Job Details

Clinical Project Managers

Position Number: 7148494
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Clinical Project Managers

Job Summary

Under minimal supervision, the Clinical Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling clinical research operations for the Division of Epidemiology. This position oversees internal and external governance, project financial management, and compliance activities maintaining accountability transparently and collaboratively.

The Manager ensures clinical research operations comply with applicable federal regulations, institutional policies, and ethical standards, including requirements related to human subjects protection, data integrity, and research oversight. In this role, the Manager is responsible for setting programmatic direction, managing compliance risk, ensuring audit readiness, and translating complex regulatory requirements into effective operational practices. This position exercises independent judgment and serves as a key advisor to leadership on compliance, governance, and risk management matters.

Serving as a key operational leader, the Manager acts as a liaison between departmental leadership, research teams, and oversight groups to ensure continuity, compliance with applicable federal and state regulations, and high-quality outcomes.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership for the design, implementation, and governance of institutional compliance programs.
Identify, assess, and mitigate compliance risks; communicate issues and recommendations to leadership.
Establish frameworks for compliance oversight, reporting, and enterprise risk management.
Interpret and apply complex regulatory requirements in collaboration with legal counsel, information security, IT governance, and research oversight groups.
Oversee the development and maintenance of policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and compliance-related training materials.
Represent the department and institution on internal and external committees related to research compliance, data governance, and regulatory oversight.
Oversee auditing, monitoring, and internal compliance reviews.
Lead preparation for and response to internal inspections, research oversight site visits, and external audits.
Ensure corrective and preventive action (CAPA) plans are developed, implemented, tracked, and resolved.
Develop reports, metrics, and dashboards summarizing compliance performance.
Manage hiring, performance evaluation, professional development, corrective action, and workforce planning.
Foster a culture of accountability, ethical conduct, and continuous improvement.
Conducts highly complex managerial work with broad organizational impact, exercising independent judgment and discretion.

Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.

Requires 7-10 years of progressively responsible experience in compliance, regulatory oversight, research administration, or quality management.

Demonstrated experience managing compliance and/or quality assurance programs with institutional scope.

Supervisory experience, including management of managers or supervisors.

Working knowledge of:

Human subjects research regulations
Data privacy and security (PPRL, HIPAA)
Federal oversight agencies (OHRP, ORO)
Department of War and Veterans Affairs directives

Experience supporting audits, inspections, and external regulatory reviews.

Strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills.

Demonstrated thorough understanding of federal and institutional regulations, policies and directives to ensure operational compliance.

Demonstrated leadership ability in planning, directing, and evaluating personnel and operational processes to ensure efficient and compliant research operations.

A Master's degree in a related area (e.g., public health, health services, clinical research administration) may be preferred.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined.

This is an Advanced-Level position in the General Professional track.Job Code: P56484

Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:
Clinical Project Manager, IV: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.

Preferences

Success translating regulatory requirements into scalable operational processes.
Knowledge of data linking, sharing road-maps, and implementation policies, procedures and best practices to ensure regulatory compliance aligning with organizational goals.
Experience working with DoD, VA and institutional collaborators in an informatics and computing infrastructure environment.

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN44984B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: Monday - Friday; standard business hours with flexibility as required to support different time zones, compliance deadlines and institutional priorities.
Department: 00952 - Division of Epidemiology
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: 52,993 to 109,649
Close Date: 5/17/2026
Open Until Filled:

To apply, visit https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/201783