Associate Director, WHCRC

Job Summary: Under the direction of the faculty directors of the Women’s Health Clinical Research Center (WHCRC), the Associate Director will independently coordinate and be accountable for the overall administration and regulatory compliance of a portfolio of approximately 10-20 active clinical protocols, including investigator-initiated, industry, and federally-sponsored multi-centered clinical trials, research consortia, and prospective cohort studies that require advanced-level knowledge and skills. The Associate Director will work collaboratively with senior academic faculty and external constituents, including diverse stakeholder groups to launch and maintain operational programs. This position provides administrative leadership within a multidisciplinary research program, across the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; the Department of Medicine – Division of General Internal Medicine; and other UCSF departments where WHCRC faculty or staff have overlapping appointments. The Associate Director manages WHCRC teams across departments, including governance, staffing, research plan development and grant submission, budget development and management, establishment and oversight of subcontracts and consultant or vendor agreements, and monitoring of the WHCRC’s overall operations and portfolio. The Associate Director will supervise the day-to-day activities of all research staff and events, effectively balancing numerous deadlines and evolving priorities. This position is responsible for and critically important to the development and overall operational management of WHCRC. The Associate Director has direct responsibility for implementing a diverse portfolio of research activities, which may include multicenter clinical trials (both NIH and industry-sponsored), local investigator-initiated clinical trials, and other programmatic clinical research activities. The position may perform expert and efficient integration of multiple complex programmatic activities, applying a sophisticated research knowledge base, substantial leadership skills, and effectively working with a variety of organizations at UCSF (Institutional and departmental leadership, clinicians, investigators, clinical staff, senior administration, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the Human Research Protection Program, human resources, research management services, finance, and contracts and grants) and elsewhere (industry sponsors, coordinating centers, Data Safety Monitoring Board, FDA, NIH, PCORI), exhibiting an in-depth knowledge of specific programs. The position will require active management of multiple project workstreams across planning, initiation, execution, and close-out. The Associate Director will establish and maintain effective partnerships with diverse stakeholders, support rigorous monitoring and evaluation of all activities to capture impact and best practices, implement sound financial and administrative stewardship, and disseminate program accomplishments. The fundamental requirements of this position include research operations management, clinical trials/longitudinal studies management, budgetary management/oversight, and HR/risk management/administrative responsibilities. The Associate Director, collaborating with the faculty members, will be responsible for study protocol development, completion of study start-up, clinical trial/study management, data management and integrity, regulatory compliance, and achievement of study objectives. This position will directly supervise multi-disciplinary/level staff personnel, as well as hire, train, and supervise new staff members. Department Overview: The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences (Ob, Gyn & RS) is a major academic Department in the School of Medicine, engaged in clinical, research and training activities at the Parnassus, Mount Zion, and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital campuses, the new Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital at Mission Bay, as well as satellite locations throughout the Bay Area, with an annual operating budget of $149 million. The Department has 134 full-time faculty, 117 other academic appointees, 13 post-doctoral fellows, 22 clinical fellows, 32 residents, 138 voluntary clinical faculty and 270 staff. The mission of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences is to improve the lives and health of all women through excellence, innovation and leadership in patient care, scientific discovery, education, advocacy, and diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to providing quality health care services; educating health care providers and investigators; and conducting research to advance knowledge in our field. Reasonable accommodation(s) to qualified individuals with disabilities are available as part of the application and interview processes. If you would like to request accommodations, please contact the recruiter or hiring manager. If workplace accommodations are needed after a job offer is made, please contact the supervisor and/or Disability Management Services (DMS) at View phone number on click.appcast.io [tel:View phone number on click.appcast.io] to initiate the interactive process. 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