Senior Cancer Research Operations Project Leader

Ali Aydi; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 91,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health Office of Cancer Research seeks a Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives strengthening the clinical research portfolio and supporting infrastructure. You will design governance, plans, metrics, communication strategies, and change-management approaches for study start-up, regulatory operations, budgeting, and access to trials.

Role involves coordinating resources and stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant, and financially responsible delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in healthcare administration, business, public health, clinical research, nursing, life sciences, or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred in related fields.
• Project management certification preferred.
• Clinical research certification (ACRP or SOCRA) preferred.
• 7–10 years of progressively responsible healthcare/clinical research leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership and investigators to translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives and operating plans.
• Lead a portfolio of initiatives to improve clinical trial activation, operational quality, compliance, and financial performance.
• Design governance, charters, milestones, and executive reporting for projects and portfolios.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for study start-up, budgeting, billing readiness, and financial reconciliation.
• Lead process-improvement efforts to reduce handoffs, cycle time, and operational variation while maintaining regulatory controls.
• Coordinate cross-functional work across investigators, clinical staff, finance, contracting, IT, and analytics.
• Support governance and optimization of research systems, including trial management and reporting platforms.
• Collaborate on protocol budgets, sponsor negotiations, cost allocation, and revenue-cycle workflows.
• Ensure adherence to federal regulations, GCP, IRB, and sponsor obligations.
• Develop change-management and communication plans; prepare dashboards and SOPs for diverse audiences.
• Use data to identify performance gaps and opportunities to improve access to cancer trials.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Data analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business, public health, clinical research, nursing, life sciences, or related field

Master’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, clinical research, or related field

Project management certification

Clinical research certification (ACRP or SOCRA)

Tools

CTMS

EHR systems

Regulatory platform

ERP systems

Job description

Brown University Health Office of Cancer Research seeks a Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives strengthening the clinical research portfolio and supporting infrastructure. You will design governance, plans, metrics, communication strategies, and change-management approaches for study start-up, regulatory operations, budgeting, and access to trials.

Role involves coordinating resources and stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant, and financially responsible delivery