Clinical Research Team Lead

Why Del Richt Research?

Would you love to be a part of the cutting edge of healthcare and science innovation? Do you want to be an influential part of a rapidly growing team? Are you looking for a position that has opportunities for professional growth? If the answer is yes, then Del Richt Research might be the right opportunity for you!

Del Richt is a clinical research company dedicated to providing an excellent customer experience to all patients that participate in our clinical trials. Our clinical trials provide new treatment options for our patients and ultimately our goal is to get new medications and medical devices FDA approved! We hold our team members to a high standard of excellence and are looking for energetic, positive, quick learners to be a part of our team.

Presently our network stretches across 33 sites throughout the United States in 18 states.

Del Richt Research has been recognized as a Top Workplace in ! This is a testament to our unwavering commitment to creating an exceptional work environment that fosters growth, collaboration, and employee satisfaction.

Del Richt Research is seeking an experienced Clinical Research Team Lead to guide a team responsible for preparing new clinical trials for successful activation and execution across our growing site network.

This role combines clinical expertise, project management, quality oversight, and people leadership. The Clinical Research Team Lead will help ensure that study resources, internal project plans, and site handoffs are completed accurately and on time. You will work closely with internal site operations, sponsors, Clinical Research Organizations, and Del Richt’s centralized departments to identify barriers early, communicate realistic timelines, and position our sites for rapid activation and successful patient enrollment.

The Clinical Research Team Lead is responsible for driving rapid, predictable study activation through strong project management, technical excellence in CRIO, rigorous quality oversight, and proactive collaboration with site operations and centralized departments.

• Manage study start-up activities within the team’s control, with the goal of positioning Del Richt to achieve first site activated and first site to screen whenever possible.
• Establish, maintain, and communicate accurate activation timelines.
• Maintain detailed project plans reflecting site, study team, and centralized department responsibilities.
• Identify study-specific barriers, dependencies, and trial-limiting factors early.
• Monitor study activation, first patient screening, first patient visits, and first randomization milestones.

• Provide day-to-day direction, coaching, and support to assigned coordinators.
• Conduct and document consistent one-on-one meetings.
• Set clear quarterly performance and development goals aligned with department and company priorities.
• Recognize high performers and create opportunities for continued growth.
• Address performance concerns directly, fairly, and promptly.
• Support formal performance reviews and improvement plans when needed.
• Assess team capacity and communicate resource or bandwidth concerns before performance is affected.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and training of new team members.
• Ensure training materials and competency packets are completed accurately and on time.
• Identify opportunities to improve or expand the department’s processes and capabilities.

• Represent Del Richt professionally in written, verbal, and virtual client interactions.
• Confirm expectations, activation timelines, milestones, and required next steps with sponsors and…