Clinical Data Manager or Clinical Project Manager?

I am a Senior Clinical Data Mgr. and I have the opportunity to become a Clinical Proj Mgr. I have an MSc degree. Could someone compare the opportunities that both positions would provide? The Clinical Proj Mgr. seems to oversee how a study moves along by communicating between investigators, sponsors, monitors, along with some involvement in the development of the protocol. Have I understood the the project mgr. role correctly? Could the project mgr. job lead to other higher chances (perhaps management) in Clin Res. at a pharmaceutical company, or would a Senior Data Mgr. role offer more of a steady dependable job? There seems to be slightly more of a need for data mgrs. at the moment. What job can pay more money as a contractor on an hourly basis, and as a permanent job? Are there contract proj. mgr. jobs? I thought that a proj mgr. job would be a break, but I don't want to lose data mgmt. skills if a project mgr job has no steady future. What job is higher up the ladder?

As an ex - Project Engineer, go for your Project, as I see it Data, you are nothing more than a god damn typist,.....UPDATE,...ENJOY!

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have you ever thought of health care as a means to help others rather than further your own career?

Usually a Project Manager is a higher level than a data manager. I would imagine there is more room to advance as a project manager than a data manager.