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Job overview
The Start-up Team Manager oversees site activation for assigned clinical study projects, supporting delivery against timelines and quality standards. The role coordinates information among PPD teams, clients, and functional departments; monitors project status and reports metrics; identifies risks and plans contingencies; and manages financial, contractual, and operational aspects of site activation. It also supports feasibility, site contracts, country teams, and customer relationships.
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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Join us as Start-up Team Manager - To manage complex site operations, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, support site recruitment and training efforts, and facilitate smooth collaboration between trial sites and internal teams to drive the success of clinical studies.
What You’ll Do:
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Collaborate with multiple team members in a matrix environment for the effective delivery of site activation within the assigned projects.
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May oversee site activation for assigned projects according to timelines and quality standard.
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Assist with coordination of the flow of information between PPD teams, clients, or functional departments involved in site activation.
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Develop recommended plans/guidelines for project implementation using PPD tools
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Monitor and analyze project status to ensure successful progress and completion of all assigned projects and provide metrics to upper management.
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Perform risk identification and provide contingency planning.
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Collaborate with PPD teams to manage all financial and contractual aspects of studies related to site activation.
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Work within the team to establish appropriate controls to ensure that project resources and expenses are aligned with budgets with accountability to Global
Project Management.
- Administer the technical and operational aspects of the site activation portion of assigned projects, including coordination of feasibility, site contracts, and
country teams in a matrix environment and manages the assigned scope of work against timelines, costs, and quality.
- Participating in a functional area leads to identifying and evaluating fundamental issues pertaining to successful site activation, interpreting data on complex issues,
make good business decisions and ensure solutions are implemented.
- Develop customer relationships in alignment with assigned projects.
Education and Experience:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
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Previous experience to provide 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 and Abilities:
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Able to work well and efficiently with cross-functional teams
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Consistently demonstrates knowledge of the key principles of cross functional project management
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Demonstrated organizational and multitasking skills
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Demonstrated attention to detail
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Ability to identify and remedy risks related to contractual deliverables and provides appropriate solutions
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Demonstrates sound understanding of cross-cultural awareness and can adapt appropriately
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Comprehensive understanding and appreciation of clinical research/ development, including medical and therapeutic areas, phases and medical terminology
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Demonstrates ability to lead, liaise and coordinate cross-functional project teams
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Comprehensive knowledge/understanding of clinical development guidelines and Directives
Working Conditions and Environment:
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Work is performed in an office/ laboratory and/or a clinical environment.
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Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms.
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Exposure to electrical office equipment.
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Personal protective equipment is required such as protective eyewear, garments and gloves.
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Occasional travel, up to 20% of the time, includes travel to site locations both domestic and international. May include travel time outside of normal business hours and/or on weekends.
Physical Requirements:
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Ability to work in an upright and /or stationary position for 6-8 hours per day.
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Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
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Frequent mobility required.
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Occasional crouching, stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
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Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
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Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
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Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.
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Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.
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Regular and consistent attendance.
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 breakthrough.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
How this job compares
Set against the 583 open Clinical Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$130–170K/yr285 salary ranges
- US median$29–44/hr79 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 26 open Clinical Operations jobs in North Carolina and 583 across the US. 16% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- ThermoFisher Scientific (this employer)10 open
- UNC Health Care5 open
- Judi Health3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Clinical Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (485 postings).
- Education
- 244 of the 583 open Clinical Operations jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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