Head of Clinical Trial Operations

UCL Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology was established on 1st August 2013 and is formally comprised of two research departments: The MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL (MRC CTU) and the Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit at UCL (CCTU). The Institute also has two further units that are virtual members: The Cancer Research UK/UCL Cancer Trials Centre and the PRIMENT CTU.

The Institute is a centre of excellence for the conduct of all phases of clinical trials, meta-analysis, and epidemiological studies, across a range of diseases. Key areas of focus for the Institute are continuing to deliver innovations in trial methodology to improve outcomes for patients and training and developing the next generation of trialists. The Institute works with academic collaborators in more than 60 countries worldwide and a significant number of commercial partners.

Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit (CCTU): The Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit is a specialist unit set up within the Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology with a specific remit to design, conduct, analyse and publish clinical trials and other well-designed studies.

The CCTU provides clinical, statistical, and trial operations leadership and facilitate the delivery of high quality, regulatory compliant clinical trials of both investigational medicinal products (IMPs) and other non-IMP trials and studies.

The CCTU is a registered CTU with the capability to centrally coordinate multi-centre clinical trials (i.e. having overall responsibility for the design, development, recruitment, data management and analysis of trials) with robust systems to ensure conduct and delivery of clinical trials to the highest quality standards.

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to work with multiple UCL departments in innovation at UCL.

An enthusiastic, committed, and professional individual is sought for the role of Head of Clinical Trial Operations, based in Holborn, London. The primary role of the post holder is to provide leadership of the Clinical Operations team, including matters of research governance and trial sponsorship, adherence to regulatory requirements, quality assurance and financial management.

The post holder will report to the Director of the UCL CCTU and, along with the Clinical Director, Head of Information Systems, Head of Statistics and the Head of Health Economics, will be part of the Leadership Team of the UCL CCTU.

This is a full-time open ended appointment.

Interviews will hold on Thursday, 27th of June, 2024

About you

If you have excellent knowledge of clinical research then this role could be for you. You will have experience of project managing a portfolio of clinical trials and in-depth knowledge of current regulatory requirements governing clinical trials. You will have proven people management and budget management skills and experience of leading a large team.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders, at all levels both internally and externally.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, Professor Nick Freemantle (). For any queries on the application process, please contact ()

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