Senior Multisite Clinical Research Lead

United-Digestive; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

United Digestive is seeking an experienced Senior Clinical Research Operations Leader to oversee day-to-day multi-site studies, from feasibility to closeout. You will supervise coordinators and staff and drive consistent study execution across sites in alignment with strategic goals.

The role requires strong regulatory knowledge and people leadership. Responsibilities include managing startup, conduct, monitoring, and closeout, tracking enrollment and timelines, and ensuring quality and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing, life sciences, public health, healthcare administration, or related field.
• At least five years of clinical research experience with site management and supervision of staff.
• Experience managing study startup, site activation, conduct, monitoring, and multi-site workflows.
• Knowledge of FDA regulations, ICH-GCP, HIPAA, and IRB requirements.
• Strong project management, people leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
• Master's degree and clinical research certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and provide leadership to Clinical Research Coordinators, Research Assistants, and Interns.
• Lead day-to-day multi-site clinical research operations and promote consistent study execution.
• Manage the study lifecycle from feasibility and startup through conduct, monitoring, and closeout.
• Track enrollment, timelines, milestones, compliance, and data quality; escalate risks.
• Serve as operational liaison among investigators, sponsors, CROs, vendors, staff, and centralized support teams.
• Ensure regulatory documentation and study activities meet FDA, ICH-GCP, HIPAA, IRB, sponsor, and organizational requirements.
• Conduct quality reviews, implement SOPs and CAPAs, and maintain audit readiness.
• Recruit, onboard, train, mentor, evaluate, and allocate research staff based on study/site priorities.
• Support research systems, standardized workflows, and practical process improvements across sites.

Skills

Leadership & team management

Regulatory knowledge

Project management

Communication & organization

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing, life sciences, public health, healthcare administration, or related field

Master's degree in clinical research, healthcare administration, public health, nursing, or related field (preferred)

Tools

Research systems familiarity

Job description

United Digestive is seeking an experienced Senior Clinical Research Operations Leader to oversee day-to-day multi-site studies, from feasibility to closeout. You will supervise coordinators and staff and drive consistent study execution across sites in alignment with strategic goals.

The role requires strong regulatory knowledge and people leadership. Responsibilities include managing startup, conduct, monitoring, and closeout, tracking enrollment and timelines, and ensuring quality and