Clinical Research Coordinator - Sports Medicine

Boston Children's Hospital; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator for the SPORTI program within the Division of Sports Medicine. You will independently coordinate studies across the SPORTI portfolio, handling recruitment, regulatory duties, data collection, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will work with investigators, teams, and external partners to ensure timely study execution and high-quality data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2+ years of relevant experience required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates day-to-day operations of multiple clinical research studies to meet protocol requirements, regulatory obligations, sponsor expectations, and study timelines.
• Screens, recruits, consents, and enrolls participants; evaluates eligibility; explains study requirements; and serves as a primary contact for participants and families.
• Prepares and tracks IRB submissions, continuing reviews, amendments, reportable events, and sponsor or external stakeholder documentation.
• Maintains regulatory files, essential documents, monitoring records, and audit-ready study documentation; monitors and reports adverse events as required.
• Coordinates study visits, participant scheduling and follow-up, data collection, and research workflows across multidisciplinary teams.
• Develops and maintains study databases, tracking systems, data collection tools, and processes that support data quality, protocol compliance, and participant retention.
• Serves as a liaison among investigators, study teams, collaborating institutions, sponsors, coordinating centers, and external research partners.
• Monitors study progress, identifies operational challenges, and implements solutions to support timely and effective study execution.
• Prepares study metrics, reports, summaries, and progress updates for investigators, research leadership, sponsors, and collaborators.
• Supports multicenter research activities, including site coordination and required project documentation.
• May assist with project budgets, expense monitoring, and resolution of discrepancies in accordance with hospital and funding requirements.
• Assists Principal Investigators with study start-up, protocol implementation, funding applications, ancillary proposals, and development of research materials.
• Contributes to abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and dissemination of findings; may present results at local or national meetings.
• May train and provide day-to-day guidance to research assistants, students, interns, or other research staff.
• Contributes to standard operating procedures, quality documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives supporting the SPORTI research mission.

Skills

Participant recruitment

Regulatory compliance

Study coordination

Data collection

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IRB submissions

Clinical data management

Job description

Position Summary

The Division of Sports Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital is home to the Sports Medicine Research and Innovation Team (SPORTI), a multidisciplinary program advancing pediatric and adolescent sports medicine through clinical research, outcomes science, injury prevention, and innovation. Under the direction of Principal Investigators and research leadership, the Clinical Research Coordinator independently coordinates studies across the SPORTI portfolio, with responsibility for participant recruitment, regulatory activities, study operations, data collection, and collaboration with clinical, research, and external partners.

Why Join SPORTI? Join a collaborative team conducting high-impact research to improve pediatric sports medicine, injury prevention, and athlete health, with opportunities for professional development and increasing responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates day-to-day operations of multiple clinical research studies to meet protocol requirements, regulatory obligations, sponsor expectations, and study timelines.
• Screens, recruits, consents, and enrolls participants; evaluates eligibility; explains study requirements; and serves as a primary contact for participants and families.
• Prepares and tracks IRB submissions, continuing reviews, amendments, reportable events, and sponsor or external stakeholder documentation.
• Maintains regulatory files, essential documents, monitoring records, and audit-ready study documentation; monitors and reports adverse events as required.
• Coordinates study visits, participant scheduling and follow-up, data collection, and research workflows across multidisciplinary teams.
• Develops and maintains study databases, tracking systems, data collection tools, and processes that support data quality, protocol compliance, and participant retention.
• Serves as a liaison among investigators, study teams, collaborating institutions, sponsors, coordinating centers, and external research partners.
• Monitors study progress, identifies operational challenges, and implements solutions to support timely and effective study execution.
• Prepares study metrics, reports, summaries, and progress updates for investigators, research leadership, sponsors, and collaborators.
• Supports multicenter research activities, including site coordination and required project documentation.
• May assist with project budgets, expense monitoring, and resolution of discrepancies in accordance with hospital and funding requirements.
• Assists Principal Investigators with study start-up, protocol implementation, funding applications, ancillary proposals, and development of research materials.
• Contributes to abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and dissemination of findings; may present results at local or national meetings.
• May train and provide day-to-day guidance to research assistants, students, interns, or other research staff.
• Contributes to standard operating procedures, quality documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives supporting the SPORTI research mission.

Minimum Qualifications Education

• Bachelor's degree required.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience required.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, employee discounts and discounted commuter benefits at certain locations. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.