Hoosier Cancer Research Network (HCRN) is currently seeking a full-time clinical project manager. Nursing degree, or bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent required. Advanced degree preferred. At least 2 years clinical trial experience required.

Job Description

As a Clinical Project Manager at HCRN you will play a crucial role in managing oncology-focused clinical trials. You act as the central point of contact for your assigned trials, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. You bring your strong project management skills to support the entire project lifecycle. To succeed in this role, you must have excellent communication skills, strategic thinking, and a working understanding of oncology clinical trials.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Lead the development and management of project timelines, ensuring regular updates and adjustments as needed.
• Define and document clear project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Develop comprehensive project plans and secure approval from stakeholders.
• Prioritize competing tasks and timelines, ensuring critical objectives are met.
• Coordinate activities across functional teams to ensure alignment and effective resource utilization.
• Provide regular project status updates to both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment with program goals.
• Track project progress, prepare reports, and ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Maintain essential project documentation, including reports, forecasts, and study related documents.
• Oversee the full project lifecycle, ensuring seamless collaboration across technical and functional teams.
• Coordinate interdepartmental activities to meet project milestones and deadlines.
• Ensure clinical research plans are developed in compliance with regulatory standards and proper data management practices.
• Stay current on FDA guidelines, regulations, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards, ensuring compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead large, complex projects ensuring they are completed on time and within budget.
• Review project proposals to establish timelines, resource needs, and process for task completion.
• Proactively manage risks, addressing potential delays or issues that may impact the project.
• Manage resource allocation effectively at each project stage.
• Collaborate closely with project teams to drive key tasks and meet project milestones.
• Direct and align project staff activities, ensuring adherence to protocols and timelines.
• Foster strong relationships with research sites through regular communication and periodic travel.
• Communicate new organizational initiatives, programs, and policies to the team, ensuring smooth implementation and execution.

Skills and Qualifications

• Nursing degree or bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent); advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of two (2) years of clinical trials experience required.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a solid understanding of medical terminology.
• Proven experience managing projects, preferred experience in oncology research.
• Ability to interpret software documentation, procedure manuals and write reports; skilled at solving practical problems and interpreting various forms of instruction.
• Strong communication, organizational, and detail-oriented abilities; self-motivated and adaptable; proficient in databases, spreadsheets, and word processing tools.

Physical and Mental Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to use a computer. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms for supplies. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus when using a computer.
• Mental demands represent high attention to detail (both written and verbal), managing multiple concurrent tasks, working with deadlines, and personal initiatives.

Work Environment

• Reports to: Director of Project Management
• Direct Reports: None
• Status: Exempt
• Office Location: Hoosier Cancer Research Network, 7676 Interactive Way, Suite 120, Indianapolis, Indiana with a hybrid 3/2 schedule.
• Work week: 40+ hours/week
• Travel: 10%

Other Duties

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Submit resumes by email to HR@hoosiercancer.org with “Clinical Project Manager” in the subject line. 

No calls or walk-ins, please.

HCRN grants equal opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, disability, age, national origin, military service obligations, veteran status, citizenship, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law. HCRN provides equal opportunity in wages, promotions, benefits, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Hoosier Cancer Research Network:
Hoosier Cancer Research Network conducts innovative cancer clinical trials in collaboration with more than 100 academic and community clinical research sites across the United States. Our studies are designed by cancer researchers from our member institutions. The HCRN staff includes 55 team members who work together to support all aspects of the studies we manage, from the time we receive the initial concept from a researcher through the final publication of the study results. Currently, we are supporting more than 70 clinical trials across a wide range of cancer types. Over our 40-year history, more than 10,000 participants in have enrolled in our clinical trials, leading to important discoveries that help cancer patients live longer and better after their cancer diagnosis.