Clinical Project Manager

Posted on October 6, 2025

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Job details

  • Profession: Administration and Management General - Project Manager, Business, Management, Admin and Support - Project Manager

  • Country of the Job: United Kingdom

  • State of the Job: GBR

  • City of the Job: High Wycombe

  • Job Application Deadline (Year): 2025

  • Type of job: Not specified. See Job Description

  • Hiring Company: J&J Family of Companies

  • Mode of Work: Onsite

  • Applier's country: United Kingdom

  • Benefits Included: Health insurance, Vision insurance, Education, Travel allowance

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Trial Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Job Description:

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United Kingdom – Requisition Number: R-016401

Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Ireland – Requisition Number: R-013644

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

The Clinical Project Manager is responsible for the creation and management of a subset of Studies within the Medical Affairs Deliver Unit Portfolio. They will collect, consolidate, and report budget, timeline and FTE actuals vs. plan and will identify potential issues for the trial through active management of the study schedule.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

  • Create, manage, and maintain study schedules in PLW + For company Sponsored and Collaborative Studies; create initial study costing and support initial OOPS management up till FPI.

  • Assure Clinical timelines in PLW align to mCTMS and to latest assumptions. Ensure proper resource demand is reflected

  • Develop scenarios in PLW for budget, timeline, and FTE forecasting, while generating situational operational scenarios.

  • Collect, consolidate, and report financial, timeline and resource data for governance approvals and external funding partnerships. Manage scope control, FTE and OOP variances. + Provide necessary Portfolio Data Insights to the TA leads

  • Provide necessary Portfolio Data Insights to the TA leads

  • Provide support to Finance, Business Partners and Commercial Stakeholders

Additional Responsibilities may Include:

  • Mentor & support onboarding of new team members, particularly those in Trial Management.

  • Foster employee engagement, inclusion, and Credo Behaviors.

Principal Relationships:

Internal: Trial Delivery Leader, Trial Delivery Manager, Program Management Leaders, Clinical Trial Assistants, DAS Leaders, Trial Management Directors, representatives of Delivery Operations, representatives of other GD and non-GD Functions and Clinical and Project Management Teams

Required Minimum Education:

  • BS degree or equivalent, preferred areas of study include Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nursing, Pharmacy).

Required Years of Related Experience:

  • Minimum of 6 years of experience in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or related industries.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

  • Experience in and knowledge of the pharmaceutical development process

  • Clinical research operational knowledge and experience across multiple phases of studies (Phase I-IV); must have the ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial.

  • Experience in Project Management, preferably within Research & Development.

  • Knowledge of Project Management Systems, Methodologies & Tools.

  • Must possess excellent leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness. Experience of leading without authority and in muti-functional matrixed and global environments. Excellent decision-making, analytical and strong financial management skills are essential to this position. Operates and executes with limited supervision. Experience mentoring/coaching others.

  • Strong project planning/management, communication and presentation skills are required.

Percentage Traveled:

  • Travel up to 10% of the time, defined by business needs.

Preferred Related Industry Experience :

  • Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology