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Position Summary:
The Director, Research Administration & Sponsored Programs is responsible the development, implementation, administration and continual improvement of the operations and strategic growth of a large, multidisciplinary research organization which includes clinical research administration (regulatory, contracting, study start-up, invoicing, research related billing, award management, and close-out), Federal award management (pre- and post-award programmatic and financial management) and investigator support services (proposal development & submission, grant writing, statistics, & manuscript preparation). The Director builds a sponsored program office infrastructure, provides leadership, builds and models a high-performance culture with strong engagement with investigators, program administrators, and staff.

Minimum Requirements:
Ten (10) years of experience in medical research at academic institution, clinical research site, or pharmaceutical/biotech organization
Five (5) years of experience in Federal research award management (preferably research awards with NIH, AHRQ, HRSA, etc)
Three (3) years of experience with clinical research administration and accounting (i.e. IND and IDE trial award management, regulatory, etc)
Five (5) years’ experience in managerial or supervisory capacity
Proven track record of success in grant development
Experience with OMB A133 audits and Federally negotiated indirect cost rate proposals strongly preferred

Education/Licenses/Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree required, graduate degree preferred

Position Type: Full-Time Regular
Full Time Employee: Yes
Primary Shift: Day
Work Schedule: Day

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About MultiCare Health System

MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho. MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization. Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital. Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.

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