Associate Director, Office for Human Research Studies

Location: Fully remote from a New England state only (ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, or RI), with occasional onsite work as needed; office address in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Salary: $106,400–$118,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global conducts cancer research, provides patient care, educates physician-researchers, and collaborates with Harvard-affiliated hospitals.

What you will do

• Oversee the review and approval of clinical and non-clinical research across the Harvard Cancer Consortium.
• Serve on seven IRB committees and ensure determinations comply with human subject protection regulations and HIPAA.
• Lead single IRB reliance agreements, including local context collection, external IRB communication, and outcome coordination.
• Create and deliver education programs for IRB members and OHRS staff, including certified IRB professional training.
• Supervise Senior IRB Analysts, protocol-focused IRB Analysts, and Meeting Coordinators.
• Maintain IRB policies and procedures, report non-compliance and research problems to oversight agencies, and improve operational consistency across committees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least five years of experience in a cancer center and/or with an academic IRB or research office.
• At least three years of staff management experience.
• Expertise applying federal regulations to clinical research and knowledge of HIPAA requirements for research.
• Strong written and verbal communication, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work remotely only from ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, or RI and attend onsite activities when required.

Nice to have

• CIP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement with occasional onsite participation.
• Work within a collaborative Harvard Cancer Consortium research environment.
• Focus on inclusive, diverse, equitable, and compassionate patient care and research.
• Opportunity to represent OHRS at professional conferences and external meetings.