P5P5 — Expert Professional
Senior/Manager
Acts as a senior specialist or manager in CTA, often overseeing complex or global trials.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Setting policies for trial administration
- Managing large portfolios of trial budgets
- Serving as the escalation point for major issues
- Driving continuous improvement in trial delivery
- Set trial policies
- Manage budgets
- Drive improvements
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Policy setting
- Budget management
- Issue escalation
- Continuous improvement
- Leadership
- Negotiation
- Adaptability
- Strategic planning
- Policy development
- Budget management
- Issue resolution
- Continuous improvement
- Leadership strategies
- Negotiation techniques
- Adaptability strategies
- Strategic planning
- Project leadership
- Influence & Negotiation
- Adaptability to Change
- Strategic Thinking
What good looks like
- Advanced degree (MS/PhD, MBA, or equivalent)
- 8–12 years leading trial administration or operations
- Qreg or PMP certified preferred
Common titles
Clinical Trials Administration VClinical Trials Administration 5Staff Clinical Trials AdministrationLead Clinical Trials AdministrationExpert Clinical Trials AdministrationClinical Trials Administrator VClinical Trials Administrator 5Staff Clinical Trials AdministratorLead Clinical Trials AdministratorExpert Clinical Trials AdministratorSenior/Manager
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.