This position plans, organizes, and manages the resources necessary to achieve clinical research project goals and objectives. The position assembles, trains and manages the team assigned to the project. The position documents procedures for the research project and manages reporting and compliance activities, serving as the overall head of project operations. Nature of Work: This position typically reports to the principal investigator of a clinical research study or to an administrator, such as an Assistant Director who oversees many projects. The position may develop protocols and prepare operations manuals at the initiation of a research study. The position then performs project activities such training and indirectly (or directly) supervising project staff, developing materials to communicate the project to potential clients and their families, making site visits to audit activities, ensuring quality control in the data through resolution of inconsistencies, and compiling regulatory reports. The position acts as the primary resource for explaining the project all parties involved. Work at this level meets the FLSA criteria for a professional exemption since the primary duties are work that requires advanced knowledge which is predominantly intellectual in character and requires the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment. Sr. Clinical Research Associates typically oversee staff who are assigned to the project but may not directly supervise. Sr. Clinical Research Associates do not set overall project direction nor do they have responsibility for final interpretation of project results. This position may perform some general administrative duties such as monitoring budgets, and drafting administrative forms and reports, but the primary purpose is to oversee and conduct the principal project activities.