Manager, Clinical Research

Job Description

Clinical Research Manager who will manage, develop, and oversee the conduct of clinical trials of a cancer disease-specific research team within OSUCCC Clinical Trials Office (CTO) under direction of Clinical Trials Director.

Responsibilities

• Oversees planning, organization, implementation, and execution of all clinical research projects specific to disease team

• Manages and supervises daily administrative, operational, research and patient care activities in a specific cancer disease site collaborating and communicating with faculty, administration, research staff and shared resources within James Cancer Hospital and OSUCCC as appropriate

• Plans, directs, assigns, and monitors team workflow, activities, and productivity to ensure fulfillment of research goals

• Assists Clinical Trials Director in hiring, supervising, training, scheduling, and evaluating research personnel

• Directly manages own team of clinical research staff

• Develops and implements plans to meet requirements of new studies/protocols and ensures all requirements within disease team are met; plans and leads disease team meetings at which protocol activity and progress, resource allocations and productivity benchmarks are reviewed

• Provides feasibility assessments

• Conducts quality assurance reviews of research processes and data

• Collaborates with OSUCCC investigators and regulatory staff in the development, review, submission, and implementation of research protocols

• On a limited level, collaborates with principal investigator (PI) to develop, negotiate, implement, and administer research study budgets

• Reviews, monitors, and approves expenditures to ensure appropriateness

• Manages and supervises recruitment, interviews, screening and enrolling of patients into research protocols

• Develops, implements, and oversees education of patients participating in study

• Ensures appropriate patient care and follow-up according to protocol

• Participates in writing and submission of manuscripts

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor’s Degree in biological sciences, health sciences, social sciences or other medical field or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Required Qualifications

5 yrs. experience in a clinical research capacity conducting & implementing research projects required; experience in a progressively responsible administrative or management research capacity preferred; knowledge of clinical research regulations, guidelines & compliance issues required including Institutional Review Board (IRB) & federal or industry sponsor processes and requirements; ACRP (Assn of Clinical Research Professionals) or SOCRA (Society of Clinical Research Associates) certification required; supervisory experience preferred; knowledge of clinical trials data management preferred.

The Ohio State University is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive public universities and a top employer in Ohio.

As one of only 54 designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is dedicated to the creation of knowledge in laboratory, clinical and population-based cancer research. We apply those discoveries to develop more effective approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and therapies – providing tomorrow’s standard of care today. A Cancer-Free World Begins Here.

Research and Scholarship - Clinical Research - People Leader - Managerial - M2

Target Compensation Range: $81,000 - 106,500 / Year