Head of Clinical Trial Operations

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced leader to provide high level oversight of operational activities for Barts Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) including strategic leadership to help us deliver a platform for trials across the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London

About You

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree and experience of clinical research operational management at a senior level. Experience in line management, project management and strategic leadership are also essential for the role.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The role is based at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health which harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health and preventive medicine.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

The post is based at the Whitechapel Campus in London. It is full time (35 hours per week), fixed term appointment for 2 years, with an expected start date of first quarter in 2026. The starting salary will be Grade 7, in the range of £64,331 - £71,834 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance. 

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.