[Hiring] Director of Research Site Partnership @Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Role Description

As the Director of Research Site Partnerships, you serve as the executive relationship owner for a portfolio of oncology research sites. You will drive site engagement, alignment, and performance through strategic partnership and a focus on clinical trial enrollment growth. Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 5–6 oncology research sites, depending on complexity
• Serve as senior relationship owner for assigned sites
• Build executive-level partnerships with site leadership, physicians, research teams, and administrators
• Develop and maintain understanding of site strategy, capabilities, and opportunities
• Align enterprise strategy with site goals
• Drive accountability for clinical trial enrollment performance
• Analyze enrollment trends and identify growth opportunities
• Develop and track strategic enrollment action plans
• Promote best practices supporting accrual
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators
• Translate enterprise priorities into site-level strategies
• Lead sites through change and transformation
• Elevate trends and insights to leadership
• Navigate high-impact or complex situations
• Use negotiation and conflict resolution to achieve outcomes
• Coordinate with internal teams to support site needs
• Ensure alignment across stakeholders
• Represent site perspectives in leadership forums
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and engagement

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree required, master degree preferred
• Experience supporting oncology research sites and clinical trial enrollment
• Experience in site engagement, account management, or clinical operations
• Must have experience in clinical research operations
• Experience in oncology research
• Strategic relationship management skills
• Data analysis skills
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to influence others
• Experience operating in a matrixed environment

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well-being
• Competitive compensation package determined by performance, experience, skills, equity, and geographical markets
• Other compensation opportunities, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentives

Company Description

Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) is one of the world’s leading oncology research organizations conducting community-based clinical trials. Focused on advancing therapies for patients over the last three decades, SCRI is a leader in drug development. In 2022, SCRI formed a joint venture with former US Oncology Research to expand clinical trial access across the country. It has conducted more than 850 first-in-human clinical trials since its inception and contributed to pivotal research that has led to the majority of new cancer therapies approved by the FDA in the past decade. SCRI’s research network brings together more than 1,300 physicians who are enrolling patients into clinical trials at more than 200 locations in 20+ states across the U.S.