Clinical Research Project Manager

Forefront Dermatology•UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Clinical Research Project Manager leads and coordinates clinical research and research development activities across the organization, supporting both active clinical trials and strategic growth initiatives within the research service line. This is a non–patient facing role with responsibility for managing study operations, supporting protocol development, contributing to grant writing and funding initiatives, and supporting business development efforts. The role works independently with investigators, sponsors, and internal stakeholders to drive operational execution, improve research workflows, and advance the organization’s clinical research portfolio. This role requires up to 50% travel, primarily during the workweek, with full weeks of travel approximately every other week. Travel is nationwide across the United States.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred, ideally in a healthcare, life sciences, business, public health, or related discipline.
Minimum of 4+ years of related experience in clinical research, healthcare operations, academic research, or clinical trials environments.
Strong understanding of clinical research operations, including study design, feasibility, and execution workflows.
Experience in project management within healthcare, academic research, or clinical trials environments.
Demonstrated ability to support or contribute to grant writing, research funding applications, or scientific proposals.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate scientific and operational concepts across diverse stakeholders.
Experience supporting business development activities such as sponsor engagement, pipeline development, or feasibility assessments.
Ability to manage multiple priorities across research development and operational workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with grant writing, protocol development, or research funding strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate research projects across the full lifecycle, independently determining project priorities, resource allocation, and strategic approach for concept development, feasibility assessment, study startup, execution oversight, and closeout activities.
Direct protocol development and study design activities, exercising independent judgment to evaluate research questions, operationalize protocols, and make feasibility determinations within clinical settings in collaboration with investigators, sponsors, and internal teams.
Independently drive grant writing and funding development efforts, evaluating and selecting funding opportunities aligned with organizational priorities, and making substantive decisions on the direction and content of grant submissions.
Lead business development initiatives for the research service line, independently assessing sponsor opportunities, determining site capability positioning, and making strategic recommendations on pipeline development for new clinical trials and research partnerships.
Own cross-functional project timelines and deliverables, exercising authority to prioritize and resolve competing demands across clinical operations, regulatory, finance, and external partners to ensure successful study and program execution.
Act as the primary decision-maker for operational issues between internal stakeholders, investigators, sponsors, and CROs, independently resolving study or project-related issues and determining appropriate escalation paths.
Design and implement project tracking systems, documentation, and reporting frameworks, independently establishing standards for transparency of progress, risks, and performance across the research portfolio.
Independently identify, evaluate, and implement process improvements and scalability solutions for the research service line, making autonomous decisions on workflow standardization and determining strategic priorities for expansion of clinical research capabilities.