Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please see below our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please use the above link to see our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Scientific Project Manager

Scientific Project Managers oversee complex R&D, clinical, or manufacturing projects within biotech and pharmaceutical companies. They coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver milestones on time and within budget, while maintaining scientific and regulatory quality.

Key responsibilities:

  • Managing cross-functional project teams – Including scientists, QA, regulatory, clinical operations, and external vendors or collaborators.

  • Tracking project timelines, deliverables, and budgets – Using tools like MS Project, Smartsheet, or Monday.com to maintain transparency and alignment.

  • Facilitating stakeholder communication – Ensuring regular updates, managing expectations, and reporting to executive leadership.

  • Supporting documentation and compliance – Maintaining audit-ready records, protocols, and change control logs across the project lifecycle.

  • Mitigating risk and handling change requests – Proactively identifying potential delays or scope shifts and responding with solutions.

This role suits professionals with a science background and strong organizational, interpersonal, and regulatory understanding (GMP, GCP, or GLP depending on the setting).​

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in the East of England region to the north of London and within commuting distance.  Major towns and cities in Bedfordshire include Luton, Bedford and Leighton Buzzard.

In earlier centuries Bedfordshire’s economy was based around agriculture, wool and lacemaking.   However, current day Bedfordshire is home to a number of UK and international companies in the aerospace, automotive, logistics, service and high tech industries.  EasyJet, Monarch Airlines and Thomson Airways which are and all based in Luton, close to the airport.

Bedfordshire is steeped in history; it was the birthplace of the Church of England (at The Priory Church of St Peter Dunstable) and during the second World War it provided a safe haven for exiled royalty from Europe as well as airfields from which spy planes departed for sorties behind enemy lines.  Popular tourist attractions in Bedfordshire include Whipsnade Zoo and Woburn Safari Park.

Famous people from Bedfordshire:  Ronnie Barker – comedian and Carola Vorderman – TV presenter