Advarra
Advancing clinical research: safer, smarter, faster
Director, Consulting
Location
United States
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
$122K - $250K / year
Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Serve in a team leadership role
• Operate as a client liaison
• Provide consultancy services for Advarra Consulting Client projects
• Assist sites and institutions to design, optimize, and scale research operations
• Partner with research, technology, clinical, and operational stakeholders to improve efficiency, quality, and impact of clinical research programs
• Assess current research operations, workflows, tools, and governance models
• Design and implement scalable research operations frameworks
• Establish best practices for research planning, intake, prioritization, and resourcing
• Streamline end-to-end research workflows
• Develop and document standard operating procedures (SOPs), playbooks, and templates
• Improve cross-functional collaboration between research, information technology, compliance, and leadership
• Evaluate and recommend research tools and platforms
• Support implementation or optimization of research technology
• Define data management, documentation, and knowledge-sharing practices
• Support research governance models, including ethics, compliance, and risk management
• Develop metrics and dashboards to measure research efficiency, impact, and quality
• Act as a trusted advisor to research leaders and teams
• Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and change management efforts
• Enable teams to adopt new processes and ways of working effectively
• Supervise and allocate resources relating to Client projects
• Provide training, oversight, and serve as a mentor to Advarra team members and independent sub-contractors
• Establish, cultivate, and maintain relationships with clients as the primary point of contact for service-related communication
• Collaborate with Marketing to develop collateral for Advarra Consulting Services
• Participate in thought leadership activities for Advarra Consulting
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, from an accredited college or university
- Minimum of eight (8) years in research operations, research program management, or related consulting roles
- Demonstrated expertise in designing and scaling research operations in complex organizations
- Experience working cross-functionally with senior stakeholders
- Three (3) + years of management experience
- Experience with U.S. and international legal and regulatory standards and compliance
- Preferred: Advanced degree (e.g., Ph.D., JD, MS); Degree in Nursing, Science, or related field (or equivalent)
- Preferred: Certifications related to clinical research operations (e.g., CCRC, CCRA, CCRP)
- Demonstrated working knowledge of regulatory matters related to research administration, compliance, and operations as well as data privacy frameworks.
- Aptitude and knowledge to provide oversight of and/or perform operational support for Academic or Institutional Research, sites and site networks, or pharmaceutical sponsors.
- Consulting experience supporting organizational transformation
- Working proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point).
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Outstanding interpersonal, communication, and writing skills.
- Ability to analyze a variety of data points to solve complex problems.
- Ability to work independently; planning, organizing, scheduling, and completing work within deadlines.
- Ability to manage conflicting demands and priorities through research, problem solving and critical thinking.
Benefits
- health coverage
- paid holidays
- variable bonus
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