Senior Associate Project Director

Ibis Reproductive Health is a global nonprofit driving change through bold, rigorous research, and principled partnerships that advance sexual and reproductive autonomy, choices, and health worldwide. We believe that research can catalyze change when the entire research process is viewed as an opportunity to shift power, is undertaken in partnership with the communities most affected, and includes a focus on how data can be most effectively used to make change. We focus on increasing access to quality abortion care, transforming access to abortion and contraception through technology and service innovations, and expanding comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and services. Ibis works with partners in more than 30 countries on six continents, through our offices are located in Cambridge, MA and Oakland CA, USA; and Johannesburg, South Africa. For more information, visit: www.ibisreproductivehealth.org.

We seek an individual who will implement the technical and administrative details involved in a clinical research study on medication abortion with a commitment to sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. The individual should have experience managing and implementing clinical trials, as well as a strong quantitative research background and exposure to qualitative research methods and analyses. The Senior Associate Project Director will work closely with the Principal Investigator of The Misoprostol-Only Regimen Evidence Study (The MORE Study), along with the research team at Ibis Reproductive Health, and collaborating investigators, advisors, and researchers across multiple study sites in achieving study integrity and objectives through the successful implementation and completion of protocols and procedures. Senior Associate Project Directors at Ibis are responsible for coordinating research portfolios, supervising project staff, managing budgets, building and strengthening project partnerships, and contributing to grant-writing, donor reporting, and study design. The person in this position will also represent Ibis in professional settings, the media, and policy discussions. Senior Associate Project Director should expect to travel up to 30% of the time.

Qualifications and requirements:

• Experience managing clinical trials.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a research team through the clinical research process.
• Eight or more years of work experience and/or education (advanced relevant degree such as master’s or doctorate) in the fields of public health, epidemiology, or related field.
• IRB CITI certification and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities with attention to detail, flexibility, and creativity.
• Demonstrated interest in and experience with research in the sexual and reproductive health, rights, and/or justice fields, preferably with exposure to research on abortion and/or contraception.
• Ability to make and carry out strategic decisions independently, and to seek input when needed.
• Experience with staff management and supervision.
• Excellent scientific writing skills.
• Willingness to travel (up to 30% of the time).
• Experience working with community-based and advocacy organizations to translate research results for a range of diverse audiences and purposes.
• Publication track record in peer-reviewed journals preferred.

Areas of Responsibility:

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide technical, administrative, and logistical support to Principal Investigators
• Coordination, implementation, quality control and completion of clinical intervention studies while accomplishing study objectives and maintaining compliance with guidelines set by relevant agencies
• Develop and implement clinical workflows for studies/protocols
• Train clinical research coordinators within the study team
• Oversee, assess and ensure participant safety and strict protocol implementation/adherence ; prepare reports for organizations and agencies
• Oversee compliance with GCP guidelines, federal regulations, institutional policies and procedures, and internal standard operating procedures SOPs
• Collaborate and standardize study activities with site-level investigators
• Oversee the development of study materials
• Report budget expenses, incentive, and reimbursement records
• Monitor enrollment goals and initiate strategies to promote enrollment and participant compliance
• Implement protocols for screening and recruiting subjects, scheduling visits, obtaining informed consent
• Oversee study visits
• Recognize, track and report adverse events and protocol deviations
• Prepare for and coordinate site visits made by sponsors or federal agencies during and at the close of the study
• Maintain regulatory binders
• Develop and maintain patient databases, investigational logs and records of drugs administered and/or procedures followed
• Maintain a system to track data entry and audit for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of data collection
• Attend all required meetings
• Maintain up to date knowledge of Good Clinical Practices, FDA, HIPAA and IRB regulations; an understanding of research procedures
• Oversee the research study in an administrative and operational capacity
• Represent Ibis in professional settings, the media, and policy discussions
• Supervise, mentor and train new or junior research staff

Benefits: Medical insurance, with most of the premium paid by Ibis; dental, disability, and life insurances; paid sick leave; a 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer contributions after the first year; four weeks of vacation per year; transit benefits; and professional development opportunities.

Location: Cambridge, MA; Oakland, CA; or remote

Salary: The starting salary range will be $96,000-$100,000

Start date: Position starts as soon as it is filled

To Apply: Applicants should submit their CV and cover letter expressing interest in the position by December 6th on BambooHR

Ibis is an equal opportunity employer. Ibis seeks to build and maintain a diverse and inclusive workplace; we encourage applications from Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, women, people who identify as transgender, non-binary, or gender expansive, young people, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, first-generation college graduates, those from communities with the most to gain from expanded access to sexual and reproductive health services and information, and people from other underrepresented communities.