Canning Thoracic Institute Program Director-Translational Research Unit (TRU)
About The Position
The Program Director of the Translational Research Unit (TRU) at the Canning Thoracic Institute (CTI) oversees clinical trial strategy, research infrastructure, quality, and financial management for clinical and translational studies. The role manages a diverse team, ensures regulatory compliance, cultivates stakeholder relationships, and leads clinical technology development and innovation. It also oversees sponsored projects, manages industry partnerships, and collaborates with the Northwestern Medicine Ventures and Innovations team. The position provides leadership across an assigned portfolio of projects and initiatives, engaging Northwestern Medicine executives and stakeholders. It coordinates project planning, budgets, resources, communications, performance reporting, and operational execution, and supports organizational development through education, coaching, and mentoring. The role requires strategic thinking, integrity, and the ability to lead change and deliver projects and operational initiatives on time and within budget.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8–10 years of industry experience, or a master’s degree and a minimum of 3 years of experience.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
- Demonstrated project management and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with peers and constituents at all organizational levels.
- Ability to lead projects with budgets in excess of $1,000,000.
- Strong leadership capabilities.
- Strong skills in working and negotiating with external vendors.
- Unquestionable integrity, credibility, and character, with demonstrated high moral and ethical behavior.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in a related field.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership for an assigned portfolio of projects and initiatives through active engagement with Northwestern Medicine executives and stakeholders.
- Lead project proposal and charter definition, budget development, resource allocation and management, information distribution, and meeting facilitation.
- Communicate initiative status and performance clearly, concisely, proactively, and in a timely manner to team members, executives, and vendor partners; facilitate ongoing exchange of ideas and information.
- Recommend solutions that add value and strengthen project or operational outcomes while addressing sponsor or user needs.
- Deliver projects and operational initiatives on time and on budget, including execution, activation, closeout, and stabilization that meet sponsor and stakeholder outcomes.
- Lead organizational development and enhance management competence by developing educational, coaching, and mentoring programs.
- Set priorities, establish action plans, and anticipate obstacles and alternatives for challenging but realistic work goals.
- Direct and mobilize the organization through strategic thinking, decisiveness, enthusiasm, competence, and integrity.
- Lead, facilitate, and manage change effectively in a changing environment.
- Oversee clinical trial strategy, research infrastructure, quality, and financial management of clinical and translational studies.
- Manage a diverse team and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Foster stakeholder relationships and lead clinical technology development and innovation.
- Oversee sponsored projects, manage industry partnerships, and collaborate with the Northwestern Medicine Ventures and Innovations team.
- Manage strategic planning, financial management, operational logistics, stakeholder engagement, data coordination, and cross-functional collaboration.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits, including tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, and 401(k) matching.
- Benefits intended to support employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and provide protection for unexpected life events.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
