Clinical Trial Manager

About the Role
Full Time, Permanent

As a Clinical Trial Manager, you will join NZCR in a newly established role designed to strengthen sponsor partnership, study oversight, and portfolio performance across our growing clinical trial portfolio.

You will be accountable for the successful delivery and oversight of a portfolio of assigned clinical trials from post-award through to close-out. Acting as the primary sponsor contact, you will provide strategic leadership, governance, and performance oversight across your portfolio, ensuring studies are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Working closely with Clinical Trial Coordinators, who are responsible for day-to-day study delivery, you will provide direction, support, and oversight to ensure operational activities remain aligned with sponsor expectations, regulatory requirements, and organisational objectives. You will proactively manage risks, budgets, timelines, and stakeholder relationships while leading cross-functional teams to achieve successful trial outcomes.

Reporting to the Research Manager, this role offers the opportunity to shape and influence a key function within NZCR as we continue to grow and deliver world-class clinical research that advances global health.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead clinical trials from post-award through close-out
• Manage trial timelines, budgets, and delivery plans
• Build strong relationships with sponsors, CROs, and vendors
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to meet trial milestones
• Identify, manage, and resolve trial risks and issues
• Monitor recruitment performance and participant outcomes
• Ensure compliance with ICH-GCP and regulatory requirements
• Track financial performance and manage budget variations
• Drive continuous improvement and quality initiatives
• Maintain audit readiness and trial documentation oversight

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

• Relevant science or health-related degree
• Experience managing clinical trials or complex projects
• Knowledge of ICH-GCP and clinical research processes
• Experience working with sponsors, CROs, and vendors
• Strong stakeholder management and project leadership skills
• 3-8 years' clinical research or related experience
  
• Previous project management experience preferred
  

Benefits

At NZCR, we invest in our people through:

• Discretionary bonus opportunities
• Generous employee referral bonuses
• Retail discounts and exclusive deals
• Leadership development and learning pathways
• AI tools and training to support your growth
• Trans-Tasman career opportunities
• Wellbeing and connectedness programmes
• Generous leave benefits from day one

About NZCR

For more than 35 years, NZCR has delivered complex early and later-phase clinical trials across New Zealand and Australia, partnering with global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and contract research organisations to help advance new medicines and treatments.

Today, through our NZCR, CMAX, Optimal and Fusion brands, we have built one of Australasia's most established clinical research networks. Our teams work across a diverse range of therapeutic areas, delivering high-quality clinical research while creating exceptional experiences for participants, sponsors, investigators and partners.

We are globally respected for advancing health outcomes and are united by a shared purpose: improving lives through clinical research. Our people enjoy working here because they are empowered to find better ways, supported to learn and grow, and given the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the future of healthcare.

Our Values: We Do What's Right | We're In It Together | We Strive for Excellence | We Find Better Ways

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When you apply for this role, you are consenting to us sharing your information with our sister company, Optimal, where additional opportunities for career growth and development may arise.