Manager, Research Administration - Clinical Trials

Overview

In this role you provide administrative leadership for the Vaccine Research Center, overseeing financial stewardship, grant administration, and regulatory coordination. You collaborate with faculty, sponsors, NIH, and institutional offices to ensure compliant, timely research operations. You supervise administrative and regulatory staff and work with nursing and research coordinator teams. You drive planning for space, staffing, and resource allocation to support vaccine research. A CRA-certified professional is eligible for certification pay.

Compensation / Benefits

• Certification pay eligibility for CRA (Certified Research Administrator)

Responsibilities

• Manage pre-award and post-award grant administration, including budgets, reporting, and sponsor compliance
• Provide strategic and operational leadership to support the Center's research mission and growth
• Direct recruitment, onboarding, and performance management for administrative staff; supervise specific roles
• Serve as administrative liaison with investigators, sponsors, NIH, and collaborating institutions
• Oversee regulatory documentation, compliance, and coordination of MTAs/CIAs
• Oversee routine administrative operations for lab, clinic, and research activities
• Ensure salary equity and adherence to institutional policies
• Facilitate issue resolution and continuous research operations across stakeholder groups

Key requirements

• Bachelor
• Four years of relevant experience
• Certified Research Administrator (CRA) certification may substitute for the degree

• leadership
• cross-functional collaboration
• communication
• pre-award and post-award grant administration
• financial monitoring and reporting
• regulatory compliance for clinical trials