Manager – Research Capability Building

Job Purpose

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Strategic Leadership: Establishes RCBU strategic roadmap. Develops SOPs and infrastructure to ensure compliance with ICH-GCP and regulatory requirements.
• Policy Development: Creates medical research policies, IRB guidelines, and scientific evaluation standards. Designs medical writing support guidelines. Promotes research policies across FCG.
• Accreditation & Compliance: Develops policies for registration/accreditation with SNIH, RDIA, and international bodies (AAHRPP). Oversees biobanking systems and disease registries.
• Collaboration: Fosters interdisciplinary collaboration across FCG units and external stakeholders. Represents FCG in national/international partnerships. Promotes multi-site research projects.
• Capacity Building: Assesses research skills, designs training programs, and increases pool of qualified Principal Investigators. Collaborates with HCM and Fakeeh Academy on career development. Establishes recognition and compensation mechanisms.
• Communication: Maintains regular communication between RCBU, IRB, and CFGO. Develops strategies to promote research initiatives internally and externally.
• Special Projects: Leads grant-linked training programs, disease registries, biobanking systems, and volunteer research assistant programs. Develops research management system proposals.
• Post-Trial Services: Assists with manuscript preparation and presentation of findings.
• Other duties as assigned within the scope of the job.

Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 5 years in clinical trial management, with CRO and operational leadership experience.
• Education: Bachelor’s/Master’s in Clinical Research Administration, Nursing, Public Health, Science, Medical Laboratory Sciences, or related fields.
• Language: Excellent English proficiency; Arabic preferred.
• Licenses / Certifications: Certification in clinical trial management (SOCRA, ACRP) advantageous.