Senior Study Manager

Key Information

Starting Salary:  Commencement on the salary range is subject to comparable skills and experience. Future progression is based on annual performance review.

Duration of Contract: 12 months in the first instance

Hours per week:  35 hours per week (Full Time)

Job Details

Department/Directorate Information

The Drug Development Unit, within the ICR and Royal Marsden, is a dedicated Clinical Trials Unit, with bespoke facilities to conduct early phase clinical trials. 

The Unit, led by Professor Johann de Bono, comprises of clinicians, scientists, data and study management staff, and focuses on providing a seamless conduit between pre-clinical drug discovery, proof of principle Phase-1 clinical trials and tumour specific evaluation of novel agents. The Unit undertakes both industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated trials of new anti-cancer drugs. The Unit is rapidly expanding and provides an excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop a variety of skillsets.

Summary of Role

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Senior Study Manager to work within the Drug Development Unit (DDU), which undertakes industry-sponsored early phase clinical trials of new anticancer drugs. We are a world class clinical trials unit with a dedicated ward within the Royal Marsden Hospital for the development of novel cancer therapeutics, which we believe will improve the care of cancer patients.                                                   

Key Requirements

The post holder will be educated to at least degree level in life sciences or a health related area, with previous experience of managing and working in clinical trials with an excellent understanding of the conduct of Phase I oncology trials. They must be able to manage a team of skilled people and several complex studies at a time

The post holder will be key to the communication and operations with the unit’s management group, clinical study team and with external partners, ensuring that studies are run to protocol and in accordance with ICH-GCP.

The post holder must be highly organised and able to plan work around a busy clinical unit. They should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to interact effectively with unit staff and patients.

Appointments will be on a one-year contract in the first instance. This post also benefits from generous annual leave entitlement and a pension.

To apply for this post, please submit an online application including a supporting statement, detailing reasons why you are applying for the post and with your CV. We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close the advert before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.  Therefore we advise that you to submit your application, as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.