NCCT Contracts and Finance Project Manager 1

Overview

The National Center for Clinical Trials (NCCT) is designed to serve as an innovative platform to revolutionize and catalyze the conduct of clinical trials- greatly accelerating the translation of scientific findings into improvements in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease for our communities and patients. The NCCT will offer core services for patient recruitment and enrollment, trial administration and follow-up, and to gather real world data and evidence.

This position will be part of a team that will report to leadership in the NCCT and will manage the intake, document coordination and overall initiation of all non-federal clinical research studies submitted through the NCCT to the Office of Clinical Research (OCR) Pre-Award Team. This position ensures projects progress efficiently from initial sponsor contact through study start-up, including budget development, trial management builds, and contract coordination. The ideal candidate is highly organized, tech-savvy, and experienced in research administration and clinical trial workflows.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the intake and start-up process for clinical research studies including industry-sponsored, investigator-initiated, and collaborative research.
• Support pre-award functions by facilitating task assignments for contract negotiations, coverage analysis, budget development, and financial feasibility assessments.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders (regulatory teams, study team, investigators, pharmacy, legal, OCR Pre-Award team, and IRB) and external partners (sponsors, CROs) to drive timely study activation.
• Track, compile, and present project milestones and metrics to ensure adherence to institutional and sponsor requirements.
• Review and verify complete submission of project and assess the need for additional information / documentation.
• Participate in meetings and communications to provide project updates and ensure alignment across teams.
• Assist with process improvement initiatives and documentation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and workflows.
• Support financial forecasting and budget maintenance during the pre-award phase.

Skills / Qualifications

About Wake Forest and the Office

Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is a U.S. News and World Report top 50 ranked medical school, integrated with a world-class health system, Atrium Health. WFUSM, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise, is a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery. WFUSM has over $300M in annual, extramural funding that drives a cutting-edge Academic Learning Health System by integrating innovative research with excellent patient care across our enterprise.

Atrium Health is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, formed through the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Our integrated academic and clinical environment is deeply committed to improving health, elevating hope, and advancing healing - for all.

It should be noted that while you are applying on the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Career Site, you will receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. This is an expected part of the process. Thank you for your flexibility.

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Benefits and more

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. It services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation\'s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. It is committed to providing equitable care for all, and provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

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