Senior Clinical Trials Research Nurse

Job Title: Senior Clinical Lead, Clinical Partnerships and Collaborations Location: London or Edinburgh
Job Type: Permanent

Are you passionate about making life science life changing and delivering impact for patients? As Senior Clinical Lead, you will drive delivery of complex clinical projects and programmes through high-impact partnerships and collaborations.
You will shape clinical strategy, establish robust governance frameworks, integrate and manage multifaceted projects and influence senior stakeholders across organisations to drive operational excellence. This role demands the ability to forge and sustain strategic relationships with external organisations, academic institutions, industry partners, and senior internal colleagues to maximise the value and impact of our funded initiatives.
Develop and implement clinical strategies, frameworks, and governance across internal and collaborative projects.
Provide leadership and line management, influencing cross-functional and multi-project teams to deliver results.
Advise senior management and stakeholders on clinical strategy, risk management, and innovation.
Experience in establishing and sustaining high-impact clinical collaboration relationships with external organisations, academic institutions, industry partners and senior internal colleagues.
Significant experience in clinical development the pharmaceutical/biotech or life sciences industry.
In-depth knowledge of clinical trial phases, designs and regulatory requirements particularly in rare diseases and/or global health.
Proven track record in managing and delivering clinical projects from concept to implementation.
PhD or equivalent in a relevant life sciences discipline; Experience with joint governance, shared risk management, and collaborative strategy development for clinical programmes
Familiarity with regulatory requirements and operational delivery in clinical partnership contexts.
Experience with international clinical development, cross border collaborations and regulatory submissions is highly desirable.

Advanced project and programme management skills, ensuring delivery of complex clinical initiatives.
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, fostering collaboration and trust across diverse teams and organisations
High level of organisational and analytical capability, with attention to detail and commitment to quality.

LifeArc is a not-for-profit life science organisation, leading the way for change in rare diseases in the UK and supporting promising initiatives in global health. We seek out research in areas of unmet need that has great potential, providing support to help it become breakthroughs that change lives.

Focused on finding life changing solutions for underserved patients, our people thrive in an inclusive, and supportive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary approach guarantees our people growth opportunities, while our culture of innovation and collaboration drives the impact we make delivering on our purpose of 'putting patients at the centre of everything we do'.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term health condition who meet the essential criteria for the role.

At LifeArc, the Disability Confident Scheme's 'minimum criteria' is referred to as 'essential criteria')

Because we understand everyone has different requirements, our flexible benefits allow you to choose those which are important to you. Our pension scheme offers employer contributions of up to 12%, private health insurance, and annual leave of 31 days PLUS bank holidays.

Studies have shown that women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, for example, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LifeArc we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so whatever your background or lived experience, if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.