Clinical Research Project Manager

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Job Summary

A full-time Clinical Research Project Manager position is available within the MGH Resilience and Prevention Program (RAPP) and the Emotion and Social Neuroscience Laboratory (ESNL), located at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the MGH Psychiatry Department. The mission of RAPP is to develop and test psychosocial interventions that increase emotional resilience in youth who are at risk for serious mental illnesses. The ESNL focuses on the studying the neural correlates of emotion and social cognition abnormalities in people affected by or at risk for serious mental illnesses. The Clinical Research Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating on-going and new research projects which span both RAPP and ESNL research programs.

Specifically, this position entails managing multiple clinical studies (e.g., including a randomized controlled trial), with day-to-day supervision and training of research coordinators and other staff, often involving multiple sites or stake-holders. Additional key duties include the management of clinical intervention and neuroimaging research protocols, including oversight of subject recruitment, intervention procedures and fidelity; creation, management and QA of standard operating procedures, study workflows and timelines for recruitment and longitudinal data collection events. In addition this role can involve building REDCap instruments and case report forms with validation and branching logic, and coordinate data requests from clinical sites, and subsequent data-quality review.

Other responsibilities include: assuming the regulatory lead for IRB protocol submissions, modifications, continuing reviews, reportable new information, and consent revisions; maintaining the study regulatory binder under single-IRB oversight at MGB, and maintaining compliance with Federal, State and sponsor (e.g., NIMH) guidelines, audits, and sponsor progress reports.

The Clinical Research Project Manager role will report directly to the Principal Investigator and work closely with senior program managers, post-doctoral fellows and clinical research coordinators.

Essential Functions:

-Supervises operations of all study staff on project teams, and coordinates and delegates cross-project initiatives.

-Conducts research, manages data in systems, and develops reports and presentations to support programs.

-Identify potential risks, issues, and challenges associated with programs and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact.
-Monitor program progress and proactively address deviations from plans, timelines, or budgets.
-Communicate cross-functionally with Research Management/Clinical Trials Office, MGB Healthcare Finance, and scientific collaborators.
-Writes operations manuals.
-Participates in the formulation of policies and procedures for the study.
-Coordinates multi-site trials with NIH, FDA and Private foundations.
-Reports study progress at investigators' meetings.

Education:
Bachelor's Degree Related Field of Study required or MS/MA/MPH/MPP or other Master's equivalent or above degree preferred.

Experience:
Research Related Experience 5-7 years and Supervisory Experience 1-2 years preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to make independent effective decisions.
- Strong organizational and communication Skills.
- Ability to effectively supervise and train Staff.
- Strong database management (e.g., REDCap) and computer skills (Microsoft Suite, R, and Python).
- Demonstrated analytical skills to problem solve effectively.

Preferred Skills:

-Experience at managerial levels of at least 2 years working in clinical research or grant coordination.

-Experience working in MRI environments is applicable but not required.

63,252.80 - 102,596.00 - 141,939.20

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