Roche Posted September 9, 2026

Clinical Site Manager

Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections,  where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

The position

As a Clinical Site Manager specialising in IVDR and Study Start-Up, you will be responsible for designing, planning, coordinating, and conducting all activities involved in initiating, monitoring, and completing clinical research studies at assigned sites. You will work independently to ensure studies are delivered, recorded, and reported in accordance with protocols, standard operating procedures, and global regulatory guidelines.

Key Accountabilities

The key accountabilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

Lead end-to-end study start-up activities, driving site selection, activation, and qualification assessments to ensure clinical trials launch efficiently and are compliance-ready.

Manage Ethics Committee (EC) and Competent Authority (CA) submissions, ensuring all trial documentation is available, local contracts, Ethics Committee and Competent Authority approvals meet stringent regulatory requirements.

Provide robust CRO oversight, monitoring external partner deliverables, tracking milestones, and escalation of any issues..

Act as the primary contact and clinical trial expert for assigned study site personnel, for execution of the study - including training and coordinating certification of study site personnel, and provide technical assistance, as necessary.

Develop critical study documentation, including informed consent documents, patient instruction guides, and key documents for EC/CA submissions

Collaborate cross-functionally with global, local, and virtual teams, demonstrating diversity, cultural awareness, and fostering strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional team members, internal stakeholders, and external partners to achieve business goals and ensure operational excellence.

Responsibilities

The following are responsibilities for the individuals in this position:

Adhere to regulations, guidelines and standard operating procedures, and ensure ongoing audit/inspection readiness.

Validate product performance claims, supply data for critical regulatory submissions, define the functional and clinical utility of our products, and obtain the opinions and input regarding our products from laboratories or customers.

Work in local and global study teams, including virtual teams and exhibit diversity and cultural awareness.

Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional team members.

Who you are

Typically has a minimum of 3-5 years of experience.

Bachelors Degree in scientific discipline or related field required, or equivalent combination of education and work experience, experience in a clinical laboratory, clinical study coordination is a plus

Awareness of the Roche organisation and key organisational drivers as well as the relevant processes, customers and products related to own discipline

Provides informal guidance to new team members

Solves potentially complex problems by analysing possible solutions using experience, judgement and precedents

Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations

 

 

Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Sant Cugat del Vallès. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Clinical Development
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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 313 comparable Manager Clinical Development roles across 66 biopharma companies.

313Comparable roles tracked
282Currently active
66Companies hiring similar roles
27Countries represented

Salary context

80 of 313 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
Lowest disclosed · Associate Scientist, Clinical Immunology & Diagnostics · Pfizer $60,200/yr – $100,400/yr
Highest disclosed · Statistical Advisor · Gilead Sciences, Inc. $226,185/yr – $292,710/yr
Peer group range $80,300 – $259,448 (median $183,450)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 313 comparable roles

United States139
India56
United Kingdom20
Poland17
China12
Germany11

+ 21 more countries

Seniority mix

313 of 313 peers have a known seniority level

Manager173
Associate Director108
Associate32

Therapeutic area mix

29 of 313 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology15
Immunology7
Dermatology & Aesthetics2
Cardiovascular / CVRM1
Rare Disease1
Ophthalmology1
Neuroscience1
Respiratory1

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