Project Director (100% Limited)

The Department of Family Medicine is seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Director in clinical research to lead operations for the NIH-funded ABCD START and HBCD START research education programs. In this role, you will manage all core program functions, including trainee onboarding, NIH xTrain appointments, research data access workflows, program scheduling, virtual didactic facilitation, and scholar progress tracking. You will work closely with the Principal Investigator to develop and implement training curricula, coordinate guest faculty and national collaborators, support scholars' research development, and assist with presentations and manuscripts.

The position also oversees planning and execution of the annual START symposium and other national convenings, including travel coordination, event logistics, documentation, and reporting. Success in this role requires sound professional judgment, strong communication and organizational skills, and the ability to independently manage complex workflows in a fast-paced training environment. Experience with research program coordination, human subjects processes, and university or NIH administrative systems, along with the ability to work effectively with diverse academic and community partners, is strongly preferred.

Required:

• Minimum of 4+ years of experience in a clinical research setting. Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to effectively communicate to and interact with patients in a compassionate and kind manner.
• Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and department needs, while complying with applicable University policies and federal and state regulations.
• Analytical skills to assess clinical research protocols and regulatory requirements, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions.
• Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and regulatory files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately. A learning and professional growth mentality so that new software tools, systems, and processes can be adopted quickly and efficiently.
• Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.
• Availability to work in more than one environment, travelling to various clinic sites, meetings, conferences, etc.
• Strong knowledge of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.
• Strong knowledge of clinical research concepts, policies and procedures, and human safety protection regulations and laws.
• Experience with FDA processes and procedures. Sufficient experience and knowledge of clinical trials budgeting processes to manage the preparation of clinical trials budgets.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree in related area and/or equivalent combination of education and experience. Advanced degree preferred.