Senior Clinical Research Manager
Position Summary/Description
The Senior Administrator for Clinical Trials Recruitment, Site Set-Up, and Management is responsible for strengthening the Department of Medicine's clinical research program by enhancing research quality, ensuring compliance, and advancing discoveries into improved patient outcomes. This position plays a pivotal role in leading participant recruitment, expediting site start-up, and overseeing trial operations across multiple divisions. The Senior Administrator provides strategic leadership, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and manages risks related to financial performance, patient safety, and regulatory compliance. In doing so, this role sustains a thriving research environment that benefits both the institution and the broader medical community. This role is critical in the Department's transition to a larger and more diversified research portfolio that brings together a mix of federal funding, industry funding, and other extramural support compared to the current portfolio which is primarily federally funded.
Education and Experience
Preference for individuals with established knowledge of clinical trials development, deployment, and management.
Essential Skills
Applicant must have minimum of 10 years of experience in an Academic Medical Center / Department of Medicine with multiple medical subspeciality research programs providing oversight for operations and finance, demonstrating experience in management/supervision, project management, clinical trials and clinical research operations/compliance, a high attention to detail, and successful resolution of complex problems.
AA/EEO Statement
The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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