**Job Description:** This position is responsible for overseeing the administration of contracts for sponsored projects, including industry clinical trial agreements (CTAs), grant-related agreements, and other agreements. This role involves managing a team of contract professionals (officers and senior officers) to ensure efficient and compliant contract processing. This role will monitor and ensure that performance levels are met, handle complex items, and support the OSP Director on strategic and operational projects. Key responsibilities include negotiating and administering contracts, ensuring compliance with institutional and external regulations, and providing oversight of the contract administration process. This position will work closely with the OSP Grants team to develop and improve processes for grant-related agreements (including subaward agreements), risk assessments, and subrecipient monitoring. Please note, the Essential Functions listed below are generic for all Research Administration Managers. This position is specific to Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP). **Essential Functions** + Manage new opportunities with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring operational needs are met. + Develop tools to streamline understanding and execution of administration area. + Identify trends and opportunities for improvement in program performance. Develop and implement process efficiencies to ensure optimal performance at the sites participating. Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, policies and guidelines for the research administration area. + Maintains comprehensive data dashboards to monitor activity, generate reports for leadership review, and oversee smooth day-to-day operations of regulatory, contract, and financial management. + **Research Administration:** manage and supports teams conducting financial analyses on trials, provide budgeting guidance and approvals based on Medicare coverage analysis results. Create financial compliance tools for care sites, develop best practices for study financial management, provides oversight to ensure consistent updates within CTMS. Ensures regulatory compliance and effective financial management. Supports research leadership with departmental budget and reporting. Supports and manages contracts where applicable. + **Research Billing:** in addition to the above, manages and oversees the institutional oversight processes for research billing at Intermountain Health, ensuring regulatory and policy compliance. Oversee day-to-day operations of the Research Billing team and responsible for ongoing program development. + **Human Research Protection Program/Institutional Review Board (HRPP/IRB): Manage** and oversee the HRPP/IRB, ensuring regulatory and policy compliance. Oversee day-to-day operations and responsible for ongoing program development. + **Office of Sponsored Projects** : Manage and support the administration and compliance of grants (pre and post award) and contracts (draft, negotiation, amendments, and execution). **Skills** + Research + Regulatory + Compliance + Contract management + Financial Management + Leadership + Communication + Teamwork + Process Improvement + Conflict Resolution **Minimum Qualifications** + Minimum of three (3) years of experience leading teams and/or projects + Experience in Microsoft Office + Five (5) years of experience in clinical research, regulatory affairs, research finance + Bachelor’s Degree in a clinical or life science field, business, or healthcare operations. A degree must be obtained through an accredited institution. Education is verified + Eight (8) years of direct and relevant experience in a research, healthcare, academic, or industry setting. **Preferred Qualifications** + Demonstrated experience negotiating and administering a wide range of sponsored agreements, including industry clinical trial agreements (CTAs) and grant-related contracts. + Knowledge of Uniform Guidance and experience in Subrecipient Monitoring compliance. + Experience leading and mentoring teams, specifically with successfully leading remote or hybrid teams. + Experience with sponsored projects management systems (e.g., Cayuse, Conga CLM) **Physical Requirements:** **Physical Requirements** + Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs. + Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately. + Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, + Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment. + May require lifting and transporting objects and office supplies, bending, kneeling and reaching. + For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles. **Location:** Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center **Work City:** Murray **Work State:** Utah **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 40 The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $44.33 - $68.42 We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) . Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process. All positions subject to close without notice.