Clinical Trial Manager
£62k - £77k GBP
Your work will change lives. Including your own.
The Impact You’ll Make
Recursion is at the forefront of reimagining drug discovery through the integration of automated cell biology, high-dimensional and diverse data sets, and sophisticated analytics. We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Clinical Trial Manager within our Clinical Operations team who will manage the conduct and execution of one or more clinical trials from study start-up to study closure in close collaboration with the Clinical Project Manager and/or Director of Clinical Operations.
In this role, you will:
- Drive the execution of clinical trial operations across diverse therapeutic areas to deliver transformative, new medicines to patients
- Manage and track clinical trial activities, timelines, and deliverables
- Engage and build relationships with clinical CRO and trial partners to support the successful execution of clinical trial activities
- Proactively identify opportunities for operational and process improvements within the Clinical Operations team
- Contribute to the advancement of the Recursion development portfolio
The Team You’ll Join
Reporting to a Director of Clinical Operations, you will be an essential member of the Clinical Operations team within Development and work closely with cross-functional study teams. You will impact all phases of Development clinical trials. The team is dedicated to ensuring operational excellence across our clinical programs.
The Experience You’ll Need
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of experience in a clinical operations role in the biopharmaceutical industry, with at least 2+ years experience in a CRA, CTA, or similar operations role required
- Early phase (Phase 1, 2) oncology and/or rare disease experience at a Sponsor or CRO is required
- Strong working knowledge of FDA, ICH, GCP regulations and guidelines
- Effective collaboration in a fast-paced team environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and an understanding of principles of relationship management across diverse internal and external stakeholders
- Detail-oriented with effective organizational and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience in managing multiple priorities and able to accomplish tasks within a timeframe, setting milestones to meet deadlines and to achieve goals
- Proficient in using various software applications related to clinical trials, such as, but not limited to: clinical trial management systems, project management tools, document management systems, and electronic data capture tools
- Willingness to travel to sites, conferences, and/or Recursion HQ as needed
Working Location & Compensation:
This is an office-based, hybrid position at our office located in London, England. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time. Relocation support can be provided for candidates not local to the area.
At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range for this role is £62,400 to £76,700. You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
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The Values We Hope You Share:
- We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
- We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
- We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
- We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
- We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
- We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.
Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.