Senior Trial Manager

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Trial Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery of a large, UK-wide, multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating Community Appointment Days (CADs) for people with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. 

Working closely with the Chief Investigator and wider multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for the operational management of the trial, ensuring delivery to time, budget and regulatory standards. The study includes an embedded pilot, economic evaluation, mixed-methods process evaluation and a study-within-a-trial, and involves collaboration across 16 NHS sites.

Key responsibilities include site set-up and coordination, trial governance and reporting, oversight of recruitment and retention, data quality and monitoring, liaison with clinical, academic and NHS stakeholders, and support for patient and public involvement activities. You will also contribute to study documentation, ethics and regulatory submissions, and play a central role in supporting knowledge mobilisation activities.

This is an excellent opportunity to manage a high-profile, policy-relevant trial with strong potential for real-world impact on MSK services, health equity and workforce participation.

About You

You will have substantial experience managing complex clinical or health services research studies, ideally including multi-centre randomised controlled trials. You will be highly organised, proactive and confident working across multiple sites and stakeholder groups.

You should have a strong understanding of research governance, ethics and regulatory requirements, excellent communication and relationship-management skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment. Experience of working with NHS organisations, supporting PPIE activity, and coordinating mixed-methods or health economic components is highly desirable.

You will be motivated by applied research that aims to improve patient care, service delivery and health equity, and be comfortable working both independently and as part of a collaborative research team.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Blizard Institute was established in 2003 and is one of six Institutes within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL. The Institute comprises approximately 360 staff based in four academic Centers and one Public Engagement Centre and supports a combined total of c700 postgraduate research and taught students. The Institute aims to deliver excellence in all aspects of research, teaching and clinical service.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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