A career pathway most people never consider
Don't start over. Pivot smarter.
You may already have more of the experience than you think. Clinical Pivot shows you where it fits, and how to compete for it.
- No clinical research experience required
- No healthcare background required
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You may already have more relevant experience than you think.
Clinical trials run on projects, timelines, documentation and people. Most professionals have done at least half of that already.
The gap is usually language, not ability.
- Projects
- Operations
- Communication
- Quality
- Data
- Documentation
- Timelines
- People
Don't start over. Learn how your experience translates.
The premise
You already do the work. You are only missing the language.
The long view
Your first role is not the destination.
Clinical research is a global industry. The work moves from supporting one study, to overseeing sites, to running trials, to leading operations.
Scope grows. So does responsibility.
A global industry
Trials run across every major market, and the standards travel with them.
A defined progression
Not a flat job title. Each rung widens what you are responsible for.
Projects, people, decisions
The work is coordination and judgment, not one narrow technical task.
Pharma, biotech and CROs
Three kinds of employer, with different entry points into the same field.
Remote and hybrid roles exist
Depending on the function and the employer. Others are site-based.
A regulated field
The bar to entry is real, which keeps the candidate pool smaller than most.
With experience, some clinical research career paths progress into six-figure management and leadership roles.
Compensation and work arrangements vary by employer, location and experience. Clinical Pivot does not guarantee employment, a specific title or a salary.
Career pathways
Where the career can grow.
Clinical research is a ladder, not a single door. This is the shape of it — and people enter at different rungs.
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Clinical Trial / Study Support
Clinical Trial Assistant · Study Coordinator · Clinical Operations Support
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Clinical Research Associate
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Senior CRA / Lead CRA
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Clinical Trial Manager
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Clinical Project Manager
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Clinical Operations Leadership
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CRA
Works closest to investigational sites.
Monitoring · Source and data · Safety · Protocol compliance · Site relationships
“What is happening at this site?”
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CTM
Looks across several sites and the CRA team.
Site performance · Enrollment · Monitoring oversight · Risk · Issue escalation
“Is this happening at one site, or across several?”
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CPM
Looks at broader study delivery.
Timeline · Milestones · Vendors · Resources · Budget · Sponsor communication
“What does this mean for the whole study?”
People may enter this pathway at different points depending on their experience, qualifications and employer requirements.
One mentor
Global trials. Clinical operations.
Taught live.
Seven weeks, live, teaching how trials are actually run, how to position the experience you already have, and how to be ready when the role appears.
Capped at 15 seats.
Your clinical research mentor
Dr. Funkie Tee
- PharmD
- MPH
- MBA
- PMP
More than two decades across clinical research, public health and pharmacy.
Clinical trial management, clinical operations, and project and program leadership inside pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical organisations, with medical affairs as further breadth.
Still active in the industry, so the guidance reflects how hiring and delivery actually work today.
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Live teaching
Every session, in real time. Questions get answered in the room.
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Direct resume and interview guidance
Your résumé/CV is written for you. Interview answers are practised live.
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15 seats
Small enough that your progress is visible.
How it works
Learn it. Try it. Build it.
Then say it out loud.
Nothing stays theoretical.
Learn
Understand the work.
Practice
Solve realistic scenarios.
Build
Create practical work products.
Explain it
Talk about your work confidently.
The program journey
7 weeks, from outsider to interview-ready.
Each week, what you will be able to do by the end of it.
Select a week to see the detail.
- 01Understand the industry
- 02Understand the work
- 03Position your experience
- 04Prepare to interview
- 05Pursue opportunities
Weeks 1 to 6 build the clinical research understanding. Week 7 is the career launchpad — but resume positioning and interview preparation start in week 1 and run alongside the teaching, and the six months of accountability support carry stage five past the final session.
Part I · Foundations
Week 1 — How Clinical Trials Actually Work
Learn how a trial is structured and who owns what.
BuildYour own working reference for the industry, built the way you think.
Why it mattersYou stop guessing which roles you could actually do.
How AI is used this week
Dense regulatory documents are where beginners drown and managers stay calm. You learn to put AI in front of them so you arrive at the meeting already understanding what matters.
Part II · Setting a Study Up
Week 2 — Reading a Study Before It Starts
Learn how to read a protocol and spot operational risk.
BuildA feasibility assessment you can show and talk through.
Why it mattersThis is the thinking that separates a coordinator from a manager.
How AI is used this week
This is where AI changes what one person can do. You learn to pressure-test a study design in an afternoon — the kind of analysis that used to need a team, and the kind that gets you noticed.
Part II · Setting a Study Up
Week 3 — Getting a Study Approved and Open
Learn what has to happen before a site sees a single participant.
BuildA complete, reviewed start-up pack.
Why it mattersStart-up is where a lot of career changers get their first role.
How AI is used this week
You learn to use AI to review consent documents and compare sites in a fraction of the usual time, then check its work — because the checking is the part employers pay for.
Part III · Running a Study
Week 4 — Finding and Keeping Participants
Learn how recruitment and retention are planned, and rescued.
BuildA recruitment and retention plan for a live study.
Why it mattersEnrolment performance is the first question in most trial-management interviews.
How AI is used this week
AI can read through unstructured health records and surface who might be eligible in minutes. You learn to direct that work and interpret it — which is a manager’s job, not an assistant’s.
Part III · Running a Study
Week 5 — Watching the Study, Keeping People Safe
Learn how monitoring, safety and data quality connect.
BuildA full monitoring write-up with your risk findings.
Why it mattersThis is the day-to-day of CRA and CTM work.
How AI is used this week
You learn how AI spots patterns across many sites that a person reading one report would miss — the shift from checking a site to overseeing a portfolio, which is exactly the shift into management.
Part IV · Closing a Study
Week 6 — Closing a Study Cleanly
Learn what a clean close-out requires, and why it gets audited.
BuildA reconciled, inspection-ready file.
Why it mattersProject managers are judged on how studies end, not how they start.
How AI is used this week
AI shortens the grind of finding gaps and loose ends, so you spend your attention on the judgment calls. Knowing which is which is what makes someone senior.
Career Launchpad
Week 7 — Getting Hired
Learn how to position your background and answer scenario questions.
BuildYour resume, your story, and an answer bank you keep.
Why it mattersYou leave with a plan, not a certificate.
How AI is used this week
You practise against an AI interviewer playing a CRO lead, and you learn to explain your own AI workflow to a hiring manager — which almost no other candidate can do.
Training work products
You won't just learn it.
You'll build it.
Across the 7 weeks you produce a set of practical documents and trackers — the same kinds of artifacts clinical research teams work from every day.
- Site Feasibility Tracker
- Study Start-Up Tracker
- Delegation of Authority Log
- Informed Consent Form Review
- Monitoring Checklist
- Query Tracker
- Site Performance Dashboard
- Risk & Issue Log
- Monitoring Visit Report
- Study Project Plan
- Sponsor / Leadership Update
- Reusable AI Workflows
These are training work products built during the program for learning and portfolio purposes. They are not real sponsor deliverables and are not presented as paid work experience.
How AI fits
Use AI without outsourcing your judgment.
AI runs through the program, not as a bonus module. You use it to read dense material faster, draft work products, spot patterns and practise interviews.
AI can accelerate the work. You still need to know whether the answer is right.
Learn
Read faster, and understand what you are looking at.
Build
Draft the work product, then make it yours.
Check
Test your thinking against what the protocol actually says.
Improve
Tighten the workflow so the next one takes less time.
Testimonials
Different careers.
The same pivot.
Education. Engineering. Language arts. Accounting. Psychology. Years at home. What they shared was a willingness to learn how clinical research works — and how their own experience could translate.
In their own words
Participants who arrived from outside clinical research — and what changed for them.
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Before you enroll
Make sure this is the right fit.
Where you would start
Most people entering from outside start in study support or coordination. Trial Manager and Project Manager roles come later, with experience behind them.
This may not suit you if you want
A certification only, guaranteed placement, or a self-paced video library. Clinical Pivot is live, practical and participation-based.
How joining works
Find your starting point.
Clinical Pivot runs in scheduled live cohorts. Enquire anytime to find out which start is right for you.
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Enquire anytime
Explore the programme and ask about the next available cohort. Enquiring does not confirm a place.
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If a class has started
We will explain whether late entry is appropriate and what catching up would involve.
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Then you enrol
Your place and learning arrangements are confirmed before you pay.
Programs we offer
Solo and Elevate, side by side.
The learning system is complete in Solo. Elevate adds live training, accountability and direct support.
All prices are in US dollars.
Webinar offer · through October 16
Save US$500 when you pay in full. Enter this code at checkout:
Coupon codePIVOT500
| What is includedThe complete system in both. Live training and support in Elevate. | SoloSelf-pacedUS$1,500US$1,000 with PIVOT500 | ElevateLive cohortUS$3,500US$3,000 with PIVOT500 |
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| The learning system | ||
| 12 months of Clinical Pivot AI Study App access | Included | Included |
| Full core curriculum | Included | Included |
| Bonus specialization modules | Included | Included |
| CRA, CTM and CPM training | Included | Included |
| Practice documents and sample protocol | Included | Included |
| Interview tracks | Included | Included |
| Job Search Directory | Included | Included |
| Application Tracker | Included | Included |
| Final assessment | Included | Included |
| Certificate of Completion | Included | Included |
| Career documents | ||
| Résumé/CV written by Dr. Funkie Tee | Included | Included |
| One round of résumé edits | Included | Included |
| LinkedIn optimization guide | Not included | Included |
| Live training and support | ||
| Live cohort training | Not included | Up to 2 cohorts |
| 6 months of group accountability sessions | Not included | Included |
| Live mock interview support | Not included | Included |
| Premium Interview Vault | Not included | Included |
| Insider Notes | Not included | Included |
| Live-session materials | Not included | Included |
| Direct founder support | Not included | Included |
| 2 bonus private 1:1 strategy sessions | Not included | Pay in full only |
| Enrollment | ||
| How you pay | Pay in full | In full or 3 installments |
| Format | Self-paced, rolling admission | Live, 15 seats per cohort |
Upgrading. Start with Solo and upgrade to Elevate within 30 days. What you paid for Solo is credited, so you pay only the difference, in one payment. Message us to upgrade.
Clinical Pivot Elevate · upcoming cohort
The upcoming
Fall / Winter cohort.
Dates
October 10 – November 21, 2026
Format
7 weeksSaturdays, live
Time
5 PM MST6 PM CST · 7 PM EST
Seats
15
- No clinical research experience required
- No healthcare background required
Next live cohort starts October 10, 2026. Enquiries welcome anytime.
Questions
Questions before you enroll.
Is this for me?
No. Most participants arrive from outside the industry. Week one starts from how trials actually run.
No. Clinical research teams are built from project, data, documentation, quality and operations people.
This cohort runs on North American time. If you are elsewhere, message us before enrolling and we will tell you when a cohort suits your timezone.
How the program works
Yes, in Elevate. Every session is live on Saturdays and runs 90 minutes. Solo is self-paced.
You get that week’s slides and materials, and everything stays in the Clinical Pivot AI Study App.
Sessions are not recorded, so message us ahead if you know you will miss one.
No. It is training and mentorship.
You receive a Certificate of Completion when you pass the final assessment. It is not a professional licence, certification or accreditation.
Joining a cohort
Yes. You can enquire anytime. Classes follow scheduled cohort dates, and we will confirm the available options.
Solo is rolling admission. You can enroll any day and start as soon as your account is activated.
Elevate runs in live cohorts with fixed dates and 15 seats. The next cohort starts October 10, 2026.
Late entry may be considered where suitable catch-up arrangements and places are available.
Contact us before paying so we can confirm whether joining the current cohort is appropriate.
Joining late does not restart the live cohort. Any missed learning and the remaining live schedule must be agreed before you enrol.
Catch-up arrangements are not fixed. If late entry is being considered, we will discuss exactly what catching up would involve, and agree it with you, before anything is approved.
You can still enquire about the next available start. Future dates will be shared when they are confirmed.
Career outcomes
Study support and coordination first, then the CRA, trial management and project management pathway.
Entry point depends on your prior experience and the employer. The program teaches the foundation and shows how the ladder connects.
No. We provide training, mentorship, career positioning and interview preparation.
Hiring outcomes depend on prior experience, employer requirements, location and the market.
Tuition and payment
Clinical Pivot Solo (US$1,500) is the complete self-paced system: 12 months of the Clinical Pivot AI Study App, the full curriculum, practice documents, interview tracks and a résumé/CV written for you.
Clinical Pivot Elevate (US$3,500) adds 7 weeks of live training, six months of group accountability sessions, live mock interview support, a LinkedIn optimization guide and direct founder support. See the full comparison.
Elevate can be paid in full or in 3 installments of US$1,500, US$1,000 and US$1,000. Solo is pay-in-full only. All prices are in US dollars.
If you are in Canada and need a payment arrangement, contact us before enrolling to request a payment link. Arrangements are considered individually, must be approved and confirmed in writing, and are not guaranteed.
Yes, within 30 days of enrolling in Solo. What you paid for Solo is credited toward Elevate, so you pay only the difference. Message us on WhatsApp to upgrade.
The upgrade price is US$3,500 minus what you actually paid for Solo: US$2,000 if you paid US$1,500, or US$2,500 if you paid US$1,000. The upgrade is paid in one payment; installments and discount codes do not apply to upgrades.
After 30 days, Elevate is the full price. Elevate is capped at 15 seats per cohort, so an upgrade depends on a seat being available.
No. Access is immediate and fully digital, so all sales are final.
Full terms are on the Terms page. If you are unsure whether the program fits, message us before you enroll.
After the program
Yes, in Elevate. Six months of monthly group accountability sessions follow the live training. They begin once the 7 weeks are complete and your balance is paid in full.
Get in touch
Still wondering whether your background fits?
Not sure whether your background fits, or whether this is the right time? WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach us, and you get a straight answer from your mentor, not a sales script. If you would rather write, the form goes to the same place.
We usually reply the same day.