Clinical Research Manager

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Clinical Research Manager

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is seeking a Clinical Research Manager to plan, develop, and direct clinical research operations within the department. This position provides strategic and operational oversight for one or multiple clinical research programs and serves a key role in advancing the department’s mission in reproductive health research, education, clinical care, and advocacy.

The Clinical Research Manager will oversee clinical trial operations, ensure regulatory compliance, supervise research staff, manage budgets and research portfolios, and support the development and submission of grant proposals and protocols. This role works collaboratively with investigators, sponsors, regulatory bodies, and institutional partners to ensure high-quality and compliant research operations that support the department’s continued excellence in translational and clinical research.

Founded in 1929, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has a long-standing tradition of leadership in reproductive health. Today, our physicians, advanced practice providers, researchers, trainees, and staff remain united in a shared commitment to improving reproductive health outcomes through innovation, collaboration, and academic excellence.

• This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
• This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations.
  
  The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and every four years.

Candidates who demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities will be given first consideration:

• Regulatory & Clinical Knowledge: HIPAA, FERPA, GCP, ICH/FDA compliance, IRB processes, clinical trial lifecycle
• Project Management:
  Plan/manage timelines, budgets, risks, and multiple concurrent studies
• Leadership & Communication:
  Lead cross-functional teams; resolve deviations/issues; engage sponsors, sites, and stakeholders effectively
• Technical Proficiency: EDC, Florence, OnCore, Team Work, REDCap, Arrow, RAMP, Qualtrics, Excel, and Advarra Participant Payments
• Core Abilities:
  Strong organization, ensure quality, attention to detail, adaptability, ethical judgment, and decision-making

• Plans staff implementation of protocols and on-going quality review of one or multiple, basic or moderately complex clinical research trials or programs
• Develops and monitors the program budget; and reviews and approves expenditures
• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• Composes, assembles, and submits grant proposals and protocols according to applicable rules and regulations
• Compiles audits and documents research data to ensure necessary compliance with institutional policies and procedures
• Analyzes research portfolios and accounts, solicits internal and external research opportunities, promotes unit capabilities, and makes recommendations to leadership for strategic program enhancements

School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Human Subjects Core

OBGYN began the academic mission of training ob-gyn physicians in 1929, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has set the standard for reproductive health education, research, clinical care, and advocacy. Today, we continue that legacy of excellence as a department of physicians, advanced practice providers, researchers, trainees, and staff who are all unified in leading reproductive health forward.

As leaders, our vision is of a department propelled by a shared commitment to improving reproductive health across each of our mission areas and that connection and collaboration between disciplines is crucial and that success in any one mission area contributes to success in the others.

The starting salary for the position is $80,000 annually; but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. For more information, refer to the campus benefits webpage.

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