Also called: Clinical Project Manager
Runs the logistics of testing new medicines on patients across dozens of hospitals.
You check which hospitals are behind on signing up patients, solve a shipping problem with frozen drug samples and prepare a timeline update for the drug company.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in a life science; many have a master's and CCRP or PMP certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacology.
Growing faster than average. Growing with biotech research.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI helps track enrollment and paperwork; solving hospital and shipping problems under strict rules stays human.
Classes: AP Biology, Chemistry, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9121.
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