Project Manager II

Role Summary

• Job Title: Project Manager II
• Job Location: Leeds
• Job Location Type: Remote
• Job Contract Type: Full-time

AND YOUR LONG-TERM CONTRIBUTION?

You will play a key role in strengthening how Fortrea delivers Phase Ib clinical trials , helping evolve our approach to more complex early‑phase programs.

Beyond individual projects, your experience will support process innovation and operational delivery , influencing how Phase Ib studies are planned, executed, and scaled across Clinical Pharmacology Services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of assigned Healthy Volunteers and Patient Clinical Pharmacology projects independently or under the direction of a Senior Project Lead, overseeing complex, high‑value studies across regional / global, cross‑functional teams.
• Act as the primary point of contact for sponsor project teams, managing expectations, driving communication, and building long‑term client relationships.
• Own project scope, timelines, and budgets , proactively managing change, financial performance, and delivery against contractual commitments.
• Apply your project leadership expertise to anticipate, identify, and mitigate risks , managing critical paths to ensure key milestones and performance metrics remain aligned with both client and Fortrea objectives.
• Provide senior leadership within a matrix project environment , guiding and mentoring project team members while resolving issues and escalations at pace.
• Ensure quality, compliance, and audit readiness , maintaining oversight of TMFs, CTMS activities, project training, and adherence to SOPs and ICH/GCP standards.
• Contribute to business growth and operational excellence , supporting bid defence activities, strategic client relationships, KPI oversight, and process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Extensive clinical research experience within a CRO or biopharmaceutical environment, including at least 2 years of full project management accountability on domestic, regional and or international clinical studies.
• Phase 1 and Phase Ib experience : Familiarity with early-phase trials in healthy volunteers and patients and their fast-paced environment is ideal, but international PM experience in Ph II-III will also be welcomed.
• Financial Acumen: study budget management skills, with experience in forecasting, revenue recognition and change order development and negotiation.
• Leadership: proven ability to inspire and manage globally dispersed teams and vendors, ensuring cross-functional collaboration and achieving core project milestones. Ability to work on multiple studies at any one time.
• Risk Management: expertise in critical path analysis and the development of effective risk mitigation plans
• Client Relations: a probing ability to build client trust, resolve complex challenges and influence decisions
• BID presentation expertise.

Education/Qualifications

University/college life science degree from an appropriately accredited institution.

Preferred

Master´s or other advanced degree

PMP certification

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• What if your project leadership skills helped new medicines take their first step in human clinical trials?
• Fortrea is one of the world´s largest and longest-established early-phase clinical research organizations.
• From first-in-human to exploratory biomarker or complex ph1b programs, our Clinical Pharmacology teams generate critical safety, tolerability, PK and PD data that help new medicines to move forward.
• We are currently hiring a Project Manager II in the UK to drive this mission forward.
• This is a full-time, remote job.