Director, Research Implementation

Child Mind Institute; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Dependent care

Discounted tickets

Entertainment perks programs

Job summary

The Child Mind Institute in New York, NY seeks a Director, Research Implementation to lead international randomized trials and implementation science across diverse settings. This exempt, full-time role reports to the Vice President of Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Interventions and requires a minimum of four days per week on-site.

You will oversee study start-up through closeout, manage budgets and timelines, and build strategic partnerships with governments, academic institutions, and

Qualifications

• PhD in public health, epidemiology, psychology, behavioral or social sciences.
• Minimum 10 years of senior level, operations, or project management experience in global settings.
• Experience managing complex multi-site research projects with institutional or international partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior oversight of the implementation of complex research initiatives.
• Lead scientific and operational oversight of RCTs, implementation studies, and international programs.
• Monitor, mitigate risks, and elevate critical issues to leadership.
• Directly manage large-scale research projects, including planning, budgeting, and staffing.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with research institutions and government entities.
• Provide subject matter expertise for study start-up, regulatory requirements, site readiness, and data quality.
• Coordinate across vendors, investigators, data teams, and leadership for timely issue resolution.
• Ensure compliance with protocols, ethics, data quality standards, and policies.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Systems thinking

Adaptability

Education

PhD in public health, epidemiology, psychology, behavioral or social sciences

Job description

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Director, Research Implementation

Full Time New York, NY, US

Salary Range: $175,000.00 To $185,000.00 Annually

About Child Mind Institute

We're dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need. We've become the leading independent nonprofit in children's mental health by providing gold-standard evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing tomorrow's breakthrough treatments.a

As part of the Gobal Center team, you will report to Vice President of Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Interventions You will provide scientific and operational leadership for the Global Center's portfolio of randomized controlled trials and implementation science studies across country-based activities. You will be accountable for the design, implementation, and successful execution of intervention research programs conducted in partnership with governments, academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and community partners across multiple international settings. Additionally, you will oversee research staff, implementation partners, and external collaborators while ensuring scientific rigor, operational excellence, and achievement of study objectives.

This is an exempt, full-time position located at our Midtown Manhattan headquarters. This position requires a minimum of four (4) days per week.

You Will:

• Provide senior oversight of the implementation of complex research initiatives, ensuring that studies are executed effectively, efficiently, and in accordance with research protocols, organizational priorities, timelines, budgets, and established quality standards.
• Lead the scientific and operational oversight of randomized controlled trials, implementation science studies, and intervention research programs across multiple countries and implementation settings.
• Monitor research implementation across projects, proactively identifying operational risks, resource constraints, competing priorities, dependencies, and potential delays; develop mitigation strategies and elevate significant issues to leadership as appropriate.
• Directly manage the implementation of one or more large-scale, complex research projects, including development and management of project plans, timelines, budgets, staffing and resource needs, milestones, risks, and deliverables from study start-up through implementation and closeout.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with research institutions, government entities, healthcare systems, and implementation partners supporting country-based research programs.
• Provide subject matter expertise, senior guidance and problem-solving support for complex study implementation activities, including study start-up, regulatory and Institutional Review Board requirements, site readiness, participant recruitment, field operations, data collection, research platforms, translation and cultural adaptation, and data quality
• Facilitate communication and coordination across vendors, investigators, research managers, research scientists, data and measurement teams, program teams, operations staff, and organizational leadership to support effective implementation and timely resolution of project issues.
• Ensure compliance with research protocols, ethical and regulatory requirements, data quality standards, and organizational policies across all projects.

You Have:

• PhD in public health, epidemiology, psychology, behavioral or social sciences with a minimum 10 years of senior level, operations, or project management experience in global settings
• Significant experience managing complex research studies, including multi-site research, randomized controlled trials (RCTs),implementation science studies, and/or other interdisciplinary research programs, preferably involving multiple institutional or international partners.
• Demonstrated organizational and leadership skills, including successfully leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated strategic and critical thinking.
• Must display strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written), systems thinking, and an understanding of project, financial, and organizational management.
• Able to rapidly build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders across diverse cultural and institutional settings.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously while maintaining high standards of quality and execution.

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Our great compensation package and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs. For more information about our benefits, please visit our employee benefits website .

Pay Range

The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

EEO Disclaimer

Child Mind Institute is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.

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