University of Oklahoma · 1 month ago
*Clinical Trials Manager - Tissue Lab
Oklahoma City, OK
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expThe University of Oklahoma is home to the Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Center. The Clinical Trials Manager in the Clinical Trials Office Tissue Lab is responsible for overseeing the lab's operations, ensuring compliance with regulations, managing budgets, and supervising staff to support clinical trials.
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Responsibilities
Provides direct administrative oversite of laboratory-based clinical research operations, including fiscal management of associated grant -funded and industry-sponsored programs. Manages the day-to-day business operations of the laboratory and clinical trial operations in accordance with institutional guidelines, protocol requirements, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards
Responsible for overseeing strategic planning initiatives related to laboratory program growth, protocol expansion and operational sustainability. Monitors implementation timelines, evaluates progress and adjusts strategies accordingly
Responsible for fiscal oversight and management to include negotiating service contracts and purchasing of supplies and equipment for Clinical Trials program. Responsible for financial planning of the program(s) and monitoring progress
Develops and manages the program(s) budget. Ensures the fiscal viability of programs and advises medical and college/department leadership on long-range financial planning and development of new initiatives
Develops detailed budgets for grant submissions in collaboration with investigators and administrative offices. Ensures compliance with sponsor – specific budgetary guidelines and institutional policies
Ensures staff correctly identifies patients who may be eligible to participate in the clinical trial. Confirms documentation of clinical history, laboratory results, eligibility checklists and informed consent are completed per protocol
Responsible for conducting ongoing assessments of outreach and recruitment strategy to determine needed services, funds, and volunteers
Ensures potential patients receive IRB approved study information from clinic staff. Establishes and maintains community relationships with outside physicians, External providers of other health care organizations, and serves as referral resource for study participants
Completes all aspects of study start up processes including site qualification, IRB submissions, laboratory readiness and investigator SIV participation
Manages clinical trials data acquisitions and performs data analysis workflows. Attends and presents clinical trial information at various meetings
Supervises assigned staff to include hiring, training, scheduling workloads, evaluating, and terminating employees
Ensures all employees adhere to protocol specific procedures, institutional SOP’s and federal research regulations
Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position in addition to ensuring uninterrupted research operations and regulatory compliance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in health-related fields to include Health Administration, Public Health, Nursing, or closely related field
48 months' experience in clinical trials research coordination and/or administration, professional level data management and analysis, or other closely related professional level role
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Preferred
Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) certification
Lab experience and/or management
Company
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a public research university that provides variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in multiple fields.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
University of Oklahoma has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (106)
2024 (96)
2023 (83)
2022 (104)
2021 (87)
2020 (68)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$35.4MKey Investors
US Department of EnergyUS Department of Commerce, Economic Development AdministationAir Force Research Laboratory
2024-03-13Grant· $3.1M
2023-11-09Grant· $1.9M
2023-04-05Grant· $8.7M
Leadership Team
Mark Yeary
Co-Founder, Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC)
Marcus Bowman
Deputy Athletic Director, CFO & Business Strategy
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