UT Southwestern Medical Center · 21 hours ago
Manager of Business Operations, Simmons Cancer Center Clinical Research Office
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expUT Southwestern Medical Center is a world-renowned medical and research center committed to excellence and innovation. The Manager of Business Operations will oversee and evaluate the programmatic activities associated with business operations in the Clinical Research Office, ensuring efficiency and collaboration among teams.
Clinical TrialsHealth CareHospitalMedicalNon ProfitOncologyOutpatient Care
Responsibilities
Team Oversight and integration
Provide leadership and oversight to teams handling AR/AP, departmental financial metrics, and salary sourcing. Helping to facilitate collaboration to integrate workflow
Strategic planning and process improvement
Identify opportunities to streamline operations, reduce redundancies and enhance efficiency in clinical trial finance
Develop and implement best practices, dashboards, and metrics to support decision-making
Partner with CRO and institutional leadership to translate operational data into strategic insights
Platform implementation & optimization
Lead or support implementation of new operational or financial platforms
Ensure platform adoptions across all relevant teams and alignment with strategic goals
Identify opportunities for automation and improved reporting
Stakeholder Collaboration
Serve as the central pint of contact for finance, operations, and research teams on clinical trial process
Communication updates, challenges, and strategic recommendations to leadership
Facilitate meetings and initiatives that align teams and drive cross functional solutions
Leadership & Accountability
Foster a culture of collaboration, proactive problem-solving, and continuous improvement
Admin support
Oversee the CRO Administrative Team, ensuring they effectively support clinical research operations
Provide guidance, training, and support to ensure the team operates efficiently and aligns with broader operational goals
Responsible for CRO departmental tracking related to all aspects of business operations including but not limited to key metrics measured by the Cancer Center CRO in support of NCI designation, time to study activation, accrual, clinical trials patient calendars, clinical trial revenues and payables, and staffing metrics. This responsibility includes assessment of need, design of tracking tools, as well as implementation and training
Includes preparing long-term vision and organizational structure of the unit to ensure maximum efficiencies related to CRO operations
Partner with relevant department and institutional teams to identify, implement and maintain appropriate financial software and database applications specific to Cancer Center CRO priorities and initiatives
Provide strategic consultation and guidance to senior leadership regarding business proposals and make recommendations for optimizing the operational impact of business initiatives
Work closely with the Associate Director of SCCC Clinical Research Operations to ensure effective execution of unit functions as required to meet the expectations of the Cancer Center Support Grant. Includes preparation of and maintenance of data for NCI submissions
Oversee Clinical Research Office (CRO) business operations team, which consist of informatics project manager, finance project manager, accountant(s), financial analyst(s) and clinical trials coverage analyst(s) responsible for oversight of all financial activities related to cancer clinical trials
Oversee design and preparation of monthly and quarterly reports for clinical trial disease oriented teams including but not limited to monthly DOT and CRO summary of clinical trial revenue and payables, quarterly salary sourcing reports, supplemental funds distribution, and special reports as requested by management
Work closely with Academic Information Systems (AIS) and Sponsor Program Administration (SPA) to ensure implementation of various system upgrades are seamless as far as they affect Cancer Center and CRO work product and verify data integrity before and after upgrades
Oversees training to Investigators and staff to ensure accurate completion of data entry within the clinical trials management system and other systems needed to accurately track clinical trials activities
Ensures cost-effective use of resources (equipment, supplies, etc.) by implementing internal controls for sensitive documents which provide assurance, safeguarded information
Works with informatics project manager to collect, interpret data, and follow specific requirements to develop new and revise existing software applications. Develops and implements operational plans for new and existing business computer applications. Identify problems with computer systems and provides technical/trouble shooting assistance to all employees of the CRO with related computer and other system issues as needed
Monitor accountability of staff regarding adherence to Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and provides developmental training as needed
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in science, social science, healthcare administration, or a related field
7 years of administration in research experience preferably in information resources and finance or regulatory/clinical research administration respectively; including 3 years in a management role
Experience with oncology clinical trials administration
Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Preferred
Master's Degree
Benefits
PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
Paid Time Off, available day one
Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
Paid Parental Leave Benefit
Wellness programs
Tuition Reimbursement
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
Company
UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center offers clinical care, education, and scientific research.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$22MKey Investors
The Dallas FoundationPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
2023-06-20Grant
2023-04-20Grant· $4M
2023-03-28Grant· $18M
Leadership Team
Chris Rubio
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Clements University Hospital
Dennis Pfeifer
AVP & CTO University Health System
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