About this role
The Senior Clinical Research Program Manager provides strategic, operational, and administrative leadership for complex, externally funded public health and clinical research programs. Overseeing large, multi-year federally funded projects, this role translates scientific goals into efficient operations to ensure full compliance with regulatory, institutional, and sponsor guidelines while maintaining project schedules and budgets. Managing the complete research lifecycle—from planning and recruitment to implementation and closeout—the Program Manager partners closely with Principal Investigators, faculty, institutional partners, and community organizations to drive successful clinical and community-based research portfolios.
- Strong understanding of public health, clinical or community-based research, and human subjects research principles.
- Ability to understand scientific aims, study designs, research protocols, and methodologies and translate them into executable operational plans.
- Advanced project and program management skills with the ability to oversee multiple complex research projects simultaneously.
- Strong knowledge of participant recruitment, enrollment, engagement, and retention strategies.
- Knowledge of IRB development and processes, human subjects protections, research compliance, and federal sponsored-research requirements.
- Strong financial and analytical skills, including research budget and resource management.
- Demonstrated ability to identify risks, solve complex operational problems, and drive projects to successful completion.
- Strong leadership and staff-management skills with the ability to build accountability across multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with investigators, senior leadership, sponsors, research staff, healthcare organizations, and community partners.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in a complex, deadline-driven research environment.
Education
- **Doctoral or clinical degrees listed above combined with an MBA or other advanced degrees in business, management, or administration strongly preferred.