Clinical Research Manager

About This Role

This role manages the daily operations, regulatory compliance, and personnel within the Asthma Clinical Research Center, overseeing various clinical trials. The manager ensures ethical and efficient execution of studies focusing on asthma and allergic diseases, while also leading and mentoring a multidisciplinary research team.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the Asthma Clinical Research Center (ACRC)
• Oversee a diverse portfolio of observational and early-phase, multi-center clinical trials
• Provide comprehensive oversight of regulatory, recruitment, and study start-up activities including IRB submissions
• Lead, supervise, train, and mentor a team of Clinical Research Assistants, Coordinators, and Specialists
• Conduct annual performance reviews, goal setting, and ongoing performance management for ACRC research staff
• Independently identify and resolve operational, logistical, and regulatory challenges related to clinical trials
• Develop and maintain data management, tracking, and monitoring tools in compliance with GCP and NIH requirements
• Manage research staffing budgets and study-level finances in partnership with Principal Investigators and departmental leadership
• Oversee operational logistics and infrastructure planning for the ACRC’s clinical research space
• Serve as a key liaison between study teams, hospital departments, sponsors, NIH partners, and external collaborators

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant post-graduate work experience
• 2+ years of managerial experience
• Demonstrated experience managing early-phase and/or multi-center clinical trials, preferably federally funded (e.g., NIH)
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects and competing deadlines simultaneously
• Experience supervising and developing clinical research staff in an academic or hospital-based research environment
• Strong working knowledge of GCP, federal regulations, IRB requirements, and institutional research policies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required, a Master’s Degree is preferred.
• 7 years of relevant post-graduate work experience, including a minimum of two years of managerial experience OR Master’s Degree and 5 years of relevant post-graduate work experience, including two years of managerial experience.

Nice to Have

• Master’s Degree

Benefits