About this role
Location: London, UK (Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office) Fortrea is seeking an Associate Country Clinical Quality Manager (ACCQM) to join our UK client-dedicated team. This role is ideal for an experienced clinical quality professional who understands country and site-specific risks and is passionate about driving quality, compliance, and inspection readiness. In addition to strong clinical quality expertise, we are looking for individuals who embrace digital and AI-enabled ways of working, using data, automation, and technology to improve quality oversight, risk management, and operational efficiency. As a trusted partner to country stakeholders, you will play a key role in safeguarding patient safety, data integrity, and regulatory compliance while helping to advance innovative, data-driven approaches to clinical quality management. What you'll do
• Partner with country stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate quality and compliance risks. • Support audits and regulatory inspections, including CAPA development, root cause analysis, and follow-up activities. • Act as a subject matter expert in ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, and quality management frameworks. • Support the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of SOPs and quality systems. • Identify trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement through data-driven analysis and quality metrics. • Leverage digital tools, reporting solutions, and automation opportunities to strengthen quality oversight and operational effectiveness. • Contribute to inspection readiness activities and compliance monitoring. • Support training, knowledge sharing, and quality awareness initiatives across teams. • Assist with Quality Control activities, including site-related quality reviews where required. What we're looking for
• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or a related field. • Experience in clinical quality, compliance oversight, audits, inspections, or quality management activities. • Experience with Power BI, Power Apps, automation tools, data analytics, or AI-enabled solutions. • Exposure to audits, inspections, CAPA management, and quality investigations. • Ability to identify risks, analyze trends, and drive continuous improvement. • Interest in digital, data-driven, and AI-enabled approaches to quality management. • Experience developing dashboards, metrics, or automated reporting. Nice to have
• experience as a CRA or in a similar clinical research role. • Experience supporting compliance investigations or quality issue management. • Exposure to pharmacovigilance, privacy events, or serious breach reporting. • Previous involvement in inspection readiness activities. Why join us? This is an opportunity to combine clinical quality expertise with innovative digital and AI-enabled ways of working. You'll help drive quality, compliance, and inspection readiness while leveraging technology, automation, and data to improve clinical trial oversight.
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