M2M2 — Manager II
Clinical Trial Manager / Project Manager I
Handles multiple sites or multiple studies concurrently. Owns an entire study from start-up to close-out with minimal supervision.
What this level means
Manages an established team or sub-function; owns planning and performance for the group.
- Scope
- An established team or sub-function
- Autonomy
- Owns planning for the group
- Complexity
- Cross-project coordination and priorities
- Impact
- Group delivery and development
- Decision rights
- Owns staffing, priorities, performance for the group
- Leadership
- Manages a team; sometimes manages leads
- Typical experience
- 5–8 yrs
What you'd do
- Create detailed operational plans
- Negotiate site budgets
- Manage vendors day-to-day
- Develop operational plans
- Negotiate and manage site budgets
- Oversee vendor activities
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Budget management
- Vendor management
- Operational planning
- Negotiation
- Risk management
- Leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Advanced communication
- Budgeting and financial management
- Vendor negotiation techniques
- Operational strategy development
- Clinical trial lifecycle
- Risk assessment
- Advanced project management
- Regulatory affairs
- Ethical guidelines in clinical research
- Independence
- Operational planning
What good looks like
- 4+ years of study management experience
- Experience with global trials
- Proven leadership skills
Common titles
Clinical Trial Manager / Project Manager I
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 19-0000 — Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.