Manager Contract Management (Clinical Research)

Through our science, our evidence-based actions, our openness, and our respect for those we serve, we will advance cancer-focused research worldwide and reduce the burden of cancer in our catchment area. By engaging with and empowering our exceptionally diverse populations, and addressing their questions and fears, we will engender hope for cancer patients and their families and play a critical role in strengthening the fabric of our communities by gaining and protecting their trust and providing access to the outstanding oncology care each person deserves.

Our mission is to accelerate scientific discovery focused on understanding cancer, innovating cancer treatment, and improving cancer prevention; to provide outstanding, novel, and compassionate patient care; to provide evidence-based and culturally informed education to physicians, nurses, researchers, staff, and the community; and to achieve cancer health equity in our state through outreach to and engagement of our extraordinarily diverse communities.

Curiosity and Discovery: encouraging an environment of continuous inquiry, creativity, and innovation to generate new knowledge

Integrity: earning the trust of those we serve and each other through honesty, transparency, accountability, and continuous reflection

Collaboration: approaching all opportunities with an understanding that together we are better and can achieve more; promoting and maintaining an environment of teamwork and shared knowledge

Respect and Caring: consistently demonstrating caring, compassion, and respect through our words and actions
Perseverance: maintaining an unwavering commitment to our mission; embracing change, overcoming obstacles, and creating and recreating the path to achieve our goals

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Manager Contract Management (Clinical Research) within the Rutgers Cancer Institute.

The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey must continue to drive clinical and translational research in oncology. While the continuum of research in clinical and translational science is broad, a critical and highly regulated sector of that research are clinical trials.

Clinical trials, funded by pharmaceutical/device/biologics companies and the federal government, are regulated by the FDA, OHRP, ICH, etc. A key element in the success of a trial is the successful recruitment and retention of patients as participants in the studies. This requires well phenotyped patients with the condition being studied, efficient processes for ensuring that Rutgers Cancer Institute undertake only those studies for which there are sufficient potential participants, timely negotiation of budgets and contracts, coordination across the clinical enterprise and with the OHRS, specialized facilities for clinical trials, and monitoring of studies.

The Office of Human Research Services is the office in which the cancer center centralizes all human trial related administrative, managerial, financial, and regulatory (not IRB) requirements in a 'one-stop shop.' It also has centralized functions required by the NCI Cancer Center Support Grant to streamline and facilitate trial initiation, implement system-wide studies, and monitor study accrual.

The purpose of the Manager Contract Management (Clinical Research) position is to foster mutually beneficial strategic alliances between Rutgers University and clinical research industry sponsors, to benefit of the sponsors, New Jersey, and the general public through professional and responsive review, negotiation, and management of clinical trials and associated clinical research agreements, on behalf of Rutgers Cancer Institute and its faculty. The Manager Contract Management (Clinical Research) will be responsible for independently reviewing, interpreting and negotiating clinical trials, nondisclosure agreements, and associated agreements from a legal, business, and technical perspective.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

The final salary offer may be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's qualifications, experience, and expertise, and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We also take into consideration market benchmarks, if and when appropriate, and internal equity to ensure fair compensation relative to the university's broader compensation structure. We are committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation packages to attract and retain top talent.

Rutgers provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The specific benefits vary based on the position and may include:

This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.

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