Lead patient recruitment across NZ & AUS for a growing clinical research leader. Drive strategy, mentor a team & enhance processes. North Shore based.
Momentum Clinical Research is a market leader in clinical trials across Australia and New Zealand, operating the largest network of 14 purpose-built clinical research sites. Their work accelerates groundbreaking treatments and medications that transform lives while maintaining the highest standards of innovation, safety, and patient care. This is your chance to join a team making a real difference in global healthcare.
We have a fantastic, newly created opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Head of Participant Recruitment to take charge of a Momentum Clinical Research who are fast-growing in the clinical research sector.
This role will see you lead a high-performing outbound recruitment team, ensuring strong patient engagement and overseeing the recruitment of clinical trial participants across New Zealand and Australia. You’ll play an important role in the organisation by mentoring a team, driving excellence, improving processes, and helping establish and build the function.
Key Accountabilities:
- Develop and implement data-driven recruitment strategies in collaboration with clinical, marketing, and management teams.
- Foster genuine relationships with participants, ensuring a seamless and positive experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Identify and capitalise on new opportunities to improve patient recruitment efficiency and engagement.
- Achieve recruitment targets by coaching, mentoring, and leading a high-performing team.
- Utilise data insights and reporting to make informed decisions and drive continuous process improvements.
- Implement new recruitment systems and tools to enhance efficiency and tracking.
- Partner with internal teams to develop targeted recruitment and advertising strategies based on patient demographics and clinical trial needs.
- Oversee the full patient journey, from initial outreach to enrolment, ensuring compliance with regulatory and ethical guidelines.
We are looking for a highly motivated and results-driven leader with a strong track record in data-driven patient recruitment, customer engagement, or sales leadership. However, we are also open to professionals from healthcare, sales, or operations backgrounds who can demonstrate success in streamlining processes and leading high-performing teams.
Your communication and leadership skills will enable you to build lasting relationships with patients, team members, and key stakeholders. You’ll be a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of data and performance metrics to drive recruitment success.
This role will oversee both onsite and remote team members across New Zealand and Australia, working closely with clinical, senior leadership, and marketing teams to ensure seamless collaboration.
As the Head of Participant Recruitment, you’ll be part of a collaborative leadership team with the autonomy to shape the future success of patient recruitment, a function seen as key to the organisation’s future growth.
Momentum Clinical Research has a great company culture and has established a head office on the North Shore in Auckland. This is a unique opportunity to help establish and lead a function from the ground up across both New Zealand and Australia.
Opportunities like this are rare, so don’t miss out! Apply online today or reach out to Jason at 09 218 6127 with any questions.
This role is being exclusively recruited by Infinitas Talent, so please direct all enquiries to them.
For more information about Infinitas Talent, please visit http://infinitas.co.nz.
Please note: Only NZ/Australian citizens or those with a valid New Zealand residence/work visa are eligible for this role.
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