Clinical Trial Manager

Meet Life Sciences is supporting a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company seeking an experienced Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) to join its Clinical Operations team on a contract basis.

This individual will play a key role in the execution and oversight of late-phase oncology clinical trials, with a particular focus on solid tumor indications. The ideal candidate will bring strong sponsor-side clinical operations experience and a demonstrated ability to independently manage complex, global studies through execution, maintenance, and closeout.

This is a fully remote contract opportunity for a hands-on clinical operations professional who can quickly integrate into an established study team and provide immediate support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operational management of Phase II and Phase III oncology clinical trials, with a focus on solid tumors.
• Oversee study execution across global and/or U.S. clinical sites, ensuring timelines, milestones, quality, and budget expectations are met.
• Manage and provide oversight of CROs, central laboratories, imaging vendors, and other external service providers.
• Partner closely with Clinical Development, Medical Monitoring, Data Management, Biostatistics, Regulatory Affairs, Safety, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Drive site activation, enrollment, study maintenance, database lock, and closeout activities as appropriate.
• Track study enrollment, site performance, monitoring activities, protocol deviations, risks, and key study metrics.
• Identify operational risks and proactively develop mitigation and escalation plans.
• Review and contribute to study documentation including protocols, informed consent forms, monitoring plans, study plans, and clinical study reports.
• Support vendor selection, contracting, budget management, and invoice review.
• Ensure studies are conducted in compliance with the protocol, ICH-GCP, applicable regulatory requirements, and company SOPs.
• Lead or participate in study team meetings and ensure clear communication of timelines, risks, and deliverables across internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, nursing, or a related discipline required.
• Approximately 6+ years of clinical research/clinical operations experience, including meaningful experience managing studies at the CTM level.
• Strong experience supporting or leading Phase II and/or Phase III clinical trials.
• Oncology experience required, with direct solid tumor clinical trial experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing CROs, vendors, clinical sites, timelines, and study budgets.
• Experience working within a biotech or pharmaceutical sponsor environment strongly preferred.
• Global clinical trial experience is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of ICH-GCP, FDA regulations, and clinical trial operational requirements.
• Ability to work independently and operate effectively within a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Excellent organizational, communication, problem-solving, and vendor-management skills.