Also called: Clinical Project Manager
Leads entire clinical trials—budgets, timelines, dozens of sites, and hundreds of patients.
Holds calls with research sites in five countries, solves a drug shipment delay, and updates leadership on how fast patients are enrolling.
Industry estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 8 years after high school. Bachelor's or master's in life sciences plus 5+ years of trial experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Public Health, Business.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI forecasts enrollment and drafts plans; juggling sites, budgets and people problems across countries stays human.
Classes: Statistics, Biology, Business or economics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9121.
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