Clinical Trials Unit Project Manager 1, 2, or 3

About the role

Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a world-renowned academic research institute of Louisiana State University, is seeking a Project Manager in the Clinical Trials Unit.

Posted September 22, 2026; closes October 6, 2026.

Background check required prior to hire; official transcripts required prior to hire.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the planning, implementation, and day-to-day operations of assigned clinical trials, including timelines, milestones, priorities, workflows, and study deliverables.
• Coordinate regulatory and study start-up activities, including preparation and submission of required regulatory documents, study materials, amendments, and continuing reviews.
• Manage study activities throughout the research lifecycle, including participant recruitment and screening, enrollment, study visits, follow-up, data and document collection, and study closeout.
• Coordinate and monitor project team activities to ensure compliance with study protocols, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), applicable regulations, institutional policies, and sponsor requirements.
• Collaborate with Principal Investigators and study leadership to develop and implement study plans, protocols, training plans, recruitment strategies, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and participant targets.
• Monitor study progress, recruitment, enrollment, participant retention, regulatory milestones, and other key performance indicators; identify barriers and facilitate timely resolution of issues.
• Coordinate communication among Principal Investigators, research staff, sponsors, monitors, regulatory personnel, clinical partners, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate and timely study documentation, records, data, and tracking systems in accordance with protocol, regulatory, institutional, and sponsor requirements.
• Coordinate study team meetings, training, and orientation activities and provide guidance to project team members regarding study procedures, protocols, and research requirements.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve clinical research processes, workflows, communication, and study operations.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and effective teamwork across multidisciplinary clinical research teams.
• Perform other duties related to clinical research operations as assigned.

Qualifications

• Project Manager 1: Bachelor's degree in clinical research, health sciences, life sciences, public health, nursing, healthcare administration, business, or a related field; two years of experience in clinical research, clinical trial coordination, healthcare research, or a related field; experience coordinating research projects, clinical studies, or multidisciplinary activities; working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), clinical research regulations, and applicable institutional requirements.
• Project Manager 2: Bachelor's degree in clinical research, health sciences, life sciences, public health, nursing, healthcare administration, business, or a related field; four years of experience in clinical research, clinical trial coordination, healthcare research, or a related field, including at least two years of project or clinical trial management experience; demonstrated experience independently coordinating clinical trials or research projects from study start-up through closeout; demonstrated knowledge and application of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), clinical research regulations, and institutional requirements; experience coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and managing competing priorities, timelines, and study deliverables.
• Project Manager 3: Bachelor's degree in clinical research, health sciences, life sciences, public health,