Senior Clinical Project Manager

Johnson & Johnson

Clinical Project Manager overseeing project schedules, financial management, and risk analysis in Pharmaceutical sector. Collaborating across teams and maintaining governance documentation for clinical trials.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeSpring House • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $109,000 - $174,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create, manage, and maintain integrated study schedule in MS Project, including Key Event Maps, Roadmaps, and critical path visualization aligning in Planisware.
Assure Clinical timelines in Planisware align to MS Project schedule and coordinate the integrated clinical plan with Clinical Development Team project plans.
Ensure proper resource demand is reflected.
Develop scenarios in Planisware for budget, timeline, and FTE forecasting, while generating situational operational scenarios.
Collect, consolidate, and report financial, timeline and resource data for governance approvals and external funding partnerships.
Manage scope control, FTE and Out of Pocket variances.
Document key decisions, actions, risks, issues, and lessons learned, as well as maintain trial governance documentation.
Ensure risks are captured and monitored
Ensure budgets are effectively managed and forecasts adjusted to reflect current thinking
Drive and facilitate after action review meetings and results are documented
Work with the team to assess and remediate impact to scope, budget, timelines
Provide support for team-based reporting
Mentor & support onboarding of new team members, particularly those in Trial Management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Education: Bachelor’s degree required
Minimum of 4 years in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or related industries
Strong Project Management experience
Must possess excellent leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness
Experience leading without authority and in multi-functional matrixed and global environments
Excellent decision-making, analytical and strong financial management skills
Strong communication and presentation skills
Up to 10% travel – Domestic & International
Preferred: Knowledge of Clinical Research Operations
2-3 years of experience managing multiple aspects of the execution of global clinical trials (Phases I-IV)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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Hard Skills & Tools

MS ProjectPlaniswarebudget forecastingtimeline forecastingFTE forecastingscope controlresource managementfinancial reportingrisk managementclinical trial management

Soft Skills

leadershipteam productivitydecision-makinganalytical skillscommunication skillspresentation skillsmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingfacilitation