Director of Regional Research and Clinical Operations

Responsibilities

• Research Strategy, Growth, and Operations
• Lead operational management of the department's research mission
• Support growth in research activity, clinical trials, external funding, publications, and academic impact
• Align research activities with departmental priorities, faculty goals, available funding, staffing capacity, and institutional requirements
• Research Administration, Compliance, and Faculty Support
• Oversee and coordinate research administration functions
• Support faculty and staff compliance with institutional, sponsor, and regulatory requirements
• Manage the annual research laboratory space survey process
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and support preparation for institutional, sponsor, or regulatory reviews
• Financial Management and Sustainability
• Oversee financial management for the research and quality portfolio
• Develop financial models to support sustainable research operations
• Monitor funded versus unfunded research activity
• Reduce unfunded research activity, with a goal of keeping unfunded research below 20% of the overall research portfolio
• Quality, Registries, and Outcomes
• Provide operational leadership for quality initiatives, registries, databases, and outcomes programs
• Coordinate data capture, reporting, and performance tracking
• Translate quality work into research projects, publications, presentations, and improvement initiatives
• Regional Neurosurgical Clinical Operations
• Serve as an operational bridge across regional neurosurgical sites
• Support regional neurosurgical care integration, service growth, recruitment, onboarding, marketing, and operational alignment
• Implement operational efficiencies across regional sites
• People Leadership and Team Development
• Supervise assigned staff across research administration, laboratories, clinical trials, quality, registries, databases, and related operational areas
• Develop tools, calendars, dashboards, and reminders to ensure timely completion of required compliance activities
• Strategic Projects and Operational Improvement
• Lead or support department-wide strategic projects
• Facilitate workgroups, remove barriers, and drive projects to completion

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Progressively responsible experience in healthcare administration, research administration, clinical operations, academic medicine, or related field
• Demonstrated experience managing complex operations, projects, teams, or portfolios
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and project management skills
• Ability to work effectively with faculty, clinicians, staff, administrators, and institutional partners
• Commitment to compliance, service excellence, continuous improvement, and team development