Associate Director-Clinical Trials

Mount Sinai Health SystemNew York, NY

About The Position

The Associate Director is a senior operational and financial strategist responsible for accelerating the lifecycle of industry-funded clinical trials. Reporting to the Senior Associate Dean for Collaborate Research and Partnerships, you will serve as the primary liaison between clinical and translational research departments and industry sponsors to ensure rapid trial activation, start-up and rigorous fiscal stewardship. As part of the FACTS Office, this role serves as a liaison across research administration, contracts, finance, compliance, and assigned clinical or research departments to ensure efficient project start-up activation, transparent financial oversight, and adherence to institutional and sponsor requirements. The ideal candidate is metric driven that combines strong program management skills with deep knowledge of clinical research activation, finance and workflows. Must have expertise in reviewing protocols/consent forms, creating and negotiating budgets, budget forecasting, monitoring subject enrollment, account reconciliation, and financial reporting.

Requirements

  • Metric driven
  • Strong program management skills
  • Deep knowledge of clinical research activation, finance and workflows
  • Expertise in reviewing protocols/consent forms
  • Expertise in creating and negotiating budgets
  • Expertise in budget forecasting
  • Expertise in monitoring subject enrollment
  • Expertise in account reconciliation
  • Expertise in financial reporting

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary liaison between clinical and translational research departments and industry sponsors to ensure rapid trial activation, start-up and rigorous fiscal stewardship.
  • Serve as a liaison across research administration, contracts, finance, compliance, and assigned clinical or research departments to ensure efficient project start-up activation, transparent financial oversight, and adherence to institutional and sponsor requirements.
  • Reviewing protocols/consent forms
  • Creating and negotiating budgets
  • Budget forecasting
  • Monitoring subject enrollment
  • Account reconciliation
  • Financial reporting
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