Manager, DISCOVER Research Center

Manager, DISCOVER Research Center (Job )

Full-time / 40 hours per week

Hybrid schedule

Summa Health System is recognized as one of the region’s top employers by a number of third party organizations, including North Coast 99. Exceptional candidates gravitate to Summa because of its culture, passion for delivering excellent service to our patients and families, commitment to servant leadership, collegial working relationships at every level of the organization, and competitive pay and benefits.

Provides leadership, operational oversight, and scientific direction for a centralized research support core within the Research, Sponsored Programs, and Innovation division of an acute care hospital. The DISCOVER Center delivers system-wide, comprehensive, end-to-end support for investigator-initiated research, guiding projects from initial concept and protocol development through study execution, analysis, dissemination, and publication.

• Provide leadership, operational oversight, and scientific direction for a centralized research support core.
• Guide investigator-initiated research projects from concept to publication.
• Oversee a team of clinical research scientists and statisticians, ensuring high-quality, efficient, and scientifically rigorous support services.
• Promote the DISCOVER Center’s mission of advancing well-designed, reproducible, ethically sound research that advances the system’s Health Assurance strategy and improves clinical care outcomes across the continuum of care.

• Formal education:
  PhD or MD/DO required.
• Five (5) years of progressive experience in clinical research, translational research, health services research, biostatistics, epidemiology, or a closely related field.
• Two (2) years of experience leading, mentoring, or supervising research professionals.
• Demonstrated experience in study design, protocol development, scientific methods, and interpretation of research data.
• Experience supporting investigator-initiated research from concept development through publication.
• Knowledge of IRB processes, human subjects protections, research ethics, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Project management experience, managing multiple projects and establishing priorities.
• Knowledge of FDA, GCP, HIPAA, and institutional policies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, statistical and data analysis tools (REDCap, SAS, R), and Epic electronic health records (Slicer Dicer, Cosmos).
• Working knowledge of AI applications and ethical use.

• Medium:
  Exerts 20-50 pounds of force occasionally and/or ten to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force continuously to move objects.
• Frequent walking and/or standing.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

Salary: $49.78/hr - $74.68/hr

• Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Supplemental Life and AD&D
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts – Healthcare and Dependent Care
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Education Assistance
• Daily Pay