Clinical Research Supervisor 1 - Hematology/Oncology

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health’s DGSOM Hematology-Oncology division seeks a Clinical Research Supervisor 1 to provide leadership for clinical research activities across the study lifecycle at the UCLA Cancer and Aging Program.

Under Dr. Mina Sedrak, supervise staff, ensure regulatory compliance, manage budgets, and collaborate with investigators, sponsors, and institutional partners to advance cancer, treatment, and aging research.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a clinical research setting.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to establish rapport with investigators, sponsors, and staff.
• Ability to lead, supervise, and develop research staff and manage multiple timelines across studies.
• Familiarity with IRB, FDA, and university policies and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and operational leadership for clinical research activities across the study lifecycle.
• Oversee research staff, support study operations and compliance, and collaborate with investigators and sponsors.
• Manage study start-up, recruitment, conduct, regulatory compliance, budgeting, and closeout.
• Serve as a resource for research staff and coordinate with Principal Investigators and external partners.

Skills

Clinical research experience

Communication skills

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Regulatory knowledge

Budgeting

Tools

Adobe

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Work Schedule

Monday – Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Posted Date

11/06/2026

Salary Range: $88900.00 - 190300.00 Annually

Employment Type

Duration

indefinite

Job #

34012

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

UCLA DGSOM Hematology-Oncology is seeking a Clinical Research Supervisor 1 to join the UCLACancer and Aging Program. Under the direction of Dr. Mina Sedrak, the position will providesupervision and operational leadership for clinical research activities across the study lifecycle. Theincumbent will oversee research staff, support study operations and compliance, and collaboratewith investigators, sponsors, and institutional partners to advance innovative research focused oncancer, treatment, and aging. This position provides direct supervision and operational leadershipacross clinical research studies, including study start-up, participant recruitment and enrollment,study conduct, regulatory compliance, financial and operational activities, and study closeout. TheClinical Research Supervisor will serve as a key resource for research staff and collaborate closelywith Principal Investigators, sponsors, ancillary departments, and institutional partners to supporthigh-quality, compliant clinical research

Annual salary range: $88,900.00 - $190,300.00

Job Qualifications

Required:

Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a clinical research setting.

Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a team.

Ability to effectively communicate to and interact with patients in a compassionate and kind manner.

Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and department needs, while complying with applicable University policies and federal and state regulations.

Analytical skills to assess clinical research protocols and regulatory requirements, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions.

Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment. Ability to adapt to changing job demands and priorities, remain flexible including working flexible hours to accommodate research deadlines.

Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and regulatory files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.

Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately.

Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.

Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively establish rapport, building collaborative relationships, and communicate complex concepts and ideas in an easy-to-understand manner.

Ability to handle confidential information with judgement and discretion.

Availability to work in more than one environment, travelling to various clinic sites, meetings, conferences, etc.

Advanced knowledge of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.

Demonstrated ability to interpret IRB, FDA, federal and UCLA requirements and utilize that information to guide investigators and other team members.

Expert level working knowledge of clinical research concepts, policies and procedures, and human safety protection regulations and laws.

Demonstrated experience and knowledge of clinical trials budgeting processes to manage the preparation of clinical trials budgets.

Demonstrated experience with FDA processes and procedures.

Ability to lead the development and implementation of quality improvement activities, SOPs, processes, etc.

Team leadership experience (i.e. projects, committees, etc.).

Ability to develop and give presentations to leadership, positively representing the department.

Ability to predict potential problems and proactively implement solutions.

Ability to clearly communicate complex departmental and institution-wide policies and ensure understanding.

Ability to manage complex and sometimes conflicting departmental priorities and external timelines.

Preferred:

Clinical Research Certification (CCRP, ACRP, etc.)

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.