healthcare
Posted May 11Clinical Trials Pharmacy Manager
at Fortrea
On-site
Requirements
- Just a 7‑minute walk from the train station, our Leeds CRU is one of the few MHRA‑accredited Phase I units in the UK, purpose‑built to deliver first‑in‑human studies.
- experience Significant post-qualification pharmacy experience, including leadership responsibility in regulated environments subject to quality oversight, audits, or inspections Proven line-management experience, including leading, developing, and performance-managing pharmacy teams Clean‑room and production environment expertise Hands‑on
- experience working in clean‑room pharmacy environments, typically within hospital‑based, institutional settings, or phase I Research Units Practical
- experience working with clean‑room air classifications, including Grade C and Grade D environments, aligned with Annex 1 expectations
- Experience supporting or overseeing aseptic, sterile, and non‑sterile production activities Confidence operating in environments where clean‑room discipline, environmental monitoring, and contamination control are critical Preferred : Formal GMP
- Experience in clinical research or Phase I environments is an advantage, but not required If you want to apply your pharmacy leadership at the point where new medicines first reach humans, we’d like to hear from you. #LI-CV1 Learn more about our EEO & Accommodations request here .
Additional details
- What if your pharmacy leadership helped new medicines take their first step in human clinical trials? Fortrea, formerly Covance, is one of the world’s largest and longest‑established early‑phase clinical research organizations.
- We operate Phase I clinical research units (CRU) globally, including our world‑class Leeds CRU.
- If Leeds is where new medicines begin their journey, this job exists to lead the pharmacy function that makes that possible.
- As our next Clinical Trials Pharmacy Manager , you will combine people leadership with hands‑on pharmacy production expertise to lead and develop teams that deliver investigational medicinal products (IMP) during live clinical research activity.
- This is a full‑time , permanent role , based on site at Fortrea’s Leeds Drapers Yard Clinical Research Unit.
- WHY IS THIS JOB DIFFERENT? This is a rare pharmacy leadership role in the UK, where you work at the heart of first‑in‑human clinical research.