Clinical Programme Manager - 12 Month FTC

Clinical Programme Manager

Position Details: 12-month, full-time contract, with possibility to be made permanent. Part-time and flexible working will also be considered.

Reporting to: Senior Clinical Development and Operations Leadership, with matrix reporting to Clinical Development and Clinical Operations management.

Location: Flexible, with the option to be home-based. Willingness to travel within the UK for team meetings as needed.

Why Join?

Our client is a cutting-edge biotechnology company dedicated to developing a ground-breaking cell therapy to treat hearing loss. The company has established a world-class team addressing significant unmet patient and clinical needs, with the aim of improving quality of life on a global scale.

The organisation is a small, ambitious and multi-skilled entrepreneurial team with extensive scientific, clinical, operational and commercial experience. This role will work across the clinical team, with daily interaction across clinical development and clinical operations, and close partnership with preclinical, regulatory, quality and external collaborators.

This is an exciting time to join the company as it progresses its first-in-human clinical programme and prepares for clinical trial site activation.

What do we want?

Our client is seeking an experienced, dynamic, motivated and highly collaborative Clinical Programme Manager, from any therapeutic area background, to support the effective execution of its Clinical Development Plan.

The role will provide important programme management capacity across the clinical development pathway, helping maintain visibility, coordination and momentum across key activities.

This is primarily a clinical programme management role. Scientific contribution to study design, regulatory strategy and clinical planning is expected, but the principal focus is delivery, coordination and alignment across the clinical development pathway.

Ideal Candidate

We are particularly interested in candidates who have:

• Led or coordinated clinical development programmes in biotech, pharma or medical devices

• Worked in cross-functional clinical development environments

• Experience supporting clinical studies or trials

• Strong programme, project and stakeholder management skills

• Experience managing timelines, milestones, RAID logs, actions and dependencies

• An interest in innovative therapies and addressing unmet patient need

• Prior experience in hearing loss, audiology or otology is advantageous but not essential

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Programme Management, Delivery and Reporting

• Support planning, coordination, tracking and delivery of clinical activities across the portfolio

• Maintain clinical plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, action trackers and reporting materials

• Monitor progress, identify risks, delays or resourcing constraints, and support practical mitigation planning

• Coordinate meetings, agendas, briefing materials, decisions and follow-up actions

• Prepare clear programme-level updates for governance, decision-making and external reporting

Cross-Functional and External Collaboration

• Support cross-disciplinary programme management, keeping internal and external teams aligned and informed

• Act as a central coordination point for stakeholders, supporting clear communication and issue resolution

• Coordinate contracts, confidentiality agreements and related documentation across the clinical team

• Support handover points from Clinical Development to Clinical Operations during study or trial set-up

• Work closely with Quality, Regulatory, Preclinical, Clinical Operations and external partners

Scientific Contribution and Team Support

• Use scientific and methodological understanding to support programme-level decision-making

• Contribute to ensuring clinical activities are aligned with regulatory, ethical and GCP requirements

• Support preparation of regulatory submissions and clinical study documents under senior team direction

• Support prioritisation, delivery oversight and mentoring within the agreed scope of responsibility

Required Experience and Skills

Essential:

• Higher degree in a relevant scientific discipline or significant experience of the clinical development lifecycle

• Demonstrated experience in clinical development

• Evidence of programme-level or complex project management across multiple workstreams and stakeholders

• Experience working with clinical operations, regulatory and scientific teams

• Understanding of GCP, regulatory frameworks and clinical research processes

• Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills

• Comfort working in a dynamic small company environment with flexibility in workload and responsibilities

Please apply with an up to date CV and we will contact you with further details.