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Sr. Tmf Reviewer

Fortrea
8-10 years
INR 18-30 LPA
Bangalore, India
10 June 16, 2026
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Pharm/ B.Pharm/ Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Clinical Trials, Detail-Oriented, Drug Development, Lifesciences, Negotiation Skills, Regulatory Compliance, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, Data Analysis, Document Management, Life Science, Regulatory Compliance, Waterfall Model, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing

Role Overview

The TMF Review Manager is responsible for managing and maintaining electronic Trial Master Files (eTMF) across Phase I–IV clinical trials. The role ensures TMF quality, completeness, compliance, inspection readiness, and adherence to ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, sponsor expectations, and company SOPs.

The position involves oversight of Trial, Country, and Site-level documentation, conducting Audit Ready Checks (ARC), identifying missing documentation, supporting audits and inspections, and collaborating with study teams and clients to maintain high-quality TMF records.


Key Responsibilities

TMF Management & Oversight

  • Manage and maintain Trial, Country, and Site-level artifacts within eTMF systems.

  • Ensure TMF compliance with regulatory requirements and internal procedures.

  • Maintain inspection-ready TMFs throughout the study lifecycle.

  • Coordinate document collection, filing, reconciliation, and archival activities.

TMF Review & Quality Control

  • Perform comprehensive TMF reviews.

  • Conduct Audit Ready Checks (ARC) on all uploaded documents.

  • Verify document quality, completeness, accuracy, and metadata.

  • Review artifacts against TMF Plan and TMF Index requirements.

  • Ensure documents are correctly classified and filed.

Missing Document Management

  • Initiate and manage "What's Missing" activities.

  • Track and resolve missing, incomplete, incorrect, or inaccurate TMF artifacts.

  • Follow up with study teams and stakeholders for outstanding documentation.

  • Ensure milestone-based document completeness.

Compliance & Inspection Readiness

  • Maintain TMF in a continuous state of audit readiness.

  • Support sponsor audits, QA audits, and regulatory inspections.

  • Prepare TMF packages for inspections.

  • Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) related to audit findings.

Stakeholder & Client Management

  • Collaborate with Study Teams, Project Managers, Clinical Operations, and Quality teams.

  • Participate in study meetings and client discussions.

  • Provide TMF status updates and metrics to sponsors and internal stakeholders.

  • Serve as a client-facing TMF subject matter expert when required.

Process Improvement

  • Identify TMF quality trends and compliance risks.

  • Recommend process improvements.

  • Support continuous improvement initiatives.

  • Contribute to SOP development and TMF best practices.

Training & Mentorship

  • Deliver TMF-related training.

  • Support onboarding and mentoring of junior TMF staff.

  • Promote TMF compliance awareness across study teams.


Technical Skills Required

Regulatory Knowledge

  • ICH-GCP Guidelines

  • FDA Regulations

  • EMA Requirements

  • Clinical Trial Documentation Standards

TMF Systems

Experience with:

  • Veeva Vault TMF

  • Trial Interactive

  • DIA TMF Reference Model

  • Documentum

  • SharePoint

  • Other eTMF platforms

Software Skills

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

  • PowerPoint

  • Adobe Acrobat

  • Web-based Clinical Systems


Core Competencies

  • TMF Management

  • Audit Readiness

  • Inspection Readiness

  • Quality Management

  • Regulatory Compliance

  • Risk Assessment

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Client Interaction

  • Project Coordination

  • Problem Solving

  • Leadership & Mentoring


Preferred Candidate Profile

Candidates currently working as:

  • TMF Manager

  • Senior TMF Specialist

  • TMF Lead

  • Clinical Trial Associate Lead

  • Trial Master File Lead

  • Document Management Lead

  • Clinical Operations Lead (TMF Focus)

will be highly suitable for this role.


Career Progression

TMF Manager → Senior TMF Manager → Associate Director TMF → Director Clinical Operations/TMF → Head of TMF Operations