Education Research, Consulting Associate, Clinical Research

Huron helps its clients drive growth enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together we empower clients to drive innovation create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.

Today leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.

Youll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness improve student outcomes implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

The Clinical Research Consulting Associate supports the delivery of assessment advisory and implementation services across clinical trial start-up regulatory and research operations. Working as part of a broader project team this role contributes to the execution of key workstreams including clinical trial operational and strategy assessments technology implementations and optimizations and process improvement initiatives focused on key clinical trial processes such as study activation regulatory management financial management and clinical operations.

This role is suited for individuals with foundational experience in clinical research who are looking to expand their exposure to enterprise-level operations systems and transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Core Delivery Activities

• Support current-state assessments of clinical research operations workflows and pain points
• Support efforts to document current state and design future state business processes
• Conduct stakeholder interviews note-taking and synthesis of findings
• Gather organize and analyze data related to study start-up regulatory financial and operational processes
• Help develop client-ready deliverables such as summaries recommendations workflow maps and presentations
• Participate in building SOPs job aids and training materials

Clinical Trial Operations Support

• Assist with projects related to study activation regulatory management clinical operations and research finance
• Track timelines milestones issues and dependencies across project workstreams
• Support documentation of roles handoffs bottlenecks and escalation points in research processes
• Contribute to identifying process improvement opportunities

Technology / Systems Work

• Support CTMS eRegulatory and related research system optimization or implementation efforts
• Assist with testing validation training support and end-user documentation
• Help document future-state workflows system requirements and operational impacts

Project Management & Team Support

• Prepare meeting materials track decisions and follow up on action items
• Maintain project trackers risks and status updates
• Support coordination across internal team members and client stakeholders
• Help ensure deliverables are organized accurate and on time

Regulatory / Start-Up Focus

• Experience supporting or owning IRB submissions and study activation activities
• Familiarity with regulatory documentation and audit readiness practices
• Coordination of sponsor interactions monitoring visits or inspections

Research Operations / Generalist Focus

• 3-6 years of experience in clinical research (e.g. study coordination start-up or operations)
• Exposure to multiple components of the research lifecycle (regulatory operations financial data systems)
• Demonstrated contributions such as:
  • SOP or training material development
  • Study start-up coordination
  • Participation in system implementations or process improvement efforts

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in a related field
• 36 years of experience in clinical research or research administration
• Working knowledge of study start-up IRB processes and clinical trial operations
• Experience using CTMS and/or eRegulatory systems
• Strong organizational analytical and communication skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (PowerPoint Excel Visio Word)
• Willingness to travel up to 50%

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated career progression (e.g. Research Assistant to Coordinator)
• Experience across multiple studies or a portfolio of trials
• Exposure to academic medical centers or health systems
• Experience across multiple therapeutic areas or institutions

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United States of America