Senior Clinical Trial Manager - FSP

Parexel; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Parexel seeks a Senior Clinical Trial Manager to lead end-to-end global trials, from operational planning through delivery. You will drive the trial budget, timelines, quality metrics, and cross-functional collaboration with teams across the organization.

The role requires 7+ years in clinical research with CRO/biotech/pharma, strong leadership, and effective stakeholder management. Travel about 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 7+ years of clinical research experience with CRO/Biotech/Pharma.
• Leading end-to-end global clinical trials (Phase 1–4) with budget and timeline ownership.
• Experience overseeing CRO/vendor management and end-to-end trial execution.
• Strong decision-making, analytical and financial management skills.
• Leadership in cross-functional, matrixed, global environments; mentoring others.
• Excellent communication, planning and presentation skills; proficient with MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional trial team to execute the operational plan and end-to-end trial delivery.
• Own overall trial delivery, budget, timelines, quality, and milestones.
• Oversee CRO/vendor identification, SOW creation, budget oversight, and KPIs.
• Mitigate risks and ensure corrective actions; ensure regulatory compliance.
• Prepare for Health Authority inspections and QA audits; maintain inspection readiness.
• Mentor onboarding of new team members and liaise with multiple internal functions.
• Travel approximately 10%; support governance updates and cost analyses.

Skills

Clinical trial management

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Project planning

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Education

BS/BA degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

Job Summary:

The Senior Clinical Trial Manager is accountable for the end-to-end clinical trial delivery, providing operational leadership and oversight of cross-functional deliverables and leading a cross functional trial team to build and deliver the trial operational plan. This role is responsible for identifying and mitigating risks to effectively deliver assigned trials on time, within budget, and in a compliant manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading the Cross functional trial team to influence and execute delivery of the operational plan and for end-to-end trial execution.
• Accountable for overall trial delivery, budget, timelines, quality, and milestones (e.g., support DBL/ CSR/ TLR planning and scope, define protocol deviations and resolution pathways).
• Oversight of all aspects of CRO/vendor identification, set up, statement of work creation, budget oversight and performance (KPI’s and metrics)
• Proactively ensure that trial deliverables and milestones are met according to corporate and study-level goals
• Identify risks and ensure mitigations and contingencies are being initiated and followed through
• Ensure trial Is operationalized in compliance with global health authority regulations and guidelines and internal operating procedures and processes
• Participate in preparation for, and conduct of, Health Authority Inspections and internal QA audits
• Ensure that the trial team operates in a constant state of inspection-readiness, collaborating with R&D Quality to ensure quality oversight
• Participate in process improvement activities at a trial and department level as needed
• Mentor & support onboarding of new team members, particularly those in Study Management.
• Interface with internal key stakeholders including, but not limited to; Finance, Program Management, Vendor Management, Safety, Accounting, Supply, Quality Assurance, Data Management, Statistics, Clinical Research, Commercial, Regulatory, Bio Analytical, Medical Affairs; which may include acting as a liaison between groups.
• Provide a variance analysis of budget to actual and notify finance of projected cost over/under expenditure.
• Support and provide input into internal governance presentations & updates
• Ability to travel approximately 10% but flexibility to go over or below as per business need.

Qualifications:

• BS/ BA degree is required.
• Minimum 7+ years of clinical research experience gained directly with a CRO, Biotech or Pharmaceutical Company leading on Phase 1-4 global clinical trials end to end.
• 3-5 years direct experience leading end to end global clinical trials
• Experience overseeing/leading global trials outsourced to a CRO vendor and ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial
• Excellent decision-making, analytical and financial management skills are essential to this position
• Excellent leadership skills, proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness and the ability to operate and execute with limited supervision
• Experience in leading without authority and in multifunctional matrixed and global environments
• Experience mentoring/ coaching others
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to deal with competing priorities, also strong reasoning and problem-solving ability.
• Strong project planning/ management, communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and MS Project.

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EEO Disclaimer

Parexel is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, which in the US includes race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.