Sr Project Manager

Avania is hiring Senior Project Managers to lead complex clinical research projects across the full clinical-trial lifecycle. The role manages delivery, timelines, risks, sponsor communications, and project financials, while contributing to stronger team processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead clinical research projects from handover through delivery, keeping the full trial in view, including clinical operations, data, and regulatory submission needs
• Build, maintain, and use project timelines to coordinate work, identify dependencies, and manage delivery
• Facilitate project calls and communicate clearly with sponsors and internal teams
• Identify risks early, investigate their impact, and drive practical solutions with the relevant experts
• Manage study budgets, gross margin, forecasting, revenue recognition, reporting, and monthly financial reconciliations
• Manage sponsor expectations, including discussing scope changes and preparing change orders when work moves beyond the contracted scope
• Complete core project-management responsibilities, including TMF management, meeting minutes, timesheet entry, and timely review of contractor time
• Step into coordinator coverage where needed and work collaboratively with project coordinators and cross-functional colleagues

Requirements:

• At least five years of project management experience, including at least two years in a senior project management role
• Experience leading cross-functional clinical research projects and coordinating specialists without needing to be the subject-matter expert in every area
• A track record of managing project financials, including budgets, forecasting, gross margin, revenue recognition, and change orders
• Sound judgment in risk management, problem solving, and escalation handling
• Confidence communicating with sponsors, including in challenging conversations about scope, delivery, or budget
• Experience managing project timelines and the discipline to keep operational fundamentals, such as timesheets, on track
• Comfort working in a changing environment and contributing to better ways of working