Senior CPM Team Lead

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Senior Clinical Project Manager Team Lead who is an integral part of the PV Development Solutions / GCSO team, a dynamic and diverse group of professionals who are committed to delivering value to patients and manage global clinical studies with large budgets and multiple vendors, to join us in our Global Clinical Science & Ops team, based in our Raleigh, NC office. Our teams operate in a hybrid model.

About the role

The Senior Clinical Project Manager (CPM) Team Lead will lead, manage, and develop a team of Clinical Project Managers (all levels) based in the United States (US), UK, European Union (EU) and Asia.

Who you'll work with

You will work closely with Talent and Head of CPM, develop individual training and career progression plans for the CPM group and drive and be accountable for their implementation. Provide mentorship, guidance, and support to CPMs to enable their development.

You will also interact closely and partner with all our internal and external stakeholders to establish best-in-class processes, tools and standards to foster open communication, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of all UCB Clinical Studies.

What you'll do

• Managing Lead CPMs in all regions; EU, US and APAC.
• CPMs delivering well-designed patient centric protocols, integrating industry-leading technology, and producing high quality data.
• Driving the CPMs to deliver their clinical studies within the planned budget and timelines, making a high impact on delivery for UCB's pipeline.
• Leading and guiding CPMs on how to effectively strategize and operationalize large, multi-region, high budget studies to deliver best-in-class clinical trials.
• Spearheading projects and/or leading transversal workstreams involving internal, external and/or Regulatory environments to add value to the organization. Enabling and driving process improvements to facilitate decision making mindsets throughout the clinical project management organization.
• Challenging the status quo by fostering innovation and thinking strategies, advocating and championing change in the organization.
• Driving risk identification and mitigation options for successful study delivery.

Interested? For this role we're looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and a minimum of 10 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and/or Clinical Research Organization (CRO) industry is required.
• Proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional projects in a global environment.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in clinical development as a Clinical Project Manager and Line Management experience.
• Demonstrated experience successfully driving CPMs operationally on global clinical development programs to deliver all clinical trial activities optimally and competitively vs. industry benchmarks to plan and within the study budget.
• Ability to effectively manage the delivery of multi-regional, global studies with corresponding large budgets, conducted in over 40 countries worldwide.
• Successful track record of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across organizations (including, but not limited to other groups within PV Development Solutions, PV Early Solutions, PV Immunology & PV Neurology) and also CRO Partners to establish best-in-class processes, tools and standards to foster open communication, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of all Clinical Studies.
• Exhibit business acumen with excellent communication and presentation skills.

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $177,200 - $232,600 per year. The actual salary offered will take into account internal equity and may also vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.

If you are interested to learn more about R&D within UCB, please find more information here R&D at UCB.

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Are you ready to 'go beyond' to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?
At UCB, we don't just complete tasks, we create value. We aren't afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We 'go beyond' to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that's on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent, and adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.