Clinical Project Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related field.
• 5 years experience in clinical research.
• At least three years' experience in project management, which may include management of specific clinical trials or clinical trials-related programs.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Prior experience in the UTSW clinical research mentoring program is highly desirable.
• Participation in the UTSW clinical research mentoring program may count as additional experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex research projects and study timelines.
• Oversee research contracts, subawards, and sponsor agreements.
• Manage IRB submissions, regulatory compliance, and multisite studies.
• Develop workflows, improve processes, and coordinate stakeholders.
• Maintain databases, ensure data quality, and support reporting and analysis.
• Coordinate research visits and ensure protocol compliance.
• Support participant recruitment, enrollment, and long-term follow-up.
• Collaborate with investigators, sponsors, regulatory offices, and external partners.
• Support grant applications, manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations.
• Define project/program scope with the PI, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with the Clinical Research Manager, Clinical Department Administrator, and Vice Chair/Chair.
• Assist PI to develop project plans, timelines, and associated communications documents.
• Clearly and timely communicate project expectations to team members and management.
• Estimate research resources and personnel needed to achieve project/program goals, and work with CRM to help allocate from within the department or externally.
• Set and continually manage research project expectations with PIs and other team members.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the research team or program.
• Identify and manage related issues.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports.
• Compose, edit, or create research personnel training documents.
• Align business processes with systems changes and provide a mechanism to deliver information to staff and/or faculty as necessary.
• Develop best practices and tools for research project execution and management.
• Work with PIs on scientific writing in grant proposal development, IRB development.
• Coordinate execution of clinical trials following trial guidelines.
• May supervise staff in performance of duties.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer