Onsite Clinical Research Director

Onsite Clinical Research Director (No Remote or Hybrid)

Will have 75 total reports with the support of managers, supervisors, and Ph.D Scientists and PIs

Therapeutic Area: Diabetes, Exercise & Bioenergetics, Aging and Muscle Wasting, Cardiometabolic Disease, Metabolism & Obesity, Nutrition, Weight Loss and Healthy Aging

Develops research departments to achieve recognition for each as a leader in translational and clinical research

Develops and implements the vision, strategic plan and business proforma for clinical and translational research that meets the long-term needs of institution

Responsible for developing the hard assets, technologies and facilities to enable Clinical and Translational research to scale in growth across the larger enterprise

Works with the Governance and Scientific Review Committees that assist with strategic planning, monitoring and ongoing oversight of research

Helps to define and develop a strategy for identifying, educating, implementing, managing and tracking intellectual property arising from the work of the Institute

Develops philanthropic strategies and campaigns for clinical and translational research teams in collaboration with colleagues

Working with the Executive Director and executive leadership, develops and refines communication strategies and tactics with Physician Scientists that facilitate strategic and scalable growth of translational research teams and initiatives

Develops and manages partnering strategies for research departments that are aligned with business development teams and external collaborators

Responsible for the recruitment and hiring of physician and non-physician faculty and key staff members to drive strategic initiatives

Manages regulatory compliance, particularly risk elements tied to compliance requirements including research finance in federal and industry-funded settings, scientific

misconduct, and participant experience

Defines, develops and implements a plan that addresses and manages the local, state and federal regulatory and compliance requirements for clinical trials and translational

research

Responsible for developing annual budgets including the establishment and dissemination of best practices in research revenue projection, contract negotiation and expense management

Working collaboratively with research finance and Office of Sponsored Program teams, develops teams and establishes processes that track, manage and matriculate monthly expenses to match the annual budget

Leads cost recovery strategies to effectively manage research portfolios and identify increasingly diversified streams of revenue from the academic, non-profit, pharmaceutical and philanthropic sectors to fund innovation

Develops, manages, and implements standardized metrics for translational and clinical research teams

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, or relevant discipline

Must have five years of experience leading a research program; Hospital or Academic strongly preferred

Research Operations acumen in translational research setting

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