Project Administrator

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 43,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntsman Cancer Institute seeks a Clinical Project Manager to support PI-led oncology trials, overseeing enrollment, data quality, and regulatory compliance. You will mentor staff, develop SOPs, and coordinate start-up activities while ensuring timely reporting and adherence to trial standards.

You will collaborate with trial teams in a fast-paced environment, manage workflow, and contribute to continuous process improvements for data integrity and patient safety.

Qualifications

• 3 years oncology clinical research coordination experience.
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory guidelines for human subject research protections.

Responsibilities

• Support PIs and study staff with screening, enrollment, data submission, and trial maintenance.
• Ensure quality source documents and protocol compliance with regulatory standards.
• Monitor eligibility, protocol requirements, and data submissions; address delinquency and queries.
• Identify, address, and resolve issues in monitoring/auditing reports and with staff for timely completion.
• Mentor and train junior staff; provide workload coverage plans and SOPs/WPDs.

Skills

Oncology Clinical Research

Regulatory Knowledge

Clinical Trial Management

SOP Development

Data Management

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CTMS

Job description

Clinical Project Managers

This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated vaccination requirements, or be approved for an exemption, prior to the first day of work. We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.

Huntsman Cancer Institute is committed to cancer prevention, care, and survivorship for all communities within the area we serve – which includes Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming – with impact worldwide.

In your cover letter or during your interview process, we invite you to share how your professional experiences have prepared you to serve as a member of our team as we work to reduce the cancer burden experienced by all people and communities. This may include description of your prior experiences related to research, prevention, clinical care, community engagement/outreach, training, administration, or other areas relevant to Huntsman Cancer Institute's mission and this position.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities

• Supports Principal Investigators (PI) and study management staff with patient screening/enrollment, eligibility review, data submission, and overall maintenance of new and ongoing clinical trials.
• Ensures study management staff are providing quality source documents and data to sponsors, while ensuring protocol compliance is maintained within regulatory guidelines and standards.
• Routinely monitor and ensure compliance with eligibility, protocol requirements, data submission completion while monitoring delinquency rates, outstanding query resolutions
• Ensure monitoring/auditing reports and outstanding issues with staff are identified, addressed, and resolved in appropriate timeframe while providing direction and oversight.
• Provides assistance with personnel management and supervision, while mentoring and training new or junior research staff and providing adequate team coverage plans.
• Contribute to developing educational materials on coordination and data completion processes and requirements for the teams, as well as evaluation and education tools to assess staff competency.
• Assist with study start up and oversee workload resourcing for team while providing primary point of contact support for completion of start-up activities (i.e., initiating CDA, Feasibility, MDG scoring and navigation of review committees required for activation, etc.).
• Develop, implement and enforce Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) & Work Practice Documents (WPDs)
• Oversee and ensure completeness in appropriate AE and SAE reporting requirements as well as Deviation reporting to sponsors and the IRB.
• Manages the workflow by reviewing staff performance through period performance and salary reviews and revising the operating procedures as needed.
• OTHER: Assume responsibility for additional assignments as directed by the Program Manager

Successful Candidates Will Have

• Three years of Oncology Clinical Research Coordinator Experience
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of regulatory guidelines related to human subject research protections in clinical trial investigations
• Clinical Trial Management Software experience
• Ability to assess functional processes, workflow and develop improvements for efficiency and quality output.
• Advanced knowledge of industry standards related to clinical trial coordinator functions and study data management activities; (i.e., complex trial designs, data standards, data reviews, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to positively influence others in a team environment

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

Clinical Project Manager, III: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.

Preferences

Bachelor's degree in a related area of assignment or equivalency and 4 - 6 years of progressively more responsible oncology experience. Background knowledge of assigned department's area of specialization in order to analyze, plan, train and draw conclusions for recommendations to Clinical Trial Manager. Demonstrated leadership skills in planning and directing employees and processes in order to effectively monitor and develop team and to ensure the smooth operation of department.

Completion of provided supervisory/management training within one year of employment may be required.

SOCRA or ACRP certified.

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN46272B

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Work Schedule Summary

Department: 01167 - HCI Clinical Trials Operations

Location: Campus

Pay Rate Range: 43000 to 74609

Close Date: 12/21/2026

Open Until Filled