Senior Clinical Project Manager (Team Lead)

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Senior Clinical Project Manager (Team Lead) who is an integral part of the PV Development Solutions / GCSO team, a dynamic and diverse group of professionals who are committed to delivering value to patients and manage global clinical studies with large budgets and multiple vendors, to join us in our Global Clinical Science & Ops team, based in our Raleigh, NC office.  Our teams operate in a hybrid model.

About the role

The Senior Clinical Project Manager (CPM) Team Lead will lead, manage, and develop a team of Clinical Project Managers (all levels) based in the United States (US), UK, European Union (EU) and Asia.

Who you’ll work with

You will work closely with Talent and Head of CPM, develop individual training and career progression plans for the CPM group and drive and be accountable for their implementation.  Provide mentorship, guidance, and support to CPMs to enable their development.

You will also interact closely and partner with all our internal and external stakeholders to establish best-in-class processes, tools and standards to foster open communication, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of all UCB Clinical Studies.

What you’ll do

• Managing Lead CPMs in all regions; EU, US and APAC.
• CPMs delivering well-designed patient centric protocols, integrating industry-leading technology, and producing high quality data.
• Driving the CPMs to deliver their clinical studies within the planned budget and timelines, making a high impact on delivery for UCB’s pipeline.
• Leading and guiding CPMs on how to effectively strategize and operationalize large, multi-region, high budget studies to deliver best-in-class clinical trials. 
• Spearheading projects and/or leading transversal workstreams involving internal, external and/or Regulatory environments to add value to the organization.  Enabling and driving process improvements to facilitate decision making mindsets throughout the clinical project management organization.
• Challenging the status quo by fostering innovation and thinking strategies, advocating and championing change in the organization.
• Driving risk identification and mitigation options for successful study delivery.

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and a minimum of 10 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and/or Clinical Research Organization (CRO) industry is required.
• Proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional projects in a global environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in clinical development as a Clinical Project Manager and Line Management experience.
• Demonstrated experience successfully driving CPMs operationally on global clinical development programs to deliver all clinical trial activities optimally and competitively vs. industry benchmarks to plan and within the study budget.
• Ability to effectively manage the delivery of multi-regional, global studies with corresponding large budgets, conducted in over 40 countries worldwide.
• Successful track record of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across organizations (including, but not limited to other groups within PV Development Solutions, PV Early Solutions, PV Immunology & PV Neurology) and also CRO Partners to establish best-in-class processes, tools and standards to foster open communication, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of all Clinical Studies.
• Exbit business acumen with excellent communication and presentation skills.

Internal applicants should be in their current job for at least 12 months, must meet performance standards and are not on formal corrective/disciplinary process (PIP), warning, final warning, or compliance warning letters within the last 12 months. Please inform your Manager or your Talent Partner before applying to any internal job opportunities.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent, and adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.

Requisition ID: 89005  

Recruiter: Chris Venegas  

Hiring Manager: Rachael Grose-Hodge  

Talent Partner: Cornelius Luedtke

Job Level: MM I - SM II 

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Salary : $177,200 - $232,600