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Role Description

As a Principal Project Lead, you will lead our most complex, multi-component, multi-country studies, serving as a subject matter expert. Your value to the business lies in your critical thinking and ability to translate high-level, often vague requirements into robust, technically and operationally sound project architectures.

• Navigate increased variables and technical and operational dependencies that come with complex studies.
• Operate with minimal oversight, acting as the pivotal bridge and consultant to the customer.
• Take ownership of the end-to-end delivery from ensuring internal project cohesion to leveraging your risk expertise.
• Confidently articulate challenges and guide external stakeholders to the best possible solution.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in managing highly complex projects within the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for clinical software.
• Strong understanding of EDC/CDMS, eConsent and eCOA solutions, services and operational strategies.
• Experience with eCOA services scale licensing, translations, device provisioning, Helpdesk and data management.
• Strong experience of using project tools such as Jira, Confluence and Microsoft Project (or equivalent).
• Deep understanding of the regulatory landscape and industry trends to guide project strategy.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical study operations, ensuring technical solutions align with site workflows, patient centricity, and study-specific operational requirements.
• Direct experience or foundational understanding of Real-World Evidence (RWE) studies, including the unique data capture and longitudinal tracking needs of late-phase research.
• Self-starter who masters the art of remote collaboration.
• Ability to give and receive direct, data-driven feedback necessary to win as a team.

Requirements

• Accepting candidates +2/-2 CET. At this time, we cannot accept applications from France, Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, or Switzerland.

Benefits

• Unlimited annual leave with a 25-day minimum. We don’t just allow time off; we expect you to take it.
• Once a quarter, the whole company shifts gears for downtime weeks—no new shipping, just a week for deep focus, learning, or catching up.
• AI-first culture with tools and training to ensure you’re spending your energy on high-value work, not manual repetition.
• All team members are offered options through our Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP).
• Free access to Open Up for mental health, specialized sleep courses, and a budget for your home office.
• A guaranteed "Happy Holidays" bonus every December.

Company Description

At Castor, we’re modernizing the backbone of clinical research. We provide a modular cloud platform designed to run trials end-to-end, with a robust Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system, eConsent for recruitment and screening, and eCOA to accurately capture patient-reported outcomes.

We are a remote-first company built on the belief that talented people do their best work when they have the agency to manage their own lives.