Leadership Track
A CTM and CPM leadership intensive: vendor oversight, budget and timeline recovery, risk and escalation, stakeholder communication, and a portfolio of leadership artefacts a hiring manager can review.
Program at a glance
- Duration
- 6 weeks, live cohort
- Contact hours
- 12 live sessions, 24 hours of live instruction, 6 modules
- Cadence
- Runs 2 times a year
- Tuition
- $2,997
- Target roles
- Clinical Trial Manager, Clinical Project Manager, Study Lead
Payment plans available. Fees are confirmed in writing before enrolment.
What this program covers.
Who it is for
CRAs, senior and lead CRAs already doing trial management work without the title, and experienced professionals stepping into CTM or CPM accountability.
Entry expectations
- Roughly three or more years in clinical research, typically CRA II, senior CRA or lead CRA
- Experience owning study tasks end to end, such as vendor calls, timelines or site escalations
- Around 8 to 10 hours a week across the six weeks, including self-paced work
What you leave with
- Own vendor oversight, budgets, timelines and escalation at study level
- Build five portfolio artefacts that show you already operate as a CTM
- Map your promotion path across CRA, Senior CRA, CTM and CPM
Week by week.
Every module pairs live instruction with practical work that is reviewed against defined criteria.
Week 1
The CTM and CPM operating model
- What changes when the study outcome is yours
- Decision rights across sponsor, CRO, vendors and sites
- How hiring managers judge readiness for the title
- Capstone.
- Draft your target-role operating charter
- Role lens.
- Accountability and decision rights
Week 2
Vendor oversight and CRO governance
- Oversight plans tied to key risk indicators
- Managing performance against contracted scope
- Governance cadence with a CRO and functional vendors
- Capstone.
- Vendor oversight plan for a Phase II or III study
- Role lens.
- Vendor and alliance management
Week 3
Budget, timeline and recovery planning
- Study budgets, change orders and burn tracking
- Critical path, enrolment planning and recovery scenarios
- Resourcing and workload modelling
- Capstone.
- Timeline recovery plan for a slipping study
- Role lens.
- Financial and schedule ownership
Week 4
Risk management, escalation and quality
- Risk-based quality management in practice
- Escalation ladders that hold under pressure
- TMF governance and inspection readiness
- Capstone.
- Study-level risk register and escalation ladder
- Role lens.
- Risk and quality oversight
Week 5
Stakeholder communication and the sponsor, CRO and site triangle
- Status reporting that senior stakeholders can act on
- Working with medical, data, safety and regulatory functions
- Difficult conversations with sponsors, CROs and sites
- Capstone.
- Stakeholder communications kit with weekly and monthly cadence
- Role lens.
- Cross-functional leadership
Week 6
Promotion architecture: CTM to CPM to programme lead
- Assemble the leadership casebook in Competency Labs by TRUVAN
- Present artefacts in a CTM interview loop
- Introduction into TRUVAN Careers job-search support
- Capstone.
- Personal promotion trigger map and 90-day plan
- Role lens.
- Placement and evidence
What enrolment includes.
- Live instruction from an IAOCR Accredited Trainer
- Cohorts of 4 to 8 seats with work reviewed individually
- Five leadership artefacts: vendor oversight plan, risk register and escalation ladder, timeline and budget recovery plan, stakeholder comms kit, promotion trigger map
- Leadership casebook entry in Competency Labs by TRUVAN for reviewed evidence
- Recordings and materials retained after the cohort
Rudy Malle personally holds a current Q-IAOCR accreditation as an Internationally Qualified Clinical Research Trainer, Trainer No. 16167194. Every TRUVAN Academy program is designed and delivered by Rudy, so learners are trained by an IAOCR Accredited Trainer. A TRUVAN Academy certificate of completion is issued by TRUVAN only and is not an IAOCR credential. Reviewed evidence still comes from demonstrated work in Competency Labs by TRUVAN.
Roles this prepares you for.
Every capstone has a core requirement plus an optional deeper section, so you can weight your work towards the role you are targeting.
- Clinical Trial Manager at sponsors and CROsView cohort dates and fee
- Clinical Project ManagerView cohort dates and fee
- Global Study Lead or Study ManagerView cohort dates and fee
- Vendor and alliance manager inside a sponsorView cohort dates and fee
- Senior or lead CRA with study-level accountabilityView cohort dates and fee
What a hiring manager can review.
Each artefact comes out of a weekly capstone and is reviewed against defined criteria before it enters your evidence record.
- Week 2
Vendor oversight plan
An oversight plan for a Phase II or III study, tied to key risk indicators and a governance cadence with the CRO and functional vendors.
- Week 3
Timeline and budget recovery plan
A recovery plan for a slipping study covering critical path, enrolment scenarios, change orders and resourcing.
- Week 4
Risk register and escalation ladder
A study-level risk register with an escalation ladder that holds under pressure, mapped to risk-based quality management.
- Week 5
Stakeholder communications kit
Weekly and monthly reporting cadence senior stakeholders can act on, across medical, data, safety and regulatory functions.
- Week 6
Promotion trigger map and 90-day plan
A personal promotion map across CRA, Senior CRA, CTM and CPM, with a 90-day plan and the leadership casebook in Competency Labs by TRUVAN.
Is this you?
A good fit if you
- Are a CRA II, senior CRA or lead CRA already doing trial management work
- Keep hearing that you need more experience before the promotion
- Want clinical operations leadership, not repackaged corporate management training
- Want portfolio evidence rather than another certificate
- Can hold 8 to 10 hours a week for six weeks alongside a full-time role
Not the right starting point if you
- Are new to clinical research, start with Clinical Research Mastery
- Are moving from site into monitoring, start with Site to CRA
- Are looking for a guaranteed promotion rather than demonstrated capability
What you get access to.
Practice environments and job-search tooling that come with enrolment, so the work you do turns into something you can show.
Hands-on EDC access
Work in a real electronic data capture environment to build the oversight artefacts CTM and CPM hiring managers review.
- Multi-week hands-on access with guided walkthroughs
- Portfolio-ready outputs from real system work
Competency Labs by TRUVAN access
Leadership casebooks and simulations where completed work is scored against defined criteria and becomes your evidence record.
- Scenario-based oversight and escalation challenges
- Evidence added to your evidence record
Job-search tooling
Résumé, LinkedIn and interview tooling used alongside the programme so your CTM or CPM search starts the week you finish.
- Résumé and LinkedIn versions tuned per application
- Interview preparation and application tracking
Upcoming cohorts.
Dates, application deadlines and format for each cohort. Applying is not an offer of a place; we confirm your cohort by email.
Next cohort being scheduled.
Dates for this program are not published yet. Apply below and we will send the schedule as soon as it is confirmed.
How enrolment works.
This program is application based. No payment is taken on the site.
Step 1
Apply
Answer a short set of qualifying questions. It takes about two minutes and no payment is taken on the site.
Step 2
Review
We review your application and respond by email, normally within two working days.
Step 3
Enrol
Confirm your cohort on an admissions call. Fees and payment plan are set out in writing before you commit.
About ten minutes. No payment on the site.
Before you apply.
Still have questions?
Talk to admissions about fit, cohort timing or funding before you apply. We reply within one business day.
CTM vs CPM at a glance.
Both tracks run through the same leadership curriculum. This is how the day-to-day scope differs.
| Dimension | CTM | CPM |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | One trial, end to end across sites and vendors. | A portfolio or programme of related trials. |
| Primary accountability | Delivery of timelines, quality and study budget. | Cross-study strategy, resourcing and programme risk. |
| Typical stakeholders | Sites, CRAs, vendors, study team leads. | Functional heads, sponsors, governance boards. |
| Decision horizon | Weeks to months, operational and corrective. | Quarters to years, planning and prioritisation. |
| Evidence you build here | Risk plans, issue escalation, oversight documentation. | Programme plans, resource models, governance reporting. |
Scope
CTM: One trial, end to end across sites and vendors.
CPM: A portfolio or programme of related trials.
Primary accountability
CTM: Delivery of timelines, quality and study budget.
CPM: Cross-study strategy, resourcing and programme risk.
Typical stakeholders
CTM: Sites, CRAs, vendors, study team leads.
CPM: Functional heads, sponsors, governance boards.
Decision horizon
CTM: Weeks to months, operational and corrective.
CPM: Quarters to years, planning and prioritisation.
Evidence you build here
CTM: Risk plans, issue escalation, oversight documentation.
CPM: Programme plans, resource models, governance reporting.
Apply to Leadership Track.
The full application takes about ten minutes and covers your background, target role, availability and funding. We read every answer and reply within one business day.
We reply within one business day.
Ask about Leadership Track.
Short form. We reply within one business day with cohort dates, format and next steps. Submitting an application is not an offer of a place.