Department

SOM ARO Academic Research Org-425701

Career Area

Research Professionals

Posting Open Date

01/10/2023

Application Deadline

04/24/2023

Open Until Filled

No

Position Type

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Working Title

Senior Research Project Manager

Appointment Type

EHRA Non-Faculty

Position Number

20052374

Vacancy ID

NF0006590

Full Time/Part Time

Full-Time Permanent

FTE

1

Hours per week

40

Position Location

North Carolina, US

Hiring Range

Salary Dependent on Qualifications & Experience

Proposed Start Date

03/01/2023

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

The UNC SOM Clinical Research Alliance (CRA) coordinates large multi-center trials generating evidence to advance treatments that serve North Carolinians and beyond. Working with the leading scientific experts at UNC in partnership with the National Institutes of Health and Pharma, and national academic institutions, the CRA provides full-service coordination through pre to post award activities.

Activities within the CRA include proposal management and submission, protocol and CRF development, IRB and FDA submissions, site training and certification, recruitment and enrollment, data capture and management, study monitoring and safety reporting, and study compliance and quality for large scale Phase II IND studies and more.

Position Summary

The Senior Clinical Project Manager will serve to coordinate and manage projects for large multi-institutional clinical trials. Responsibilities include planning, organizing, and managing study processes; procedure design and implementation; and associated research administration functions. They will oversee day-to-day administrative operations and coordination of projects, including facilitating meetings, over-seeing administrative coordination between the participating institutions, coordinating study start-up activities, tracking program progress, ensuring timely updates to relevant reports and websites, assisting with quality assurance, and ensuring deliverables are met for project protocols across various participating sites, vendors, and institutions.

Primary responsibilities of the position will include project management and coordination, implementing and monitoring study start up activities, including timely completion of site contracts, collaborate closely and act as primary point of contact with internal and external partners and offices (eg, regulatory, contracts, sites), developing and managing relationships across multiple partnering institutions and organizations. Position also requires advanced knowledge of workflows, data collection, report details, and other technical issues associated with software/hardware used in clinical trials. The Senior Clinical Project Manager will develop and implement training tools for site familiarization with protocol and will provide administrative and logistical support as needed.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

• Experience starting up, managing, and closing multi-center trials.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, while continually demonstrating high levels of interpersonal versatility within diverse populations
• Strong interpersonal and organizational problem-solving skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and credibility with coworkers, managers, and clients.
• Ability to prioritize and manage competing tasks, including adeptness at time management.
• Strong software and computer skills.

- Must be a self- starter and comfortable with broad and varied responsibilities

• Ability to maintain confidential information with a high regard for integrity

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

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