IIT Protocol Development Project Coord

IIT Protocol Development Project Coordinator (Senior Project Manager)

Location: Lexington, KY

Grade: 46 |
Salary: $52,/year |
Type: Staff |
Time Status: Full-Time

Required

Education:

MS (Master’s degree).
Preferred Education: Master’s in Clinical Research or related health science field.

Required Experience: 2 years in clinical trials, cancer research, or project management in a clinical setting.
Preferred Experience: Clinical trials protocol writing, cancer clinical research.

Certification Eligibility: Certification eligible; SOCRA CCRP or ACRP preferred.

Physical Requirements: Handling light-weight objects up to 10 pounds, sitting for long periods, repetitive motion, some standing or walking.

Shift: Monday‑Friday 8:00 am‑4:30 pm (40 hrs. per week).

Job Summary: The Markey Cancer Center seeks a senior Project Manager to independently facilitate the initiation and completion of institutional interventional clinical trial protocols. The role includes coordinating protocol writing, managing study documents through the life‑cycle, facilitating revisions and amendments, overseeing accruals to open IITs, and coordinating study logistics and approvals. The coordinator must work collaboratively with physician investigators and study staff, manage multiple protocols concurrently, and ensure all institutional, industry, and federal standards are met.

• Facilitate the initiation and completion of all institutional interventional clinical trial protocols.
• Coordinate the writing and ongoing management of protocol and clinical research documents.
• Facilitate revisions and amendments of approved protocols, informed consent forms, and other trial‑specific documents.
• Coordinate accruals to open IITs and ongoing study logistics/approvals.
• Verify content to meet institutional, industry, and federal standards and ensure MCC standards are adhered to.
• Assist physician investigators and study research staff on a daily basis.

• Excellent oral and written communication, especially in treatment study protocol writing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience with Oncore and Forte EDC CTMS preferred.

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Research or related health science field.
• SOCRA CCRP or ACRP certification preferred.
• Experience in clinical trials protocol writing and cancer clinical research.

Final date to receive applications: 06/24/2026

This position is offered as a hybrid work arrangement.

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