Sys VP Clinical and Industry Trials

CommonSpirit Health; Englewood (CO); Remote; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a System Vice President, Clinical and Industry Trials to shape a short-term strategy for clinical and industry trials and lead the health system’s trial enterprise across sites.

You will ensure regulatory compliance, budgeting, contracting, and performance, while expanding investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored trials and cultivating strategic partnerships with biopharma, medtech, CROs, and academia.

Qualifications

• MD or equivalent medical degree required; advanced research certification preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive senior leadership experience in academic medical systems or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of FDA regulations, GCP, and clinical trial lifecycle; experience with digital health tools.
• Experience collaborating with senior executives and leading large-scale research programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop a short-term strategy for clinical and industry trials aligned with system research mission.
• Oversee regulatory compliance, budgeting, contracting, and performance metrics.
• Ensure efficient trial activation, patient recruitment, and data integrity across sites.
• Lead adoption of digital tools and innovations in trial management and decentralized trials.
• Foster partnerships with biopharma, medtech, CROs, and academic institutions; ensure research continuity.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Clinical trial leadership

Strategic partnerships

Team leadership

Digital health tools

Education

MD or equivalent medical degree

Tools

Epic EHR

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our System Vice President, Clinical and Industry Trials at CommonSpirit Health, you will develop a short-term strategy for clinical and industry trials and manage and expand the health system’s clinical trial enterprise, including investigator-initiated research, industry-sponsored trials, and strategic partnerships in alignment with the system-wide research strategy. Under the direction of the Chief Academic and Scientific Officer, you will oversee clinical trial operations, including regulatory compliance, budgeting, contracting, and performance functions for clinical and industry trials. As a senior leader within this key area of focus across the research mission, the System Vice President, Clinical and Industry Trials, will further ensure efficient trial activation, patient recruitment, and data integrity across all sites, and will identify and cultivate strategic relationships with biopharma, medtech, contract research organizations, and academic institutions as applicable.

Every day you will serve as a key liaison with both external entities and CommonSpirit Health research entities and programs, collaborate closely with key business partners, including compliance, legal, and other relevant functional units within and outside of CommonSpirit, and will serve an integral role in advancing CommonSpirit Health as a leading learning health system.

To be successful you must demonstrate the following key Job responsibilities:

Operational Oversight

• Develop a short-term strategy for clinical and industry trials in alignment with the long-term research strategy and system research mission.
• Oversee clinical trial operations, including regulatory compliance, budgeting, contracting, and performance metrics.
• Ensure efficient trial activation, patient recruitment, and data integrity across all sites.
• Lead efforts to streamline processes and adopt digital tools for trial management.
• Apply innovation and change management initiatives to promote efficiency and quality of clinical trials and industry research.
• Ensure adherence to federal, state, and institutional regulations and policies in partnership with system and local legal and compliance teams, and with the administration of internal processes for research enterprise risk management.
• Collaborate with executive leaders to align operational strategies with the system research mission.

Team Leadership

• Manage and lead a team of clinical research coordinators and leaders across the health system.
• Drive innovation in trial design, decentralized trials, and real-world evidence generation.
• Facilitate access to trials for communities served by the health system.
• Monitor emerging trends in clinical research and translate them into actionable strategies.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate employee engagement, staff development, and succession planning.
• Travel expectations may include site visits, major departmental meetings, periodic system meetings, external conferences/meetings necessary to execute the functions of this position, and as designated by Academic and Scientific Affairs leadership.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with physician investigators, research coordinators, and administrative leaders to foster a culture of research.
• Oversee and deliver education and training to support professional development and research excellence among clinical research coordinators and staff.
• Serve as a key liaison with internal/external sponsors, regulatory bodies, and institutional review boards (IRBs).
• Collaborate with key business partners across the health system to enable research continuity, compliance, and effectiveness.
• Partner with aligned research entities to facilitate engagement and strategic alignment.
• Execute additional duties, special projects, and engagements as assigned by Academic and Scientific Affairs leadership.

As a remote employee, we will provide you with the equipment needed to work from home, including a laptop, docking station, dual monitors, and accessories.

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Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• M.D. or equivalent medical degree (D.O., MBBS), M.D./Ph.D. or Ph.D. with advanced research certification (e.g., clinical trialist) and/or equivalent work experience as a clinical trialist
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive senior leadership experience in the academic medical system, health system, or extramural funding agency with a proven track record of success in managing and advancing a large-scale clinical trial program and related research partnerships
• Deep understanding of FDA regulations, GCP, and clinical trial lifecycle
• Experience with application of digital health tools, AI in trials, and decentralized trial models
• Strong familiarity with Epic or other EHR-integrated research platforms

Required Skills, Abilities, and Training

• Must have direct operational experience in a large, complex academic medical health system and/or extramural funding agency, with proven ability to develop, lead, and implement large-scale research programs for execution in a complex, matrixed healthcare environment
• Extensive expertise in regulatory and research compliance requirements, frameworks, systems, and processes, including formal advanced certification
• Demonstrated ability to work with senior executives and leaders to advance strategic goals and priorities across units and to advance organizational mission
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and strategic planning skills
• Expert collaborator with the ability to function with diplomacy and excellence in a complex, matrixed health system
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive change in complex environments

Where You'll Work

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites,and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses, and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits, and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.