Director of Real-World Evidence and Implementation Science Research

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Real-World Evidence and Implementation Science Research based in United States. This is a senior leadership opportunity to build and scale a real-world evidence and implementation science research function within a national cardiovascular care network. You will shape the strategy, portfolio, and operating model for observational and pragmatic research programs. The role spans scientific research, study operations, business development, partnerships, and service-line performance. You will take studies from initial concept and feasibility through protocol development, regulatory review, activation, execution, analysis, and dissemination. Working closely with clinicians, researchers, analytics teams, sponsors, and external partners, you will translate complex clinical questions into rigorous, actionable evidence. This is a builder-oriented environment suited to a research leader who combines scientific credibility with operational discipline and commercial judgment. Accountabilities - Lead RWE strategy and growth: Develop the strategic vision, roadmap, growth targets, operating model, and resourcing plan for the real-world evidence and observational research service line. - Build the research portfolio: Identify opportunities across sponsors, clinical data assets, emerging methodologies, and market needs, translating priorities into a managed portfolio of RWE engagements, registries, and observational studies.

- Lead end-to-end research delivery: Develop research concepts and protocols, conduct feasibility assessments, define study objectives and methodologies, coordinate start-up activities, and oversee studies through activation, execution, analysis, and closeout. - Establish scalable operations: Create and maintain standard operating procedures, quality controls, study documentation, feasibility tools, workflows, and other infrastructure that supports consistent, responsible growth. - Manage regulatory and data governance activities: Oversee IRB and research compliance submissions while partnering with Privacy, Compliance, Legal, IT, and research stakeholders on data access, privacy, security, and governance requirements. - Coordinate scientific and analytical resources: Bring together biostatistics, epidemiology, data science, clinical expertise, and external partners to support study design, analysis, interpretation, and scientific deliverables. - Oversee vendors and technology partners: Manage external research vendors, data and analytics partners, chart abstraction providers, and other subcontractors, including contracts, statements of work, budgets, timelines, deliverables, and issue escalation. - Drive business development: Support sponsor outreach, opportunity identification, pipeline development, proposals, capabilities materials, pricing, contracting, and revenue tracking while helping position research capabilities as commercially compelling offerings. - Lead service-line operations: Serve as the day-to-day leader for the function, coordinating and developing a cross-functional team while maintaining accountability for quality, operational performance, partner responsiveness, and financial results. - Build stakeholder relationships: Foster strong partnerships with physicians, practices, researchers, sponsors, and internal stakeholders and promote a culture of scientific integrity and operational excellence. - Advance research dissemination: Support abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, sponsor reports, and other scientific outputs that communicate the impact and findings of real-world research.