About the role

Join our established clinical research site in Wollongong and play a key role in leading site operations and supporting the delivery of high-quality clinical trials.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Site Manager to join our clinical research team in Wollongong, NSW.

The Site Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operational leadership of Canopy’s Wollongong clinical research site. The role ensures the site operates efficiently, safely, and compliantly, while providing leadership to designated non-clinical staff and supporting study teams in delivering clinical trials to high-quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead day-to-day site operations to support the safe, timely, productive, and high-quality delivery of clinical trials.

- Oversee participant scheduling, clinic utilisation, and site workflows to ensure operational requirements and agreed expectations are consistently met.

- Ensure equipment, facilities, records, and required registers are maintained, current, compliant, and inspection-ready.

- Maintain site-level compliance with Canopy SOPs, policies, and applicable requirements, ensuring identified gaps are addressed or escalated promptly.

- Monitor and coordinate the timely completion of CAPA, audit findings, and operational actions within agreed timeframes.

- Provide leadership and support to direct reports,



ensuring staff have current training, clear objectives, and documented development plans.

- Proactively identify, assess, and manage site-level risks, escalating issues appropriately where required.

- Promote a positive workplace culture and contribute to an excellent participant experience.

- Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement across site operations, processes, and service delivery.

About you

- Tertiary qualification in healthcare, science, business or a related discipline

- Current ICH-GCP certification

- Working With Children Check where required for the site or duties

- At least 5 years of clinical research experience desirable, including experience as a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator/Nurse or in an equivalent senior site role

- Demonstrated experience coordinating people, workflows and competing operational priorities

- Experience supporting clinical research quality, audit readiness, facilities or equipment compliance

- Developing people leadership, coaching and performance-management capability

- Strong operational planning, scheduling and resource-coordination skills

- Sound understanding of ICH-GCP, clinical research site operations and SOP compliance

- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams

📌 Site Manager (Wollongong)
🏢 Canopy Clinical Research
📍 Wollongong