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Senior Manager – Clinical Operations & Quality
Location: London or Edinburgh – Hybrid
Employment: Permanent
Are you an experienced Clinical Operations professional looking for an opportunity to shape how clinical development is delivered across a growing and highly innovative organisation?
We are partnering with a leading UK medical research organisation focused on translating cutting-edge science into new treatments, diagnostics, and technologies for patients. As they continue to expand their clinical development capabilities, they are looking for a Senior Manager, Clinical Operations & Quality to help build and implement the frameworks, processes, and systems supporting their clinical portfolio.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who combines strong hands-on Clinical Operations experience with a passion for operational excellence, quality, and process improvement.
The Role
You will work across Clinical Development and wider cross-functional teams to establish scalable and effective ways of working across the organisation's clinical programmes.
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Key responsibilities will include:
- Developing and improving Clinical Operations frameworks, processes, SOPs, systems, and tools
- Establishing consistent approaches to clinical governance and trial oversight
- Supporting the implementation of clinical quality standards and ensuring GCP compliance
- Identifying opportunities for process improvement and operational excellence
- Working closely with CROs, academic institutions, clinical sites, and external partners
- Developing guidance, templates, and training for clinical teams
- Supporting inspection and audit readiness across clinical programmes
- Driving adoption of new processes and ways of working across cross-functional teams
About You
We are looking for someone with:
- Strong experience within Clinical Operations / Clinical Development
- Experience delivering and overseeing clinical trials within biotech, pharma, CRO, academia, or a research organisation
- Demonstrated experience developing or improving clinical processes, SOPs, frameworks, or systems
- Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, clinical quality, and research governance
- Experience working with CROs and external clinical partners
- Strong cross-functional stakeholder management and influencing skills
- The ability to operate strategically while remaining comfortable working hands-on
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Experience within rare disease, global health, complex clinical development, or a smaller/building clinical organisation would be particularly valuable.
Why Apply?
This is a unique opportunity to move beyond individual study delivery and have a broader impact on how clinical development is run across an organisation.
You'll join a mission-driven environment working at the intersection of scientific research, biotech, academia, and clinical development, helping translate promising science into solutions that can make a genuine difference to patients.
If you're an experienced Clinical Operations professional who enjoys building, improving, and shaping how things are done, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or get in touch for a confidential conversation to learn more.
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