Business area
Clinical Development Services
The scientific and operational heart of TFS.
Full-service delivery and management of clinical trials, from first protocol to final report.
How we work
Built around therapeutic areas, not hand offs.
Our teams are organised by therapeutic area, with every discipline embedded in the study team from day one. Decisions happen in the room, expertise compounds, and ownership is real.
Faster decisions
The medical monitor, the data lead and the Clinical Research Associate are in the same conversation, not a chain of tickets. Questions get answered while they are still small.
Deeper expertise
Years spent in one indication space, alongside scientific and medical experts you can learn from directly, rather than a new therapeutic area every quarter.
Real ownership
Fewer layers between an idea and a decision, and visible credit when it lands. A stronger sense of ownership is the point of the model.
Our four units
Pick the field you want to master.
Four therapeutic area units, each a close knit home of operational and scientific expertise. You join one, and can move between them as your career grows.
Dermatology, Immunology & Inflammatory Diseases
Inflammatory skin disease, immunology, infections and aesthetics, in trials with visually assessed endpoints and frequent patient reported outcomes.
Internal Medicine and Neuroscience
The broadest brief in the building: cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, gastrointestinal, infectious and autoimmune disease, alongside neurodegeneration, psychiatry, pain, epilepsy and rare neurological disorders. Precision work with medical experts, advisory boards and global sites, often across multiple phases at once.
Oncology & Hematology
Solid tumours and hematologic malignancies, early phase through post approval. Fast paced, complex protocols and a direct role in advancing treatments for serious and life threatening disease.
Ophthalmology
Retinal, inflammatory and degenerative eye disease. Highly specialised studies in a close knit, growing team at the forefront of research into vision.
Not sure which field is yours?
Tell us where you have worked and what you are curious about. Movement between therapeutic areas is a normal career step here.
The roles
Every discipline a study needs, in one team.
Below are some of our most common roles, and there are many more. Each one sits inside the study team, hired into a therapeutic area and working alongside the rest.
Clinical Operations
Clinical Research Associate at every level, Clinical Trial Associate, Study Coordinator, Clinical Trial Manager, Project Director.
The engine room: sites, patients, timelines.
Medical and Scientific
Medical Monitor, Medical Advisor, Medical Writer.
Judgement, safety oversight and the scientific voice of the study.
Biometrics and Data
Data Manager, Biostatistician, Statistical Programmer.
From case report form to submission ready evidence.
Regulatory and Start Up
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Study Start Up Lead.
Approvals and site activation across all our locations.
Safety and Pharmacovigilance
Drug Safety Officer, Pharmacovigilance Manager, Safety Physician.
Protecting participants around the clock.
Quality
Quality Assurance Auditor, Quality Manager.
Good Clinical Practice, audits and inspection readiness.
Hired into a therapeutic area, working alongside every other discipline on the study.
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Life in Clinical Development Services
What it feels like on a Tuesday.
Collaboration you can feel
Clinical operations, data, medical, regulatory and safety in one conversation, with study teams working shoulder to shoulder across time zones.
Room to improve things
Our in house innovations, from protocol deviation tooling to decentralised study design, began with someone on a study team saying there is a smarter way.
A humane rhythm
Meeting hours that respect several time zones, capacity planned in advance, and managers who solve a crunch instead of leaning on your evenings.
Belonging, not fitting in
Careers here began in nursing, pharmacy, academia and industry. Speaking up about quality, safety or ethics is expected of everyone.
“Working here feels energising and purposeful. I’m surrounded by people who genuinely care about doing great work and supporting one another, which makes even the busiest days feel rewarding. There’s room to grow, space to share ideas, and a culture that encourages curiosity and collaboration.”
Victoria HornagoldVice President, Clinical Development Services, Operations
Good questions
Questions we get asked a lot.
Do I need experience at a contract research organisation to join?
No. Careers here began in nursing, pharmacy, academia and industry. Structured Good Clinical Practice, therapeutic area and systems training, plus study specific onboarding, come before you ever face a site alone.
Which therapeutic area would I join?
You are hired into one of the four therapeutic area units, usually matching your experience or interest. Tell us what you are curious about: movement between areas is a normal career step.
Where would I work: office, hybrid or remote?
Set by the role, not by presenteeism. Teams hold together across time zones through good habits: written hand overs, cameras on stand ups, and meeting hours that respect where people actually are.
How does progression actually work?
A development plan you own and a manager measured on it. Specialist and leadership tracks both have clear levels, and honest conversations about where you are on them.
What is the difference between Clinical Development Services and Strategic Solutions?
Clinical Development Services runs studies end to end in TFS teams, while Strategic Solutions embeds TFS experts inside sponsor organisations. Same employer, same mission, and people move between the two.
Find the role that fits you.
Join a therapeutically aligned team and own work that ends in somebody’s treatment.
Working inside a sponsor team instead? See Strategic Solutions.