Participant Recruitment Strategy Manager

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Join us as a Recruitment Strategy Manager and lead the development and execution of strategic participant recruitment campaigns that help clinical studies achieve enrollment goals. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert in recruitment strategy, bringing together data, marketing, operational insights, and cross-functional collaboration to develop innovative, effective, and financially sound recruitment solutions. At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. What You’ll Do: Serve as a subject matter expert in patient recruitment strategy, providing strategic guidance across studies and therapeutic area portfolios. Develop and oversee comprehensive recruitment marketing strategies, including audience targeting, creative approach, campaign planning, channel selection, and budget management. Analyze recruitment and campaign performance to identify trends, optimize strategies, and drive delivery against enrollment targets. Identify recruitment risks and opportunities and develop proactive, data-informed solutions to improve study performance. Manage recruitment marketing budgets, evaluate ROI, and identify opportunities to optimize spend and improve cost efficiency. Partner across recruitment, operations, marketing, community engagement, and other functional teams to align strategy and support effective execution. Build strong relationships with internal leaders and stakeholders to promote collaboration, consistency, innovation, and operational excellence across the portfolio. Maintain awareness of participant profiles, therapeutic areas, market dynamics, competitor activity, and industry trends to inform recruitment strategy. Develop recruitment insights, metrics, and strategic recommendations to support sponsor discussions, proposals, bid defenses, and project escalations.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic or vocational qualification. Typically 5+ years of relevant experience, including experience within clinical research, clinical trials, or a closely related environment. Experience developing or supporting patient recruitment, recruitment marketing, clinical trial marketing, study strategy, or related initiatives. Demonstrated experience interpreting clinical trial protocols and applying an understanding of patient populations, eligibility criteria, and therapeutic areas to recruitment or study-delivery strategies. Experience using data and analytics to evaluate performance and inform strategic decisions. In some cases, an equivalency consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: ​Strong clinical and medical acumen with the ability to interpret study protocols, eligibility criteria, disease characteristics, and patient pathways to inform effective recruitment strategies. Ability to interpret complex clinical and protocol information to identify relevant patient populations, targeting opportunities, and actionable recruitment strategies aligned with