Job Summary

The Clinical Research Leader is responsible for setting work priorities, resolving operational issues, and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency. Key duties include managing the employment lifecycle from hiring and performance reviews to corrective actions while ensuring adherence to institutional policies. By managing trial feasibility and execution, the Lead ensures research integrity.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

Provides technical guidance and fosters the career development of the coordinator team.
Analyzes and monitors staff performance metrics to set strategic work priorities, delivering targeted training and comprehensive performance reviews to ensure high-quality research output.
Evaluates the clinical trial portfolio against current capacity to ensure optimal staffing levels and resource allocation, maintaining operational efficiency as the division grows.
Oversees the end-to-end conduct of clinical studies, ensuring strict adherence to protocol, safety standards, and timely submission of all regulatory reporting requirements.
Serves as the primary point of contact between research staff, sponsors, Institutional Review Boards (IRB), and government officials to facilitate accurate communication and consistent application of complex policies and procedures.

General Responsibilities

Provides operational leadership and administrative direction for clinical research activities.
Analyzes, monitors, and evaluates performance of assigned staff; establishes work priorities, provides training, conducts performance reviews, and provides corrective action as needed.
Ensures adequate staffing and effective scheduling; participates and informs employment decisions for assigned staff.
Develops and coordinates departmental policies and procedures to ensure the efficient operation of both clinical trials and patient care; establishes standard operating procedures for the clinical research unit and ensures compliance with all internal and external requirements of regulatory agencies.
Evaluates protocol, study design, and assesses risk to subject population; monitors enrollment goals and modifies participant recruitment strategy, as necessary.
Oversees and ensures the implementation of the principal investigator's (PI) recommendation for adverse event interventions; ensures that serious adverse events are reported to sponsor and IRB and properly documented on source documents.
Designs and implements proper data management for data collection and tracking and/or oversee design of such databases.
Oversees the proper documentation at close-out as required by sponsor including return or disposal of unused supplies, reconciliation of test article accountability, study summary, evaluation of team efforts, and study "drop outs" and other required reports.
Assists and contributes to budget preparation and ensures adherence to grant sponsors, IRB and, university accounting and grant administration guidelines.
Acts as liaison between the research staff and the sponsors, IRB, federal, state and university officials and other regulatory agencies to maintain accurate communication of costs, policy changes, fiscal requirements, and other regulatory issues
Expands knowledge base and keep abreast with new research developments by attending continuing education meetings, lectures, training sessions and conferences

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