Job Description

Study Start Up Lead

  • Salary: £339 - £500 per day
  • REF Number: v-180073
  • Consultant: Key Accounts Team
  • Contact: 01438 870011
  • Date Published: 24.03.2026
  • Industry: Pharmaceutical
  • Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
  • Functional Expertise: Clinical Operations/Development, Other

Talentmark is recruiting for a Country Study Start Up Lead to join a company in the Pharmaceutical industry, at their site based in Welwyn Garden City, on a contract basis for 6 months.

Salary:

Daily:

£339

- £376.97

PAYE

or

£450

- £500

per

day

Umbrella.

Country Study Lead Role:

  • Drive and facilitate efficient study start-up processes to contribute to the delivery of clinical trials to patients.
  • Leading the country strategy for study start-up, driving efficiency, innovation, and collaboration with external stakeholders.
  • Overseeing start-up operations and ensuring timely and efficient site activation and regulatory compliance.
  • Engaging with government and institutional bodies to align on clinical trial policies and practices (e.g., with Ethics Boards, Health Authorities).
Your

Background:

  • Degree (MD, PhD, MA/MS, BA/BS) in life sciences or equivalent. Postgraduate degree or master’s degree highly desirable
  • Demonstrated experience in clinical trial start-up, regulatory submissions, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Strong experience with UK specific clinical start up systems including IRAS, CPMS & iCT and ARSAC
  • Strong understanding of ICH-GCP, EU CTR, and local regulatory environments

  • Experience managing vendor/CRO relationships
  • Experience management site relationships and leading leading site set up through to site activation
Company:

Our

client

is

one

of

the

world's

premier

innovative

biopharmaceutical

companies,

discovering,

developing

and

providing

over

160

different

medicines,

vaccines

and

consumer

healthcare

products

to

help

improve

the

lives

of

millions

of

people

in

the

UK

and

around

the

world

every

year.

Location:

This

role

is

based

at

our

clients

site

in

Welwyn Garden City, for 2 days a week, and there will be some site visits, and home working for the remainder of the week.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 180073 in all correspondence.

Please

note:

This

role

may

be

subject

to

a

satisfactory

basic

Disclosure

and

Barring

Service

(DBS)

check.

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