Job Description
Job Description
About St. Jude
There's a reason St. Jude Children's Research Hospital consistently earns a Glassdoor Employee Choice Award and is named to its "Best Place to Work" list. At our world-class pediatric research hospital, every one of our professionals shares our commitment to make a difference in the lives of the children we serve. There is a unique bond when you are part of a team that gives their all to advance the treatments and cures of pediatric catastrophic diseases. The result is a collaborative, positive environment where everyone, regardless of their role, receives the resources, support, and encouragement to advance and grow their careers.
Job Overview
The Program Administrator - Research Integrity reports to the Senior Program Manager, Research Integrity and plays an important role in supporting the Research Integrity and Assurance Office and Program at St. Jude. With a focus on research misconduct proceedings and broader institutional initiatives related to research integrity, the role will contribute to cross-functional processes to achieve program outcomes and regulatory and policy compliance. The role will add value in the following areas: regulatory and policy analysis; evidence collection and document management; programmatic process improvements; report generation; and metrics development. The ideal candidate has experience working in healthcare and/or research; risk management; the paralegal or legal professions; or compliance or program management. The ideal candidate also has experience working with confidential, sensitive matters in a complex, dynamic setting.
Job Responsibilities: - Provide oversight of multi-department programs/projects (e.g., basic research international) projects related to compliance with research misconduct and research integrity regulations and policies.
- Implement and sustain a coordinated approach to achieve related research integrity and compliance outcomes.
- Support investigation and remediation of complex research integrity concerns within program areas.
- Participate in formulation of work plans in line with the research integrity or compliance program goals.
- Direct and execute compliance culture measurement for assigned departments/ programs.
- Conduct and apply regulatory and policy analysis.
- Write detailed reports summarizing research integrity matters that comply with regulatory and policy requirements.
- Organize systems for ongoing auditing, monitoring, evaluating, and facilitating compliance with research misconduct, research integrity policies and/or changing standards within program area.
- Continuously collaborate with departmental teams for initiatives around ongoing education and awareness related to research integrity compliance and identification of opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Guide early-career team members or consultants on complex compliance standards and processes.
- Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
Minimum Education and/or Training: - Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (preferably training in Risk Management, Health Care Administration, Paralegal Studies; or the Biological Science); or
- Juris Doctorate degree with 4+ years of relevant experience
Minimum Experience: - 5+ years of directly applicable compliance experience to include a combination of scientific/medical research and/or research administration experience (e.g., legal, governance, auditing and monitoring, training, risk assessment, investigation of compliance concerns, and action recommendation).
- Relevant certifications as applicable.
- Prior compliance program management experience.
- Proven performance in earlier role.
Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: - Able to draw insights from different sets of data and apply regulatory criteria.
- Solves problems quickly by identifying the root causes.
- Encourages others to see the opportunities ahead amidst changing circumstances even when the details have not been finalized.
- Leads team meetings on an as needed basis and effectively communicates with cross-functional teams for results.
- Understands and uses digital tools as needed.
- Speaks up in meetings, raises concerns, and shares information with team.
- Remains calm in challenging and uncertain times by focusing on the end goals and solving problems.
- Defuses any unforeseen developments and problems by leveraging data analysis and insights. Maintains focus on goals.
- Drives engagement and ownership for group to deliver ambitious results and solutions.
- Facilitates planning and implementation of more complex matters (e.g., governance, risk assessment, auditing, continuous improvement) to drive measurable outcomes in alignment with compliance objectives.
- Executes new approaches to improve systems and processes.
- Independently seeks out and addresses program needs.
- Shows strong knowledge of current regulations and standards related to own domain and their implications across different teams within own area and beyond.
- Drives compliance processes within own domain, identifies and highlights gaps, and monitors compliance across teams.
- Investigates and addresses deviations/ issues within assigned areas.
Compensation In recognition of certain U.S. state and municipal pay transparency laws, St. Jude is including a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This is an estimate offered in good faith and a specific salary offer takes into account factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $86,320 - $154,960 per year for the role of Program Administrator - Research Integrity.
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