Clinical Research Program Manager

Clinical Research Program Manager

Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family's ability to pay or insurance status.

Shriners Salt Lake City is looking for a Clinical Research Program Manager to join the team!

The Clinical Research Program Manager (CRPM) is a specialized, independent research professional who is responsible for operational management, overseeing all local SHC clinical research activities. Reporting to the Hospital Administrator/Clinic Director and Research Programs Office at SHC International Headquarters, the CRPM provides support and leadership in accordance with SHC's policies and procedures, SHC's hospital regulations, the Code of Federal Regulation, and Good Clinical Practice guidelines, when applicable. The CRPM works closely with the Chief of Staff, SHC scientific and medical staff and other research personnel to ethically recruit and consent SHC's vulnerable pediatric subjects and to appropriately collect and safeguard data. Overall, the CRPM is the site's primary liaison among research participants, local study staff, the local investigator(s) and study sponsor(s). This position's main responsibilities are to help ensure proper study conduct, subject safety, and the quality of data and data safeguards. This position will provide management for the day-to-day operations of the clinical research program, ensure competent and standardized staff practices, and coordinate strategies to enhance interdisciplinary communication and collaboration. For those sites at which there is more than one Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC), the CRPM is responsible for direct oversight and reporting for these CRCs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the site's research activities. Facilitates the local site's research programs and projects through collaborative, timely communications and teamwork
• Coordinates with the Department of Research Programs regarding clinical research activities, including OnCore, audits, and regulatory compliance issues. Proactively collaborates with the Department of Research Programs to train and support research staff including the development of work aides, templates and guidelines, policies, and initiatives aimed at improving process and efficiency.
• Provides support, direction, supervision and mentoring for any site clinical research coordinators promoting exemplary study conduct, subject safety, and the generation of accurate and complete substantiated data within SHC's data safeguards
• Supports the implementation of approved research protocols Ensures studies are conducted in compliance with the approved protocol, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, applicable regulatory requirements, SHC policies and standards. Performs study-specific research activities and/or interventions, within the bounds of professional licensure.
• Verifies data accuracy through internal quality control measures to confirm reported study data is accurate, complete, and verifiable from source documents. Provides timely responses to data queries; reviews source documents and addresses data discrepancies. Participates in timely and thorough data cleaning and database lock procedures in preparation for data analysis.
• Has an extensive working knowledge of the complex clinical research process, from protocol development to implementation, including experience with clinical trials.

Required Qualifications:

• Without a Bachelor's degree, 5 or more years of specific job-related experience in the administration of clinical research
• 3 or more years Clinical research experience, e.g. experience with site management, study management, IRB's and federal regulations regarding clinical research compliance
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master's in Clinical Research, science or other healthcare related field
• Experience in the coordination of intergroup or multi-site clinical studies
• CCRP or CCRC certification

Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.

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