Senior Clinical Project Manager

Job Description:

As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our ‘people first’ philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world’s oldest enemy: disease.  

As the Senior Clinical Project Manager (Sr. CPM) you will provide overall management of Ph2-Ph4 clinical trials. The Sr. CPM leads the global cross functional clinical team to ensure quality, timelines and budget management. The Sr. CPM is accountable for all trial deliverables for assigned trials within a single or multiple regions. This role works to ensure quality oversight of outsourced partners and proactively identifies and manages issues.

With Ferring, you will be joining a recognized leader, identified as one of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Fast Company, and honored by Fortune with inclusion on its “Change the World List,” for addressing society’s unmet needs. Ferring US is also Great Places to Work® Certified, distinguishing it as one of the best companies to work for in the country. 

Responsibilities:  

Oversight:

• Lead the overall management of study execution utilizing available performance metrics and quality indicators.

• Ensure development, management and maintenance of study budget, timeline, and deliverables.

• Responsible for timely escalation of issues internally to team and management, as appropriate.

• Financial planning and management.

• Ensure clear delegation of tasks across cross functional teams.

Meetings:

• Lead clinical study team meetings and present trial information at program/project team meetings.

Risk Management:

• Lead efforts to identify and analyze risks.

• Recommend and negotiate appropriate mitigation activities.

Study Plans:

• Ensure quality review and approval of key study plans.

Vendor and 3rd Party Management:

• Contribute to 3rd party vendor identification & selection.

• Participate in vendor governance meetings when applicable.

Site Selection:

• Oversee site selection strategy.

Audit and Inspection Readiness:

• Ensure trial-level inspection readiness at all times.

• Provide final CAPA management approvals.

Requirements: 

• BA or BS degree in Life Science or related field required; Advanced degree or certification preferred.

• 7 years’ clinical trial project management leadership experience required; 10+ years of total clinical trial experience preferred.

• Significant knowledge of GCP/ICH regulations required.

• Expert understanding of clinical research principles and process.

• Proficient in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills as well as verbal/written communication skills (incl. presentation skills)

• Ability to proactively identify and manage issues.

• Ability to assess critical issues and escalate to leadership, when appropriate.

• Ability to think critically to raise problems and solutions.

• Ability to travel 10%-15% including possible international travel.

Ferring + you    

At Ferring, we offer competitive total compensation along with an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work. From working hours that respect your lifestyle, a culture that is welcoming and equitable, and the chance to work with the industry’s most impressive people, these are just some of the ways we live our "People First" philosophy.