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: