IQVIA Posted October 8, 2026

Clinical Operations Manager

Shanghai, China Full time
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About this opportunity

Essential Functions

• Manage staff in accordance with organization’s policies and applicable regulations. Responsibilities include planning, assigning, and directing work, assessing performance and guiding professional development, rewarding and disciplining employees, and addressing employee relations issues and resolving problems.

• Participate in the selection for hiring new employees by conducting candidate review and participating in the interviewing process. Ensure that new employees are properly onboarded and trained.

• Ensure that staff has the proper materials, systems access and training to complete job responsibilities. Provide oversight for the execution of the training plan, SOP review and training experiences, as applicable.

• Participate in the allocation of resources to clinical research projects by assigning staff to clinical studies based on their experience and training.

• Manage the quality of assigned staff's clinical work through regular review and evaluation of work product.

• Identifies quality risks and issues and create appropriate corrective action plans to prevent or correct deficiencies in performance of staff.

• Ensures that staff are meeting defined workload and quality metrics through regular review and reporting of findings as outlined by clinical operations management.

• May collaborate with other clinical teams and other functional leadership to manage project related challenges and to achieve exemplary customer service.

• Participates in corporate or organizational departmental quality or process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Degree in scientific discipline or health care preferred. Pref

• Prior clinical trial experience including experience in a management/leadership capacity or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• In-depth knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements (i.e., Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines).

• Good leadership skills.

• Computer skills including proficiency in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Written and verbal communication skills including good command of English.

• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills.

• Effective time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers, and clients.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Clinical Development
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Shanghai, China
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Clinical Development role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 391 comparable Manager Clinical Development roles across 68 biopharma companies.

391Comparable roles tracked
367Currently active
68Companies hiring similar roles
42Countries represented

Salary context

121 of 391 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Highest disclosed · Statistical Advisor · Gilead Sciences, Inc. $226,185/yr – $292,710/yr
Peer group range $95,500 – $259,448 (median $180,500)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 391 comparable roles

United States182
India48
United Kingdom24
Poland13
Spain11
China11

+ 36 more countries

Seniority mix

391 of 391 peers have a known seniority level

Manager249
Associate Director112
Associate30

Therapeutic area mix

37 of 391 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology18
Immunology11
Neuroscience3
Ophthalmology2
Dermatology & Aesthetics1
Rare Disease1
Respiratory1

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