Country Study Lead

Scienceabode; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company is seeking a Country Study Lead at their site in Welwyn Garden City. The successful candidate will drive operational excellence, manage study budgets, and oversee vendor performance. Candidates should possess experience in UK-based clinical trials and hold a university degree in life sciences. This role offers a hybrid working model: 2-3 days on-site and the remainder from home. A competitive salary is offered with the potential for an umbrella arrangement.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in clinical trial management of UK-based studies.
• Experience in all stages of the study in the UK, especially CV or IBD.
• Strong understanding of drug development process and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Develop operational plans and manage clinical study budgets.
• Manage relationships with vendors and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provide leadership to the local study team, ensuring study delivery.
• Ensure study quality, compliance, and diversity plan.

Skills

Clinical trial management

Vendor management

Project management

Regulatory knowledge

Education

University degree in life sciences or equivalent experience

Job description

Country Study Lead Role

CK Group is recruiting for a Country Study Lead to join a company in the Pharmaceutical industry, at their site based in Welwyn Garden City, on a contract basis for 6 months.

Salary: £339–£376.97 PAYE or £450–£500 per day (Umbrella).

Responsibilities

• Drive Operational Excellence by developing operational plans, creating and managing clinical study budgets and overseeing the consistency of operations.
• Manage vendors and stakeholders by managing relationships with vendors and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Oversee performance of vendors and third‑party providers.
• Provide direction and leadership to the local study team, including Clinical Research Associates (CRAs), to ensure delivery of the study.
• Ensure timely delivery of the study within the UK while ensuring quality and compliance and diversity plan.
• Collaborate with the relevant colleagues to ensure timely feasibility, start‑up, site payments etc.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in clinical trial management of UK based studies.
• Experience working in all stages of the study in the UK, with a preference for CV or IBD experience.
• Study start‑up experience highly desirable.
• Hold a university degree or equivalent yearsof experience, preferred focus in life sciences.
• Possess strong working knowledge of drug development process and respective regulations, including ICH and GCP guidelines.

Company

Our client is one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

Location

This role is based at our client’s site in Welwyn Garden City, for 2 or 3 days a week, then offers home working for the remainder of the week.

Apply

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference in all correspondence.

Note

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.