Budget Amendment Negotiation Supervisor - Hematology/Oncology (Fully Remote)

The Budget Amendment
Negotiation Supervisor provides operational leadership and supervision for theteam
responsible for managing clinical trial budget amendments across the oncology
clinical researchportfolio.
The Supervisor oversees amendment workflows from request through negotiation
andimplementation,
including workload distribution, prioritization, quality assurance, performance
management, and monitoring of operational and financial outcomes. The position
serves as the primary escalation resource for complex budget negotiations,
financial disputes, sponsor concerns, and operational issues and works
collaboratively with investigators, study teams, sponsors, CROs, Contracting,
Clinical Research Finance, and other institutional partners. The Supervisor
also recruits, trains, mentors, and evaluates staff; develops standardized
workflows and training resources; and leads process improvement initiatives designed
to improve efficiency and reduce amendment execution timelines.

Annual
salary range: $88,900.00 - $190,300.00

Required:

• Bachelor's
  degree, Master's degree preferred
• Minimum
  of 5+ years of experience in a clinical research setting
• Interpersonal
  skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner
  and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with
  students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work
  as a member of a team.
• Ability
  to effectively communicate to and interact with patients in a compassionate and
  kind manner.
• Ability
  to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with
  frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and department needs, while
  complying with applicable University policies and federal and state
  regulations.
• Analytical
  skills to assess clinical research protocols and regulatory requirements,
  define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions,
  make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions.
• Close
  attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload
  environment. Ability to adapt to changing job demands and priorities, remain
  flexible including working flexible hours to accommodate research deadlines.
• Organization
  skills to create and maintain administrative and regulatory files effectively
  as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated
  proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to
  perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately.
• Knowledge
  of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific
  review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors,
  industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.
• Strong
  verbal and written communication skills to effectively establish rapport,
  building collaborative relationships, and communicate complex concepts and
  ideas in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Ability
  to handle confidential information with judgement and discretion.
• Availability
  to work in more than one environment, travelling to various clinic sites,
  meetings, conferences, etc.
• Advanced
  knowledge of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs,
  scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group
  sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.
• Demonstrated
  ability to interpret IRB, FDA, federal and UCLA requirements and utilize that
  information to guide investigators and other team members.
• Expert
  level working knowledge of clinical research concepts, policies and procedures,
  and human safety protection regulations and laws.
• Demonstrated
  experience and knowledge of clinical trials budgeting processes to manage the
  preparation of clinical trials budgets.
• Demonstrated
  experience with FDA processes and procedures.
• Ability
  to lead the development and implementation of quality improvement activities,
  SOPs, processes, etc.
• Team
  leadership experience (i.e. projects, committees, etc.).
• Ability
  to develop and give presentations to leadership, positively representing the
  department.
• Ability
  to predict potential problems and proactively implement solutions.
• Ability
  to clearly communicate complex departmental and institution-wide policies and
  ensure understanding.
• Ability
  to manage complex and sometimes conflicting departmental priorities and
  external timelines.

Preferred:

• Clinical
  Research Certification (CCRP, ACRP, etc.)