Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, and they are seeking a System Vice President for Clinical and Industry Trials. This role involves developing strategies for clinical trials, overseeing operations, and ensuring compliance while fostering partnerships to advance the health system's research mission.
Responsibilities
- Develop a short-term strategy for clinical and industry trials in alignment with the long-term research strategy and system research mission
- Oversee clinical trial operations, including regulatory compliance, budgeting, contracting, and performance metrics
- Ensure efficient trial activation, patient recruitment, and data integrity across all sites
- Lead efforts to streamline processes and adopt digital tools for trial management
- Apply innovation and change management initiatives to promote efficiency and quality of clinical trials and industry research
- Ensure adherence to federal, state, and institutional regulations and policies in partnership with system and local legal and compliance teams, and with the administration of internal processes for research enterprise risk management
- Collaborate with executive leaders to align operational strategies with the system research mission
- Manage and lead a team of clinical research coordinators and leaders across the health system
- Drive innovation in trial design, decentralized trials, and real-world evidence generation
- Facilitate access to trials for communities served by the health system
- Monitor emerging trends in clinical research and translate them into actionable strategies
- Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Facilitate employee engagement, staff development, and succession planning
- Travel expectations may include site visits, major departmental meetings, periodic system meetings, external conferences/meetings necessary to execute the functions of this position, and as designated by Academic and Scientific Affairs leadership
- Collaborate with physician investigators, research coordinators, and administrative leaders to foster a culture of research
- Oversee and deliver education and training to support professional development and research excellence among clinical research coordinators and staff
- Serve as a key liaison with internal/external sponsors, regulatory bodies, and institutional review boards (IRBs)
- Collaborate with key business partners across the health system to enable research continuity, compliance, and effectiveness
- Partner with aligned research entities to facilitate engagement and strategic alignment
- Execute additional duties, special projects, and engagements as assigned by Academic and Scientific Affairs leadership
Skills
- M.D. or equivalent medical degree (D.O., MBBS), M.D./Ph.D. or Ph.D. with advanced research certification (e.g., clinical trialist) and/or equivalent work experience as a clinical trialist
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive senior leadership experience in the academic medical system, health system, or extramural funding agency with a proven track record of success in managing and advancing a large-scale clinical trial program and related research partnerships
- Deep understanding of FDA regulations, GCP, and clinical trial lifecycle
- Experience with application of digital health tools, AI in trials, and decentralized trial models
- Strong familiarity with Epic or other EHR-integrated research platforms
- Must have direct operational experience in a large, complex academic medical health system and/or extramural funding agency, with proven ability to develop, lead, and implement large-scale research programs for execution in a complex, matrixed healthcare environment
- Extensive expertise in regulatory and research compliance requirements, frameworks, systems, and processes, including formal advanced certification
- Demonstrated ability to work with senior executives and leaders to advance strategic goals and priorities across units and to advance organizational mission
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and strategic planning skills
- Expert collaborator with the ability to function with diplomacy and excellence in a complex, matrixed health system
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive change in complex environments
Benefits
- As a remote employee, we will provide you with the equipment needed to work from home, including a laptop, docking station, dual monitors, and accessories.
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