Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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New CTM Opportunity

Posted Sep 20, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Beijing, China
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).
Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

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Role Summary

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The Clinical Trial Manager manages clinical operational and quality activities for low- to moderate-complexity studies as part of a team of CTMs. The role is accountable for delivering clean, evaluable patient data within contractual time, quality, and cost expectations while coordinating clinical teams, study documentation, and site activities.

What You'll Do

  • Manage clinical operational and quality aspects of allocated studies in compliance with ICH GCP.
  • Develop clinical tools and contribute to clinical documents, Trial Master File sections, and study-specific materials.
  • Lead clinical team communication and meetings, and implement standardized clinical monitoring processes.
  • Monitor clinical timelines, metrics, visit reports, CRF collection, query resolution, and recovery actions to achieve final clinical...
  • Coordinate study start-up activities, ethics committee and regulatory submissions, and follow-up on committee questions.
  • Manage clinical resources, assignment and delegation of responsibilities, and additional resource requirements.

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Qualifications

Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent, comparable to 5+ years of relevant experience, English language proficiency, clinical monitoring knowledge, and understanding of ICH/GCP and FDA guidelines.

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
  • Comparable to 5+ years of previous experience
  • English language proficiency
  • Familiarity with the practices, processes, and requirements of clinical monitoring
  • Solid understanding of relevant regulations e.g. ICH/GCP, FDA guidelines, etc.
  • Effective oral and written communication skills
  • Good planning and organizational skills
  • Solid interpersonal and problem solving skills

Original job description

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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Join Us as a Clinical Trial Manager
The Clinical Trial Manager is accountable for achieving the final clinical deliverable (usually clean data from evaluable patients as specified in the study protocol) within the time period specified in the contract with the customer. The Clinical Trial Manager interprets data on project issues and makes good business decisions with support from experienced team members or line manager. Works to ensure that all clinical deliverables meet the customer's time/quality/cost expectations. Maintains profitability by ensuring clinical activity is conducted within contract scope, through efficient management of the clinical team. The position involves working on projects of low to moderate complexity and as part of a team of CTMs.


What You'll Do:
• Manage all clinical operational and quality aspects of allocated studies, of low to moderate complexity, in compliance with ICH GCP. In accordance to project specific requirements, may assume Clinical Study Manager (CSM) responsibilities on small and/or less complex projects.
• Develop clinical tools (e.g. Monitoring Plan, Monitoring Guidelines) in conjunction with the Data Quality Plan. Contribute to the development of the Master Action Plan (MAP) for providing clinical related documents. Ensure timely set up, organization, content and quality of the relevant sections of the Trial Master File (local and central). May participate in the design and development of CRFs, CRF guidelines, patient informed consent templates and other protocol specific documents as required. Collaborate with the project manager to prepare, organize, and present at client meetings, including bid defense and hand-off meetings.
• Collaborate with the clinical team and other departments as needed to meet deliverables of the project. Regularly communicate with the team and lead team meetings to ensure that timelines, resources, interactions, and quality are maintained. Responsible for the implementation and training of standardized clinical monitoring processes within the study and according to corporate standard policies. Responsible for the timely archiving of documents and study materials for the department.
• Ensure achievement of the final clinical deliverable within the contractual time period specified by preparing and monitoring clinical activity timelines and metrics, providing status updates to the project manager, regularly reviewing projects using tracking and management tools, implementing recovery actions, reviewing monitoring visit reports, and managing CRF collection and query resolution. Continuously monitor or co-monitors clinical trials to assess performance and ensure contractual obligations are met. In smaller regions, may routinely conduct Accompanied Field Visits (AFVs) and be accountable for project financials.
• May communicate with study sites regarding issues such as protocol, patient participation, case report form completion and other study-related issues.
• May coordinate all start-up activities and ensures that timely ethics committee and regulatory submissions (if appropriate) are addressed. Ensure that essential document quality meets the expectation of Regulatory Compliance Review. Review and follows up on all questions raised by the ethics committees.
• May provide input into preparation of forecast estimates for clinical activities. Responsible for clinical resource management, assignment, delegation of clinical responsibilities and identification of additional resource requirements.

Education & Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Good leadership skills, effective at mentoring and training, and capable of motivating and integrating teams
• Good planning and organizational skills to enable effective prioritization of workload
• Solid interpersonal and problem solving skills to enable working in a multicultural matrix organization
• Capable of working effectively in a changing environment with complex/ambiguous situations
• Familiarity with the practices, processes, and requirements of clinical monitoring
• Good judgment and decision making skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including English language proficiency
• Capable of evaluating workload against project budget and adjusting resources accordingly
• Sound financial acument and knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and fiscal management
• Strong attention to detail
• Solid understanding of relevant regulations e.g. ICH/GCP, FDA guidelines, etc.
• Good computer skills to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications such as Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.

Working Conditions and Environment:
• Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Frequently drives to site locations and frequently travels both domestic and international.

Why Join Us?

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

Thermo Fisher Scientific

About the company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Large Enterprise

Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, providing a wide range of analytical instruments, reagents, and software solutions for healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences research. With a commitment to innovation and quality, the company enables customers to make significant advancements in scientific discovery and healthcare diagnostics. Thermo Fisher operates in more than 50 countries and employs over 80,000 people, fostering a collaborative environment aimed at enhancing global health and safety. Through its broad portfolio of brands and technologies, the company plays a vital role in accelerating life-changing research and improving patient outcomes worldwide.