Sr. Manager, Trial Delivery Leader

Purpose

The Sr. Manager, Trial Delivery Leader (TDL) is accountable for clinical trial delivery, providing operational oversight of cross‑functional deliverables. The TDL leads a cross‑functional team to build and deliver the trial operational plan, identifying and mitigating risks to effectively deliver assigned trials on time, on budget, and in a compliant manner.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the Cross Functional Trial Team (CFTT) to influence and execute delivery of the operational plan and for end‑to‑end trial execution.
• Accountable for overall trial delivery, budget, timelines, quality, and milestones (e.g., support DBL / CSR / TLR planning and scope, define protocol deviations and resolution pathways).
• Proactively ensuring that trial deliverables and milestones are met.
• Identifying risks and ensuring mitigation and contingencies are being initiated and followed through.
• Ensuring the trial is operationalized in compliance with global health authority regulations and guidelines and internal operating procedures and processes.
• Accountable for identifying risks in study conduct, developing mitigation plans and escalating concerns to the CT or CDT.
• Participating in preparation for, and conduct of, Health Authority inspections and internal QA audits.
• Ensuring that the trial team operates in a constant state of inspection‑readiness, collaborating with R&D Quality to ensure quality oversight.
• Participating in process improvement activities at a trial, compound & cross‑DU level, as needed.

Additional Responsibilities may include:

• Leading and ensuring inspection readiness for program through risk identification and readiness review.
• Providing leadership during Health Authority inspections and on the identification of risks and mitigation plans at the program level for key issues.
• Mentoring & supporting onboarding of new team members, particularly those in Trial Management.
• Fostering employee engagement, inclusion, and Credo Behaviors.

Qualifications / Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree is required. Preferred areas of study include Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nursing, Pharmacy).

Required:

• Minimum of 8 years in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or related industries.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience leading multiple aspects of a global clinical trial.
• Experience in and knowledge of the pharmaceutical development process.
• Clinical research operational knowledge and experience across multiple phases of studies (Phase I‑IV); must have the ability to manage all aspects of execution of a clinical trial.
• Must possess excellent leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.
• Experience of leading without authority and in multi‑functional matrixed and global environments.
• Excellent decision‑making, analytical and strong financial management skills are essential.
• Operate and execute with limited supervision.
• Experience mentoring/coaching others.
• Strong project planning/management, communication and presentation skills are required.
• Travel up to 15‑20% of the time, defined by business needs.

Preferred Skills: Budgeting, Clinical Trial Designs, Clinical Trials, Compliance Management, Consulting, Contract Management, Execution Focus, Fact‑Based Decision Making, Give Feedback, Industry Analysis, Laboratory Operations, Organizing, Process Improvements, Project Integration Management, Research and Development, Research Ethics, Technical Credibility.

Pay Range

The anticipated pay range for this position, in the primary posting location, is €73,200.00 – €125,695.00.

Benefits

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits: an annual bonus with set target (percent of pay) depending on pay grade/location, where the actual amount is based on the employee’s and company’s performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. We also offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well‑being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service‑anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and in some location’s eligible dependents can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, please visit Employee benefits | Supporting well‑being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.