budgeting, and informed decision‑making by Project Leaders and Functional Leads.

This role offers growth in project management, financial management, and global clinical research operations while working independently or with limited oversight across all lifecycle phases,