M3M3 — Senior Manager
Senior Clinical Trial Manager / Clinical Program Manager
Oversees multiple trials or a very large, pivotal trial. Takes on a programmatic view and coordinates cross-trial activities.
What this level means
Leads multiple teams or a sub-function; sets goals and owns cross-team execution.
- Scope
- Multiple teams or a sub-function
- Autonomy
- Sets goals within functional strategy
- Complexity
- Multi-team execution and resourcing trade-offs
- Impact
- Sub-function outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns goals, budget input, and people decisions across teams
- Leadership
- Manages managers and/or several teams
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Manage all trials for a particular compound or indication
- Craft operational strategies
- Serve as key liaison between clinical operations and other functions
- Coordinate cross-trial activities
- Develop operational strategies
- Liaise with other functions
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic planning
- Program management
- Cross-functional leadership
- Stakeholder engagement
- Advanced problem-solving
- Negotiation
- Change management
- Decision-making
- Program management methodologies
- Strategic operational planning
- Cross-functional integration
- Stakeholder management
- Clinical trial design and execution
- Advanced regulatory knowledge
- Clinical data interpretation
- Ethical considerations in trials
- Strategic Thinking
- Leadership
What good looks like
- 10+ years in clinical trial management
- Experience in strategic program management
- Advanced degree preferred
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.