Executive Director - Research Administration & Operations

10 John C. Lincoln Medical Center; Scottsdale (AZ); Híbrido; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HonorHealth seeks an Executive Director, Research Administration & Operations based in Scottsdale, AZ, with hybrid on-site work at the Shea Medical Office Building and some remote work availability. The role leads integrated administrative and operational infrastructure to enable the Research Institute's mission safely, efficiently, and compliantly.

You will partner with senior leaders to align research priorities with scalable capabilities across the health system and manage

Responsabilidades

• Lead the integrated research operations and service delivery across clinical, administrative, financial, regulatory, systems, and pharmacy functions.
• Define decision authority, service standards, handoffs, escalation pathways, and resource priorities across functions.
• Own outcomes across the full research lifecycle and remove cross-functional barriers to ensure consistent service.
• Establish coordinated grant and research project intake, governance, and startup/closeout processes.
• Translate strategy into scalable capabilities across the health system with key stakeholders.

Descripción del empleo

Primary City/State: Shea Medical Office Building - 10290 N 92nd St Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Category: Research Operations

Shift: Day

Department: HRI-Administration

Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

Location: This is a hybrid role based primarily on-site at the Shea Medical Office Building in Scottsdale, AZ , with some remote work available; candidates outside of Arizona must be willing to relocate.

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Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Associate Vice President / Chief Operating Officer, Research Institute, the Executive Director, Research Administration & Operations provides executive leadership for the integrated administrative and operational infrastructure that enables the Research Institute to execute its research mission safely, efficiently, compliantly, and sustainably. Leads through Directors and other functional leaders responsible for research financial operations, sponsored projects, research compliance, clinical research operations and designated standard-of-care operations, institutional research/investigator-initiated research infrastructure, business operations and study start-up, research technology and systems, and research pharmacy.

Partners with the Vice President of Research, Academic Affairs leadership, physician and scientific leaders, and health-system stakeholders to translate research priorities into scalable administrative and operational capabilities. Accountable for the operating model, cross-functional governance, portfolio-level performance and risk, resource prioritization, organizational capability, and transformation across assigned functions. The role supports and operationalizes research strategy established by the Vice President of Research and Chief Operating Officer.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Integrated Research Operations and Service Delivery

Lead the clinical, administrative, financial, regulatory, systems, pharmacy, and business functions as one coordinated operating model.

The Executive Director leads through Directors and other functional leaders responsible for research financial operations, sponsored projects, compliance and quality, clinical research operations, designated standard of care research operations, institutional and investigator-initiated research infrastructure, business operations, study activation, research technology and systems, and research pharmacy. The leader defines decision authority, service standards, handoffs, escalation pathways, resource priorities, workforce capacity, and corrective action across these functions.

The Executive Director owns outcomes across the full research lifecycle. Departmental task completion does not satisfy this accountability when the final service result remains delayed, inaccurate, incomplete, or unreliable. The leader removes cross functional barriers, standardizes workflows, resolves handoff failures, and ensures that investigators, sponsors, research participants, and internal partners receive consistent service regardless of division, location, study type, or individual staff member.

The role establishes coordinated grant and research project intake, effective sponsored project governance, reliable study startup and closeout processes, and clear operational ownership throughout execution. Research Support Specialists function as embedded operational partners who coordinate timelines, milestones, communication, dashboards, and implementation while accountable leaders retain ownership of results.

Strategic Alignment and Enterprise Research Integration

Translate HRI strategy, HonorHealth priorities, and academic commitments into scalable research capabilities across the health system.

The Executive Director partners with the Vice President of Research, the HRI Chief Operating Officer, Academic Affairs, Arizona State University, physician and scientific leaders, and HonorHealth stakeholders to convert strategic priorities into operational plans, capacity, infrastructure, controls, and sustainable execution. The role ensures that operational decisions support HRI commitments, scientific priorities, sponsored activity, clinical research, investigator-initiated research, and institutional research initiatives.

The Executive Director creates an operating infrastructure that supports research across HonorHealth regardless of specialty, location, research type, funding source, or organizational partner. This includes expanding research access across hospitals, medical groups, service lines, physicians, and clinical programs. The role represents HRI op