Manager Academic Research Services

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Job Description Summary:

The purpose of this position is to provide leadership and management of daily operations for academic research activities and projects in an assigned therapeutic area, regional site, or program / team for OHRI. The Manager, Research is responsible for tactical operational delivery and execution of research studies, projects and/or scholarly activity. He/she is responsible and accountable for planning, coordinating, overseeing, and conducting studies, projects and/or scholarly activity in one or more therapeutic areas, sites, or programs. The Manager, Research of Academic Research is accountable to drive and monitor project related and departmental activities ensuring targets are met according to timelines, budget, and quality expectations. This position will also oversee the development and execution of projects, play a key role in educating associates on best practices for research and QI, and work in a multidisciplinary manner to achieve research goals that are strategically aligned with OHRI and OhioHealth. Research activities and projects will be in an assigned therapeutic area(s), regional site, or program/team for OHRI. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, ensuring OHRI’s Academic Research Services team supports investigators with literature reviews, study development, assisting with funding applications, dissemination of results in the form of posters, presentations and manuscripts, participant contact and enrollment, and ensuring compliance with state, federal, local, and organizational regulations. The Manager may lead, hire, direct, teach and supervise up to 15 direct reports and research personnel in OHRI ensuring quality and compliance within the department.

Responsibilities And Duties:

Leads the research operations
Independently develop and manage a team for conducting research and/or scholarly activity. Establish and implement organization goals to lead the efforts of the team.
Continuously prioritizes tasks, budgets time, and manages workflow and staff to ensure that all deadlines are met.
Collaborates with principal investigator(s), investigators, trainees, research nurses/coordinators, reg
ulatory coordinators, data coordinators and other staff to assist in developing plans for research projects.
Participate in selection of protocols based on risk matrix and feasibility. Leads feasibility project review.
Advise the senior leadership of new clinical or research trends and information.
Build effective working relationships with executive leadership teams, committees, OhioHealth teams and departments.
Routinely collaborate with counterparts in other departments or other institutions to conduct joint research studies or projects.
Build positive working relationship with pharmaceutical sponsors, academic partners, and other external agencies to ensure positive working interactions on behalf of OhioHealth which may help to foster future collaborations.
Manages the research support team
Provide leadership and mentoring for direct reports and/or regional sites and therapeutic areas.
Serves as a formal and informal leader of teams in a responsible manner that facilities team goals and OHRI goals.
Ensures that new associates have been trained appropriately and meet internal qualifications. Completes 45- and 90-day orientation evaluations.
Monitors team workloads and dir