Research Associate

Summary

Join Tempus' TIME clinical trials network as a Research Operations Associate and play a pivotal role in expanding patient access to cancer clinical trials. You will serve as the primary point of contact for research and care teams, managing key sites within the network. Responsibilities include developing and executing strategic operational plans, building strong client relationships, and providing ongoing education. This role requires regular travel and collaboration with various internal teams. Success in this position demands strong communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills, along with a deep understanding of oncology and clinical trials.

Requirements

• Regular travel is required (up to 40%)
• Possess a Bachelor's Degree and 3+ years of experience in working in oncology and/or clinical trials
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of study start up
• Possess a strong ability to persuade, be strategic, motivate, and influence others
• Have a proven track record of setting and achieving high personal standards of performance
• Be highly organized and systematic, with superb attention to detail and the ability to complete tasks with a high degree of accuracy
• Be persistent and resilient with an ability to be a good listener
• Have the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships
• Possess advanced written and oral communication skills
• Possess superior analytical, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
• Have a tenacious appetite for success
• Be able to view and type on computer screens for long periods and to work in an environment which can be stressful due to heavy workload and frequent interruptions

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for research teams/care teams for all matters related to TIME trial activities
• Maintain a regular cadence of touch points (in person, virtual, emailing value adds) with targeted accounts (ie 2x per month per site)
• Build relationships with key client stakeholders
• Draft and execute strategic operational plans, to ensure TIME sites can meet JIT standards
• Oversight of all processes included in the above operational plan
• Provide ongoing education to create awareness of access to a portfolio of clinical trials
• Participate in research steering committees (where applicable)
• Delegate attendance to other research meetings where applicable to the Research Operations Director
• Oversee a Strategic collaboration with a Research Network
• Collaborate with various teams within Tempus, to execute key deliverables including operations, clinical members (RN/MD), sales, medical affairs, pathology, bioinformatics and data science
• Attend ISAMs (as delegated by ROD)
• Attend TSAMs
• Utilize knowledge of oncology, clinical trial development and study start-up to identify site resource gaps, and onboard sites into the systems
• Assist/pull in a team to create innovative tactics, processes, tools, systems, and strategies to ease site burden/gaps in clinical trial participation
• Incorporate key client feedback into product and process improvements
• Contribute to the development of marketing and sales collateral
• Attend approved regional/local conferences (upon approval)
• Perform administrative activities associated with the activities listed above
• Oversee site support staff as applicable (Program Coordinator)

Benefits

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