Research Manager - ISM, Surgery

About the role

The Research Manager provides operational leadership for the Department of Surgery's research portfolio, overseeing research administration, regulatory compliance, financial management, and clinical trial operations. This individual partners closely with Principal Investigators, research staff, institutional offices, and external sponsors to ensure compliant, efficient, and financially sustainable management of investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored research. The Research Manager supports the full research lifecycle, including study start-up, grant administration, regulatory oversight, financial management, study execution, and closeout.

Responsibilities

• Oversees day-to-day research operations across a portfolio of clinical and translational research studies, ensuring projects are completed in accordance with institutional policies, sponsor requirements, GCP, FDA, NIH, and other applicable regulations.
• Serves as the department's subject matter expert for research finance, including clinical trial budgeting, coverage analysis, invoicing, sponsor payments, participant reimbursement, account reconciliation, payroll allocations, effort reporting, financial projections, and deficit mitigation.
• Oversees regulatory compliance for clinical research, including IRB submissions, continuing reviews, amendments, reportable events, reliance agreements, informed consent documentation, protocol deviations, and regulatory file maintenance.
• Functions as an experienced Clinical Trial Manager (CTM), overseeing study start-up, activation, enrollment, recruitment strategies, monitoring visits, sponsor communication, data quality, protocol compliance, and study closeout.
• Collaborates with Principal Investigators, research coordinators, institutional offices, sponsors, CROs, and external collaborators to proactively identify operational challenges and implement effective solutions.
• Develops, implements, and continuously improves departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs), workflows, quality assurance initiatives, and research management processes.
• Monitors study timelines, milestones, enrollment targets, regulatory deadlines, and financial performance, proactively identifying risks and implementing corrective action plans when needed.
• Coordinates study staffing needs and may supervise research personnel, including recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management, professional development, and workload allocation.
• Ensures appropriate utilization of departmental resources while maintaining high standards of regulatory compliance, fiscal stewardship, and operational efficiency.
• Provides guidance to investigators regarding institutional policies, sponsor requirements, grant administration, and clinical research best practices.
• Generates operational, regulatory, enrollment, and financial reports for departmental leadership to support strategic planning and decision-making.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in sciences or related field.
• 5 years of experience in a hospital/medical environment.
• 1 year of supervisory experience.

Non-Bargaining Unit, 862 - Surgery - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine.

About the employer

The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence. We share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care. When you join us, you become part of Mount Sinai’s legacy of achievement, education, and innovation as we work together to transform healthcare.

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people by taking on complex health care challenges through discovery, innovation, and education.

We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked in specialties such as Geriatrics, Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, and more. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding.

Pay

The salary range for the role is $58,661 - $146,016.14 annually. Actual salaries depend on experience, education, and operational need. The range does not include bonuses, incentive pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.