Manager Clinical Development - 12-month

Job Title: Manager Clinical Development - 12-month

Location: Edinburgh or London (on-site 3 days)

Job Type: 12-month rolling contract

Agencies: We will only work with recruitment partners on our preferred supplier list and will not engage with speculative CVs submitted.

Are you passionate about making life science life changing and delivering impact for patients? We want to hear from you.

About the role:

In this role, you will provide strategic leadership and operational management for clinical development projects, bringing together your technical expertise and clinical project management skills to contribute to the successful delivery of objectives set by the team and wider organisation. You will apply your deep subject matter knowledge to critically assess, prioritize, and shape clinical development activities across LifeArc’s portfolio, working collaboratively with internal teams and external partners to drive impactful outcomes; this could include providing input on clinical proposals from our funding calls, developing processes and procedures in line with internationally recognised standards and best practice, liaising with experts and clinical networks including patients and contributing to our clinical trial collaborations.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing strategic leadership and operational management of assigned clinical projects/programmes.
• Reviewing clinical development proposals, including clinical trial plans; appraise proposed timelines, milestones and objectives while identifying risks and potential issues for delivery.
• Sourcing human tissue samples and other resources for clinical studies.
• Liaising with cross-functional teams, collaborators and relevant experts to set-up clinical trials and studies for success.
• Demonstrating, continually developing, and sharing knowledge of developments within area of expertise.

Education & experience required:

• Significant experience in clinical development of scientific innovations; therapeutics, diagnostics, devices or other medical technologies
• Knowledge of different clinical trial phases and designs, particularly in relation to rare diseases and/or global health
• Understanding and/or experience of clinical trial management, from concept, through protocol development, submissions (ethics and regulatory), site set-up and management, follow-up, data analysis and reporting.
• A track record of leading clinical and/or multidisciplinary projects or large components of projects that demonstrate the creation of novel solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to build, lead, motivate and connect cross-functional matrix teams and projects, identifying synergies and driving operational efficiencies through strategic collaboration.

Desirable:

• Experience in navigating the clinical development pathway on a global scale is highly desirable, bringing insights from international regulatory landscapes and cross-border trial execution.
• Relevant experience in areas aligned with LifeArc’s strategic priorities is desirable.

Skills & abilities:

• Comfortable with ambiguity and resilience in the face of unfavourable outcomes – ability to make decisions during times of uncertainty.
• Strong interpersonal skills: empowered to lead from any level, proactively engaging with challenges and inspiring others to act.

About us:

LifeArc is a not-for-profit life science organisation, leading the way for change in rare diseases in the UK and supporting promising initiatives in global health. We seek out research in areas of unmet need that has great potential, providing support to help it become breakthroughs that change lives.

What we can offer you:

Focused on finding life changing solutions for underserved patients, our people thrive in an inclusive, and supportive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary approach guarantees our people growth opportunities, while our culture of innovation and collaboration drives the impact we make delivering on our purpose of ‘putting patients at the centre of everything we do’.

We are dedicated to creating a diverse, flexible, equitable and happy work environment so our colleagues can thrive as their truest selves. We act with courage, curiosity, care & commitment to deliver quality & excellence for our patients and each other Join us, and you’ll be given the scope to develop your professional skills and experience in a safe, supportive and challenging environment

Salary will be determined by qualifications and experience along with other exceptional benefits. Because we understand everyone has different requirements, our flexible benefits allow you to choose those which are important to you. Our pension scheme offers employer contributions of up to 12%, private health insurance, and annual leave of 31 days PLUS bank holidays.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, for example, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LifeArc we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so whatever your background or lived experience, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and you may be just right for this or other roles.

We all have potential. At LifeArc, you’ll discover what you can really do with it