Senior Clinical Project Manager

Job description

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, skilled, and adaptable Senior Clinical Project Manager within our Clinical Operations team who will lead the conduct and execution of one or more clinical trials from study start-up to study closure with support or direction from an Associate Director/Director of Clinical Operations.

In this role, you will:

Lead all aspects of clinical trial execution for one or more programs from IND through proof-of-concept and pivotal studies

Plan and oversee implementation, coordination, and execution of global clinical trials including, but not limited to, oversight of study budgets, financial reporting, and forecasting in collaboration with Clinical Outsourcing

Develop and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional study teams, CROs, clinical investigators, and clinical trial stakeholders

Manage clinical trial operations and lead study teams, including CROs and vendors, and reporting of start-up, conduct, and close-out activities

Ensure compliance with study protocol and applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Good Clinical Practices (GCP), ICH and local regulations

The Team You’ll Join

Reporting to an Associate Director/Director of Clinical Operations, you will be an essential member of the Clinical Operations team within Development. This team is dedicated to ensuring operational excellence across our clinical programs. The Development Team is an empowered, execution‑minded group of drug development professionals responsible for translating Recursion’s innovative science to patients through clinical development activities.

The Experience You’ll Need

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or healthcare‑related field

8+ years of experience in a clinical operations role in the biopharmaceutical industry, with at least 3+ years experience in leading clinical trials and project management within a biotech organization required

Early phase (Phase 1, 2) oncology experience at a biotech/Sponsor is required

Demonstrated experience organizing and leading clinical study teams

Preferred Skills: proficiency managing timelines, tasks, milestones working in SmartSheet or similar project management software

Demonstrated track‑record of efficient and effective clinical trial planning and execution, including risk management and mitigation strategies

Experience in vendor and CRO selection, management, and oversight

Experience managing and tracking study budgets and financials with participation and involvement with invoice and contract review and approvals

Experience working closely with data management and clinical teams to set up study systems and ensure quality data collection through monitoring, cleaning and analysis

Preferred: CRF development and IRT build experience, knowledge of data listings used for monitoring and cleaning, contribution to data management related plans and specifications

Excellent working knowledge of FDA, ICH, GCP regulations and guidelines

Working Location & Compensation:

This position is open to both remote and hybrid models. The hybrid position would be office‑based at either our office located in New York City, New York or Salt Lake City, Utah . Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time. Relocation support can be provided for candidates not local to either geographical location.

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 $165,900 to $211,100 . You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

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 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.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies

Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion, and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.

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Worksite address

salt lake city, UT, 84193, US

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