Location
London, with regular travel to multiple clinical sites across South London including Guys and St Thomas, Lewisham and Greenwich, and Oxleas Trusts.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£72,921 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS trusts, providing a wide range of hospital and community services across South London and specialist care nationally. The Trust is home to leading facilities including the largest dental school in Europe, a £160 million Cancer Centre, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and one of the largest critical care units in the UK. In 2021, the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined the Trust, creating a world-renowned heart and lung centre.

This role offers a unique opportunity to lead the South London Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC) as its Manager. You will operationally lead and manage the CRDC hub at Guys and St Thomas, and support the spokes at Lewisham and Greenwich and Oxleas Trusts. The role involves embedding best practice in commercial research delivery, growing the portfolio of commercial studies, and ensuring a financially sustainable and high-performing research centre.

The post holder will work closely with research teams, infrastructure, and partner organisations to deliver a growing portfolio of commercial research studies. This includes strategic development, business planning, budget management, staff leadership, risk and governance oversight, and fostering strong communication and collaboration across multiple sites. The role requires regular travel across South London clinical sites.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is committed to clinical excellence, high quality teaching and research, and delivering the best possible patient experience. The Trust values diversity and inclusion and supports flexible working arrangements to promote a healthy work-life balance.

Experience
- Significant experience in clinical research management, including planning, coordination, and conducting clinical research studies or managing clinical research.
- Expert understanding of the research environment and its evolving landscape.
- Experience in managing budgets and developing financial plans.
- Proven strategic leadership skills and ability to lead initiatives and change.

About You
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and make informed judgements.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple sites.
- Excellent communication skills, able to engage effectively with staff at all levels.
- Motivational leader capable of inspiring and managing multi-professional teams.
- Flexible approach to working and managing competing priorities.

Qualifications
- Essential: Master’s degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
- Desirable: Leadership and/or management qualification.

Desirable Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of NCVR and commercial research within pharma or NHS.
- Senior management experience of NHS-based research infrastructure or delivery services.

Values and Behavioural Attitudes
- Ability to analyse performance against targets and strategic objectives and suggest improvements.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Willingness to travel regularly across South London sites as required by the role.