Senior Project Manager
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Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer issued few or no visas recently
£56,500
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2440 (67% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £56,500, and SEQUENTIAL is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Possible 2440 (Business and financial project management professionals) · 67% match
- Possible 2161 (Research and development (R&D) managers) · 9% match
- Possible 2127 (Engineering project managers and project engineers) · 7% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2440 Business and financial project management professionals Most likely code | £39,500 Clears | £45,200 Clears | £50,800 Clears | £56,500 Clears |
2161 Research and development (R&D) managers Also possible | £38,100 Clears | £43,500 Clears | £48,900 Clears | £54,400 Clears |
2127 Engineering project managers and project engineers Also possible | £36,300 Clears | £41,500 Clears | £46,700 Clears | £51,900 Clears |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. A mark is for the top of the advertised pay. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Do you enjoy turning complex science into results that land on time and on budget? Sequential is hiring a Senior Project Manager to run multi-omic skin studies for global skincare, cosmetic and pharmaceutical clients, from our new lab at the Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge.
At a glance
- Location: Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK (on site)
- Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 per year, depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent, full time
- Reports to: Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
- Works with: Lab operations, bioinformatics, clinical operations (New York, Singapore) and business development
Sequential is the world's leading specialist CRO, trusted by more than 100 international brands to unlock the science behind personal care products. Backed by millions of clinical biomarker data points, we help accelerate research and innovation across skin, scalp, oral, intimate care, and supplements.
The roleYou will own the delivery of Sequential's client studies — on time, on budget and to the quality pharma and consumer-health clients expect. Each study runs from protocol and sample collection through lab processing, sequencing and analysis to the final report, often across three countries.
The role exists because we are growing. Laboratory work is consolidating in Cambridge, pharmaceutical clients are auditing and piloting our platform, and we are working towards formal lab accreditation. We need one person who holds the full picture of every study and keeps clients, scientists and operations aligned.
Key responsibilitiesStudy delivery
- Lead a portfolio of concurrent client studies from kick-off to final report, owning scope, timelines, budget and deliverables.
- Build and maintain detailed project plans covering sample collection, logistics, lab processing, sequencing, bioinformatics and reporting.
Client management
- Act as the main day-to-day contact for clients once a study is contracted.
- Run kick-off meetings, regular status updates and close-out reviews.
- Translate client needs into clear technical requirements for the lab and data teams, and scientific results back into client language.
- Spot opportunities for follow-on work and pass them to business development.
Quality, compliance and audits
- Make sure studies follow protocols, SOPs and data-handling requirements, including GDPR and client data-privacy terms.
- Prepare for and support client and vendor audits, due-diligence questionnaires and pilot studies with pharmaceutical clients.
- Support the company's work towards lab accreditation (for example ISO or CLIA/CAP), including document control and records.
- Keep complete study documentation: protocols, chain of custody, deviations and approvals.
Process and team
- Own the project management toolset (for example Jira and Confluence): set up the workflows, boards, timelines and dashboards that give clients and leadership a live view of every study.
- Improve how projects are run: templates, trackers, reporting and handover between teams.
- Report portfolio status, risks and margins to senior leadership.
- Mentor junior project or study coordinators as the team grows.
- A degree in a life science (for example molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry or biomedical science), or equivalent experience.
- A PhD or MSc in a relevant field.
- A formal project management qualification (PMP, PRINCE2, APM, or Agile/Scrum certification).
- Experience with microbiome, multi-omics, dermatology or consumer clinical studies, including cosmetic claim substantiation.
- Experience supporting clinical studies or working with clinical sites and ethics submissions.
- Experience with lab and quality systems such as LIMS and eQMS or document control
- Familiarity with collaboration and CRM tools such as JIRA, Slack ,Google and HubSpot.
- Experience in a fast-growing start-up or scale-up.
- A salary of £50,000 – £60,000 per year, depending on experience.
- 25 days' annual leave plus UK bank holidays.
- Share options through our EMI Scheme
- Workplace pension.
- A role at the centre of a growing company, with real influence over how we deliver studies.
- Work with leading personal care and pharmaceutical clients on new skin science.
- A base at the Babraham Research Campus, one of Europe's leading life-science campuses.
- Support for professional development and training.
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Where this offer sits in the market
Business and financial project management professionals (SOC 2440) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~314k in sample- Middle half £45,968–76,128
- Median £58,812
- Going rate £56,500
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £39,500–50,800
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Not necessarily. SEQUENTIAL holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2440 going rate of £56,500. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.