Clinical Research Regional Director (Western Region)

Company: M3 Wake Research, Inc.
Location: Tucson
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

Company DescriptionM3 is the global leader in digital solutions in healthcare. We work with a range of sectors including healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and charities; services provided to these sectors include market research, medical education programs, promotional programs, clinical development, job recruitment and clinic appointment services. M3 has grown by more than 20% year-on-year for the past 15 years, achieving over 1 billion dollars in revenue annually.Founded in 2000, with start-up investment capital from Sony, M3's mission is to make use of the internet to increase, as much as possible, the number of people who can live longer and healthier lives, and to reduce, as much as possible, the amount of unnecessary medical costs. Key achievements of M3 Inc. include:

• Named in Fortune's 2020 'Future 50' list, ahead of Facebook and Amazon
• Ranked in Forbes' 2020 Global 2000 list of the world's largest public companies
• M3is theonlycompany incorporated after the year2000to be included in theNikkei225 Index
• Listed in Forbes' 'Asia's 200 Best Over a Billion' in 2019
• In 2020 M3 founded the 'M3: Stop COVID-19 Fund' and pledged one billion yen to support COVID-19 related initiativesM3's legacy lies in the power of trusted physician platforms. Around the world, M3 organizations leverage these highly engaged digital communities to deliver medical education, job placement, and market research, to improve global patient outcomes.Due to our continued growth, we are hiring for a Clinical Research Regional Director at Wake Research, an M3 company. This is a remote position with up to 40% travel.About the Business Division: M3 Wake Research, Inc. is one of the largest independent clinical research site services companies in North America. M3 Wake Research is an integrated network of premier investigational sites working closely with and meeting the needs of the global biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, pharmaceutical industry, and clinical research organizations. M3 Wake Research has its proprietary patient database of potential clinical trial participants-men and women, children and adults, across all ethnicities-for all kinds of adaptive and other types of trial designs. Conducting studies since 1984, we have a combined subject database of more than 2 million.M3 Wake Research has 26 owned and managed research sites across 9states in the US and continues to grow. As of today, our board-certified physicians have completed more than 7,000 successful clinical trials. Clinical trials at our site are always completed on time and with accuracy; we consistently exceed sponsor expectations for integrity, subject enrollment, human protection, and expeditious delivery of accurate evaluable data.Our approach is uncompromising - each study conducted at our site is carefully planned and executed according to regulations with superior quality.Job DescriptionMission of the Role: The Regional Director works closely with the Chief Operating Officer and provides oversight and direction to Site Directors and Managers in the successful delivery of business of all assigned sites.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Manages a team of Site Directors/Managers to provide training, mentorship, and guidance to ensure success of business delivery.
  • Develops and executes an operational strategy to achieve key business objectives.
  • Analyzes operational and performance metrics to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of operational teams.
  • Identifies and explores ways to control cost and generate revenue.
  • Works closely with the marketing and recruiting teams to maximize the number of patient enrollments.
  • Partners with key leadership to direct the sales team for higher value pipeline development.
  • Directs efforts of multiple sites as it relates to financial performance management including, but not limited to, reporting, budgeting, FTE management, compliance, strategy, clinical standards, patient and clinical workflow, scheduling protocols, hours of operation, and other business initiatives.
  • Assists in setting financial goals that are in alignment with business strategy.
  • Establishes good working relationships and collaborative arrangements with principal investigators and other leaders to help achieve the goals of the organization.
  • Develops strategies and leads the execution of site-specific plans for adoption of M3 Wake Research Inc. standards.QualificationsRequirements:
    • Bachelor's Degree in Science or Nursing required or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
    • 7 to 10+ years of functionally related experience.
    • Clinical experience in one or more therapeutic indications.
    • Healthcare experience in business line that delivers direct patient care and works directly with physicians.
    • Strong knowledge of FDA regulations, ICH-GCP Guidelines and GCP including study management, safety management (adverse event identification and reporting, post-market surveillance, and pharmacovigilance), and handling of investigational product.
    • Experience, knowledge, and commitment towards the care of patients, aspects of human subject protections, and safety in the conduct of clinical trials.
    • Knowledge regarding development and regulations of drugs, devices, and biologicals.
    • Data-driven and critical thinking skills to continuously improve approaches that achieve the goals as quickly as possible.
    • Strong communication skills, and experience communicating within the study site as well as between the site and sponsor, CRO, and regulators.
    • Ability to formulate business decisions that are financially responsible, accountable, justifiable, and defensible.Preferred Qualifications:
      • Master's degree in Business Administration or Health Administration preferred.
      • Experience with multi-site investigational site networks, SMO, TMO or hospital-owned or hospital sponsored physician networks preferred.Additional InformationA career opportunity with M3 Wake Research offers competitive wages, and benefits such as:
        • 401(k), 401(k) matching
        • Dental insurance
        • Disability insurance
        • Employee assistance program
        • Flexible spending account
        • Health insurance
        • Life insurance
        • Paid time off
        • Vision insurance*M3 reserves the right to change this job description to meet the business needs of the organization.

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