Job Description

Country Study Manager

  • Salary: £339 - £500 per day
  • REF Number: v-169043
  • Consultant: Key Accounts Team
  • Contact: 01438 870011
  • Date Published: 06.01.2026
  • Industry: Pharmaceutical
  • Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
  • Functional Expertise: Clinical Operations/Development

CK Group is recruiting for a Clinical Operations lead / Country Study Manager to join a company in the Pharmaceutical industry, at their site based in Welwyn Garden City, on a contract basis for 6 months.

Salary:

Daily:

£339

- £376.97

PAYE

or

£450

- £500

per

day

Umbrella.

Country Study Manager Role:

  • Drive Operational Excellence by developing operational plans, creating & managing clinical study budgets & overseeing the consistency of operations.
  • Manage

    vendors

    &

    stakeholders

    by

    managing

    relationships

    with

    vendors

    &

    cross-functional

    stakeholders.

  • Oversee

    performance

    of

    vendors

    and

    third-party

    providers.

  • Provides direction and leadership to the local study team, including Clinical Research Associates (CRAs), to ensure delivery of the study
  • Ensure

    timely

    delivery

    of

    the

    study

    within

    the

    UK

    while

    ensuring

    quality

    and

    compliance

    and

    diversity

    plan.

  • Collaborate with the relevant colleagues to ensure timely feasibility, start-up, site payments etc
Your

Background:

  • Previous experience in clinical trial management of UK based studies.
  • Study

    start-up

    experience

    highly

    desirable.

  • Hold

    a

    university

    degree

    or

    equivalent

    years

    of

    experience,

    preferred

    focus

    in

    life

    sciences.

  • Possess strong working knowledge of drug development process and respective regulations, including ICH and GCP guidelines.
Company:

Our

client

is

one

of

the

world's

premier

innovative

biopharmaceutical

companies,

discovering,

developing

and

providing

over

160

different

medicines,

vaccines

and

consumer

healthcare

products

to

help

improve

the

lives

of

millions

of

people

in

the

UK

and

around

the

world

every

year.

Location:

This

role

is

based

at

our

clients

site

in

Welwyn

Garden

City,

for

2

or

3

days

a

week,

then

offers

home

working

for

the

remainder

of

the

week.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 169 043 in all correspondence.

Please

note:

This

role

may

be

subject

to

a

satisfactory

basic

Disclosure

and

Barring

Service

(DBS)

check.

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