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Baltimore, MD, United States Apply NowFind out how well you match with this jobAffiliated Office AddressBaltimore, MD, United States, United StatesRequisition ID122491Date CreatedSeptember 14, 2026Job FamilyResearchJob SubfamilyGeneral ResearchJob FunctionResearchExempt StatusExemptShift TypeFull TimeScheduleM-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pmWorksite04-MD:School of Medicine CampusWork ModalityRemote: Not on-site or < 10% of hours worked on-site

The Department of Neurology is seeking a Clinical Research Site Manager for the BIOS Division in the School of Medicine. The Clinical Research Site Manager oversees sitelevel execution of large, multicenter clinical trials by leading site startup, driving enrollment performance, managing investigator relationships, and ensuring consistent protocol implementation across a national network of collaborating clinical sites. The role requires a high degree of independence, operational leadership, and performancedriven site management.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate the work of teams in other institutions.
• Establish early lines of communication with the clinical teams as they are identified, selected, and prepared for activation.
• Propel accelerated timelines during the trial start-up cycle and during subject accrual, assuring that monthly enrollment goals are met each month across all clinical sites.
• Assist with site feasibility evaluations, detailing the availability of critical local resources necessary to be successful at activating trials and enrollment and protocol performance once a trial begins.
• Assist sites in central IRB onboarding, ensure timely and accurate submission to IRBs, sponsors, and master agreements, local IRB/ethics committee review/approvals, and assist with the collection of all necessary regulatory documents needed before site activation for study subject enrollment.
• Oversee site compliance with investigational products, reporting or safety events and contracting.
• During trial implementation, oversee site performance, assist with subject eligibility and randomization, identify local recruitment problems, personalize remediation programs with site teams, and ensure that site investigators quickly implement local solutions to keep the recruitment goal on track for trial completion.
• Conduct weekly (or more frequent) teleconferences and manage monthly training broadcasts with the clinical teams and individually mentor new coordinators and investigators.
• Keep enrollments on track and clinical teams on schedule with established performance expectations.
• Provide support to quality assurance monitors in all facets of work related to communications with, and management of, the enrolling center clinical teams.
• Manage site investigator relationships and execute site start-up and performance plans, assign tasks and deadlines to site clinical teams, direct and monitor clinical site work efforts daily, identify resource needs, perform quality reviews, and escalate functional, quality and timeline issues appropriately.
• Execute lean management processes and methodologies to ensure sites deliver on-time and within the budget, adhere to high-quality standards, and benefit the investigative effort by ensuring smooth implementation of trial policies and goals from site launch through study activation and completion of the trial at the local levels.
• Perform self-audits and audit performance of clinical sites; recommend changes to protocol operations based on audit results and revised goals.
• Track proposals and other documentation through signature/approval processes and through collaboration with contracts personnel and IRB Navigators.
• Use professional judgment in handling information and be sensitive to the project team, individual, and all levels of organizational concerns
• Use data, statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling, and fact-based management to drive decision making
• Help investigators develop new insights and understanding of performance-based data.
• Serve as liaison and facilitate meetings between project stakeholders and leadership
• Complete and maintain professional documentation for projects and deliverables
• Develop SOPs and assist in the auditing and monitoring of study sites.
• Build and maintain strong, trusting relationships.
• Remain current with a constantly changing clinical research technology and embrace the adoption of innovations to modernize, disseminate, renovate and remodel.
• Serve as a knowledgeable liaison between leadership and the research communities.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties above

MultiSite StartUp & Activation Leadership

• Lead site startup activities across numerous external clinical sites, including feasibility assessments, resource readiness evaluations, activation timelines, and onboarding to centralized IRB and master agreement processes.

Enrollment Performance Management & Remediation

• Actively track sitelevel enrollment metrics, identify underperforming sites, and design customized remediation strategies to address recruitment barriers and keep trials on pace for completion.

Investigator & Site Relationship Management

• Serve as the primary operational liaison for site investigators and coordinators, building trust, setting expectations, assigning deliverables, and holding sites accountable for performance, quality, and timelines.

Operational Oversight of Trial Execution

• Direct and monitor daily site activities related to subject eligibility, randomization, protocol adherence, safety reporting, and investigational product compliance, escalating risks and issues as necessary.

Audit, Quality Review & Continuous Improvement

• Oversee site performance reviews; recommend operational or protocollevel improvements based on performance data and evolving trial needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• Five years of related experience delivering effective clinical research management solutions.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior clinical research experience.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Analytical Skills - Intermediate
• Attention to Detail - Intermediate
• Clinical Study Design - Intermediate
• Clinical Trials - Intermediate
• Forecasting - Intermediate
• Interpersonal Skills - Intermediate
• Oral and Written Communications - Intermediate
• Process Improvement - Intermediate
• Project Management - Intermediate
• Regulatory Compliance - Intermediate

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

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Classified Title: Clinical Research Site Manager   
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD  
Starting Salary Range: $57,195 - $100,040 Annually ($78,620 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Remote 
Department name: SOM Neuro BIOS   
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

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Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

Accommodation Information
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at [email protected]. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.

Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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