Senior Clinical Trial Manager (LATAM)

Precision Medicine Group
Brazil +2 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 7+ years of clinical research experience in pharmaceutical or device research and proven leadership in cross-functional teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years of experience in clinical research and a history of leading cross-functional teams
    — “Minimum of 7 years of clinical research experience or proven competencies for the position with significant clinical monitoring experience”
  • Individuals who have managed clinical trial processes from feasibility to close-out across Latin America
    — “This is an exciting, high-impact opportunity, supporting rapid growth across Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru”
  • Professionals with a strong grasp of ICH-GCP and regulatory compliance in a remote work setting
    — “ensuring delivery in compliance with protocol, SOPs, ICH-GCP, and regulatory requirements”

Things to consider

  • This role demands frequent domestic and international travel, including overnight stays
    — “Ability to travel domestically and internationally including overnight stays”
  • Candidates must be fluent in English and able to work remotely from multiple Latin American countries
    — “Professional working proficiency in English required”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in shaping country-level recruitment strategies and managing remote teams
    — “shape country-level recruitment strategies, lead feasibility and site start-up”
  • Emphasize your track record in developing clinical documents and training materials for studies
    — “Develop study related clinical documents (e.g. clinical plans, Informed Consent Form templates, study specific forms and manuals”
  • Demonstrate your ability to manage and resolve site compliance and CRA performance issues
    — “Escalate pertinent CRA performance and site compliance issues when necessary”
  • Showcase your experience in implementing eTMF systems and managing clinical vendors
    — “Responsible for eTMF implementation and management”
  • Demonstrate your capability to lead internal clinical team meetings and set expectations
    — “Lead internal clinical team meetings and sets expectations for clinical team of CRAs and CTAs”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • planning, execution, and oversight of clinical studies
  • shaping country-level recruitment strategies
  • leading feasibility and site start-up
  • developing clinical monitoring strategies
Typical background
clinical trial management experienceknowledge of ICH-GCP and regulatory requirements

Skills & requirements

Required

Clinical Trial ManagementProtocol ComplianceSite Start-upMonitoring And Quality StrategiesTeam MentorshipBudget ManagementClinical Document DevelopmentFeasibility AnalysisRisk IdentificationRecruitment StrategyCommunication With InvestigatorsEtmf ImplementationData Quality AssuranceIP Management

Preferred

Ich-gcpRegulatory Requirements

Stack & domain

Clinical Trial ManagementProtocol DevelopmentSopsIch-gcpRegulatory RequirementsRecruitment StrategiesFeasibility And Site Start-upMonitoring And Quality StrategiesTraining NeedsInvestigator MeetingsStudy Kick-off MeetingsIP Release PackagesCompetent AuthoritiesIrb/ethics CommitteesClinical Monitoring StrategiesMetric ReportingEtmf ImplementationCorrective And Preventative Action Plan (capa)GCP AuditsProject ManagementData ManagementInvestigational Product (IP) ManagementLeadershipCollaborationCommunicationProblem SolvingDecision MakingTeam BuildingMentorshipRisk ManagementProcess ImprovementClinical OperationsLatin AmericaClinical StudiesRegulatory ComplianceClinical TrialsClinical MonitoringData QualityInvestigational Product (IP)

About the role

Original posting from Precision Medicine Group via Greenhouse

We’re hiring a Senior Clinical Trial Manager to help build and lead our expanding clinical operations across Latin America. This is an exciting, high‑impact opportunity, supporting rapid growth across Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru.

As the clinical lead, you’ll own the planning, execution, and oversight of clinical studies, serving as the primary client contact and ensuring delivery in compliance with protocol, SOPs, ICH‑GCP, and regulatory requirements. You’ll shape country‑level recruitment strategies, lead feasibility and site start‑up, guide monitoring and quality strategies, and mentor CRAs and partners as we scale a new regional team.

This role offers significant career growth, including opportunities to build teams, define processes, influence culture, and step into broader leadership and project management responsibilities as the region grows.

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to: 

Primary clinical point of contact with the client

Collaborate with PM on monthly invoicing and variance management of clinical budget

Develop study related clinical documents (e.g. clinical plans, Informed Consent Form templates, study specific forms and manuals, CRF completion guidelines, study trackers, PSV/SIV slides and other training materials) 

Identify and develop training needs for CRAs and third-party vendors specific to the study, protocol and practices including presenting these at Investigator Meetings and Study Kick-off meetings

Generate potential site list from key stakeholders and drive site feasibility process

Identify potential risks to the enrollment targets based on feasibility analysis and site’s contracted commitment

Develop and finalize the country recruitment/retention strategy 

Develop timely and effective communication and good working relationships with investigators and study team to ensure effective and timely feasibility, site start up, enrollment, maintenance and close out procedures 

Lead internal clinical team meetings and sets expectations for clinical team of CRAs and CTAs

Address all CRA and site questions and maintains Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) log as appropriate

Support in planning and conducting investigator meetings

Review and/or approve of IP release packages

Oversee, support and track all submissions and approvals to Competent Authorities and IRB/Ethics Committees in conjunction with regulatory departments as applicable

Develop clinical monitoring strategies for assuring study timelines are met and assuring quality deliverables 

Generate and utilizes metric reporting (e.g., CTMS, DM Query Trends, Outstanding Monitoring Reports) to ensure that the study is conducted per plan and communicates issues to PM and CRAs as appropriate

Responsible for eTMF implementation and management 

Collaborate with PM, CRAs and QA to develop any Corrective and Preventative Action Plan (CAPA) and is accountable for implementation and timely closure 

Accountable to assist sites, internal staff and CRAs with the preparation for GCP audits

Work closely with PM for project-specific resourcing issues

Escalate pertinent CRA performance and site compliance issues when necessary

Collaborate with data management and CRAs to ensure data quality and compliance with data cleaning timelines

Manage processes for investigational product (IP) including drug accountability and reconciliation 

When a cross-functional PM is not assigned to a given program, the CTM will assume project management responsibility as needed

Support business development and marketing activities as appropriate 

May negotiate site budget and investigator contract with support from the legal department and/or site contracts group

May review site visit reports and ensures monitoring (i.e. scheduling and scope) is executed per monitoring plan

May be responsible for management of clinical vendors (e.g. labs, IP, patient diary, home health care) in conjunction with PM

May perform clinical data review of patient profiles, data listings and summary tables, including query generation

May have line management responsibilities

Performs other duties as assigned by management

Qualifications:

Minimum Required:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education/experience in science or health-related field. Advanced degree preferred

Minimum of 7 years of clinical research experience or proven competencies for the position with significant clinical monitoring experience

Professional working proficiency in English required

Preferred:

Advanced degree

Other Required:

Experience with Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with others in a team setting

Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and a customer service demeanor

Ability to travel domestically and internationally including overnight stays

Competencies: 

Demonstrates mastery knowledge of ICH-GCP, relevant Precision SOPs, and regulatory guidance, as well as the ability to implement

Working knowledge of clinical management techniques and tools

Direct work experience in a cross-functional environment

Proven experience in functional management including proven experience in delegating while fostering cohesive team dynamics 

Proven experience in planning, risk management and change management

High level of integrity and must inspire and demand the highest standards from a professional and ethical perspective

Ability to lead and inspire excellence within a team

Ability to create an environment where employees have a sense of ownership that will lead to increases in productivity and efficiency

Results oriented, accountable, motivated and flexible

Excellent time management, negotiation, critical thinking, decision making, analytical and interpersonal skills

Excellent presentation, verbal and written communications skills

In depth proven experience in pharmaceutical and/or device research required

Demonstrated successful independent negotiation and conflict management strategies 

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