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Trial Vendor Startup Manager

United Kingdom · Job Posted June 16, 2026
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Parexel is in the business of improving the world’s health. We do this by providing a suite of biopharmaceutical services that help clients across the world transform scientific discoveries into new treatments. We believe in our values, Patients First, Quality, Respect, Empowerment & Accountability. We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Trial Vendor Startup Manager (Start -Up Project Manager) to work in our innovative and successful Parexel FSP group which is a flexible outsourcing model that provides specialized functional services to biopharmaceutical companies, enhancing efficiency, agility, and strategic support in clinical trials. This position is available in the following EMEA locations - UK, Spain, Ireland, Poland, Romania and Italy and we offer fully remote (country stipulated) home based working. As the Trial Vendor Startup Manager (Trial Start -Up Project Manager) you will be responsible for providing technical expertise for a given vendor category during study startup to the Vendor Program Manager (VPM) and indirectly to the study start-up team. You will enable a flawless and accelerated vendor service delivery at the trial start-up phase and supports implementation of defined category strategies and service standardization. You will also proactively assess risk and conclude contingency plans to de-risk study startup.

Job Responsibility

  • Interacts closely with the Vendor Program Manager to achieve study objectives specifically for its assigned categories: Reviewing of the vendor and category related specific sections of the protocol, ensure vendor expertise is leveraged when refining specifications towards Final Protocol
  • Contributing to development of Study Specification Worksheet (SSW) to facilitate bid process and selection of Vendors
  • Quote/Proposal review in collaboration with procurement (and vendor)
  • If required, support contract negotiations
  • Vendor budget review of final quotes
  • Co-ordinates vendor kick-off meeting and other vendor specific meetings
  • Collects submission documents from vendor, as requested by countries participating in a study
  • Performs robust User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for eCOA and IRT
  • Ensures changes to protocol or study designs are consistently shared with vendors and incorporated into supplier budgets, timelines, and specifications
  • Supports amendment of vendor contracts with Procurement team
  • Pro-actively creates and maintains vendor related risk maps with contingency plan for documentation in FIRST
  • Documents issues identified with vendor oversight / performance in FIRST tool and implements and monitors corrective actions
  • Escalates issue if required
  • Supports the implementation of standards, templates, tools, and processes for vendors at SSU for defined categories
  • Supports practice leaders in improvement projects and learning loops.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in life sciences or business with equivalent direct clinical trial project management experience
  • Fluent English communication skills, oral and written
  • Strong clinical project management experience including advanced level study start up work exposure with excellent knowledge of clinical operation processes and vendor management
  • Specific vendor category expertise – specifically such as Central Labs, eCOA/ePRO, IRT, Cardiac and Respiratory diagnostics, PR&R, Imaging reading
  • Hands on experience in User Acceptance testing (eCOA & IRT) specifically
  • Excellent knowledge of GxP and ICH regulations
  • Expert knowledge of clinical trial design and mapping to supplier requirements
  • Thorough and technical understanding of client specifications for supplier provided services
  • Demonstrated leadership with supplier relationship management and/or expert knowledge of specific service areas
  • Demonstrated partnering across divisions with internal and external stakeholders
  • Demonstrated root cause analysis, problem solving, and solution generation skills
  • Knowledge of key deliverables that impact green light milestones and vendor readiness
  • Experience in outsourcing, contracting, sourcing of clinical services with Vendor/CROs (RFP, RFQ, contracting)

What we offer

  • holiday
  • pension
  • other leading-edge benefits
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