Senior Manager, Clinical Trials Activation & Budgets

University of Miami; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Miami is seeking a Manager, Clinical Trials Activation to lead a defined team and manage day-to-day activities of an assigned portfolio, including review of the financial provisions of research agreements, grant applications and budgets in line with sponsor, federal, state and UM requirements.

The role emphasizes developing and negotiating budgets, maintaining compliance, mentoring staff, and contributing to process improvements, templates, and tools to enable efficient, fiscally

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team mentorship capabilities.
• Experience in budgeting, financial terms of research agreements, and MCAs.
• Ability to optimize day-to-day operations for efficiency.
• Knowledge of research administration and regulatory compliance.
• Proficient in data analysis, reporting and budgeting tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and with external entities.

Responsibilities

• Leads assigned team members, providing day-to-day leadership, mentorship, oversight and guidance.
• Participates in recruiting and onboarding; trains, mentors and supervises staff. Prepares performance reports.
• Prepares standard to moderately complex Medicare Coverage Analyses (MCAs); develops and negotiates research budgets and financial terms of the various research agreements and provides recommendations to advance such projects in an efficient and compliant manner.
• Participates in discussions and provides relevant input to leadership on short-and long-range objectives for assigned programs and projects.
• Creates reports, data summaries and engages in statistical analysis pertaining to the team.
• Tracks research budgets and payment terms development and negotiations and assists with day-to-day work distribution and team's performance monitoring.
• Works directly with staff to monitor day-to-day work progress and assist with routine work-related issues.
• Collaborates with University and external research entities on assigned projects and joint functions to ensure that sponsored research projects are managed in an efficient and effective manner consistent with UM policies and procedures and applicable extramural entities' guidelines, laws and regulations.
• Supports the consistency and transparency of team operations and monitors work product quality. Regularly provides data on the progress of assigned projects to the Director, academic departments' faculty and administration.
• Collaborates with other units within MSOM, faculty, research teams and departmental research administration to support research billing compliance and financial integrity of various research agreements, grants and awards, interpreting sponsor policies and applicable government regulations' terms and conditions.
• Assists the Director with the creation and analysis of reports, data summaries, working tools and training materials.
• Participates in work with departmental leadership and MSOM stakeholders to identify and support new and efficient ways of carrying out work-related tasks and processes.
• Provides ongoing mentorship, oversight and guidance to Clinical Trials Activation Analysts and participates in interviewing job applicants, conducting on-the-job training and onboarding of new hires. Keeps current on applicable professional information, proactively monitoring and sharing relevant professional materials with the team and research administration.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Budget management

Financial oversight

Communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

University of Miami is seeking a Manager, Clinical Trials Activation to lead a defined team and manage day-to-day activities of an assigned portfolio, including review of the financial provisions of research agreements, grant applications and budgets in line with sponsor, federal, state and UM requirements.

The role emphasizes developing and negotiating budgets, maintaining compliance, mentoring staff, and contributing to process improvements, templates, and tools to enable efficient, fiscally