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Medix™ lists this Study Start Up Manager - 258610 opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Role Highlights
Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday standard business hours.
Work Location: 100% onsite for the initial ~3-month onboarding and training period, with limited hybrid flexibility available post-onboarding based on performance and department needs.
Impact: High-visibility position leading end-to-end study activation, protocol design, and cross-functional execution across complex clinical research programs.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate study start-up workflows, ensuring milestones, timelines, and deliverables remain on track through study activation.
Partner directly with Principal Investigators (PIs) and cross-functional teams on protocol development, substantive editing, research agreements, and IRB submissions.
Build and configure electronic data capture tools and databases (e.g., REDCap), including data collection planning.
Align operational, regulatory, financial, and contractual components prior to study launch.
Collaborate cross-functionally across regulatory, legal, finance, and research operations teams to clear execution bottlenecks.
Required Qualifications
Proven experience in clinical research study start-up or research program management.
Demonstrated track record of managing multiple study start-up timelines and concurrent workstreams.
Working knowledge of protocol development, IRB requirements, human subjects research regulations, study budgets, and research contracts.
Strong written communication, organizational skills, and cross-functional project management abilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in an Academic Medical Center (AMC) or with Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR).
Hands-on protocol writing, substantive editing, or direct experience developing study budgets with PIs.
Technical experience building databases and developing data dictionaries in REDCap or similar EDC systems.
Familiarity with clinical research agreements, including CTAs, CDAs, DUAs, and MTAs.
Worksite address
chicago, IL, 60290, US
Who can apply
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