Program Director

Job Summary

Responsible for managing a clinical study involving multiple sites around the world. Leading the efforts on selecting the sites, testing the sites capabilities to ensure long-term compliance, engaging in contractual agreements with the sites, working together with the department to manage the execution of the site agreements, training the staff at each site with respect to the study protocol and data upload to the web-based data collection system. Responsible for the generation of standard operating procedures; works directly with investigators, clinicians, software developers and other lab personnel.

Essential Functions

• Engages potential sites and tests their capabilities for long-term compliance.
• Trains the site coordinators at each clinical site.
• Maintains the site coordinators at each clinical site.
• Trains newly hired technical staff to work on this project.
• Generates and maintains standard operating procedures.
• Communicates project progress with the sponsor.
• Troubleshoots problems related to access the web-based registry.
• Prepares reports and presents progress at research staff meetings.
• Collaborates on the coordination of submission of federal (NIH, DPH) and non-federal (private foundations) grant proposals, subaward proposals, JIT, and progress reports.
• Develops budgets and supporting documentation for grant applications.
• Prepares and submits grant applications in NIH ASSIST, PCORI Online, and other sponsor portals.
• Affirms new funding opportunities to support the Center’s research mission.
• Prepares agreement modifications (effort changes, carry forward requests, no-cost extensions, other prior approvals).
• Coordinates the submission of agreements (DUAs, MTAs, CDAs, Institutional Service Agreements, Billing Agreements) through Insight.
• Supervises operations of all study staff.
• Acts as the point of contact to provide direction and guidance to program staff regarding day-to-day issues and activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study required.
• No experience in lieu of a degree accepted.

Additional Job Details

Remote Work Location: 101 Merrimac Street. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40. Employee Type: Regular. Work Shift: Day (United States of America).

Pay Range

$78,936.00 - $128,928.80/Annual. Grade: 8.

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