Manager Research

Job Overview

Fairview is seeking an innovative and collaborative Manager of Research Recruitment to lead patient recruitment efforts at the Fairview Community Health & Wellness Hub in St. Paul, MN. This dynamic, hands‑on leadership role focuses on developing and executing effective strategies to connect patients with meaningful clinical research opportunities.

In this position, you’ll partner with clinical and research teams to design customized recruitment plans, implement best practices, and explore new tools and technologies to improve participant engagement and retention. You’ll also guide and support a team of research staff, oversee day‑to‑day operations, and ensure all recruitment activities protect patient rights and meet regulatory standards.

This is a full‑time, onsite role offering competitive pay, strong benefits, and bonus eligibility—ideal for someone passionate about advancing research and making a direct impact on patient care.

• Review national best practices for patient recruitment, develop innovative solutions to reach out to patients for reviewing potential research opportunities.
• Assist investigators and research teams with designing a custom patient recruitment plan for each requested study.
• Create and disseminate a repository of best practice recruitment and retention materials, templates and other resources for patient recruitment.
• Build new research recruitment tools in Red Cap and using other appropriate IT tools.
• Build expertise in extracting clinical information from EPIC.
• Work with EPIC reporting to extract patient lists; use lists to populate recruitment tools, e.g., mail merge and process recruitment letters.
• Ensure the well‑being of research subjects is safeguarded and that subjects’ rights are protected.
• Work with research study teams to submit recruitment tools to the appropriate IRB.
• Collaborate with other departments throughout the organization to implement research projects.
• Make important staffing assignments to new research studies; build new research teams for upcoming projects; manage the day‑to‑day scheduling and performance of assigned research staff members.

• Bachelor of Arts
• 3 years of healthcare or research experience
• Excellent communication skills

• Master of Arts
• 5 years of healthcare or research experience
• Team management experience
• Strategic program development
• Project management experience
• Experience with human subjects’ recruitment
• Experience with social media for business purposes
• Clinical research certification

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more.

$97,302.40 - $ Annual

EEO/Vet/Disabled:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status.