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Clinical Trial Director

New York University

New York, NY · HybridFull-time$75–85K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$75–85K/yr
Location
New York, NYHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Clinical Trial Director will lead and perform advanced clinical research duties for a complex trial involving 12 hospitals and university collaborators. The role oversees trial conduct, stakeholder relationships, compliance, budgets, staff, and research documentation, and contributes to data analysis and scientific publications. The position is full-time and hybrid, with occasional travel within the United States to meetings and study sites.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Clinical Research, nice to haveClinical Trial Management, nice to haveResearch Compliance, nice to haveClinical Trial Protocol Development, nice to haveBudget Management, nice to haveResearch Data Analysis, nice to haveLiterature Searches, nice to haveScientific Writing, nice to have

Qualifications

Master's or Advanced Degree, requiredDrPH or PhD, nice to have7+ Years Clinical Research Experience, requiredTerminal Degree or Equivalent Experience, required

Full job description

Position Title: Clinical Trial Director

School: NYU's School of Global Public Health

Supervisor: Dr. Mari Armstrong-Hough

Schedule: Full-Time (Hybrid)

Location: New York, NY

The clinical trial project director will plan, organize, lead, and perform comprehensive and advanced level clinical research duties for a complex clinical trial involving 12 hospitals and collaborators across several universities. The successful candidate will directly impact the overall efficiency, productivity and success of the trial. The clinical trial project director must be able to work independently and has the authority to interact with internal or external stakeholders involved in a clinical trial or modify clinical trial workflow or processes to meet the needs of the study.

Duties include:

  • Manage multiple Principal Investigator relationships with internal and external research stakeholders.

  • Provide guidance and assistance to Principal Investigators for budget management and research compliance oversight to ensure full compliance with local/institutional, state and federal policies and procedures.

  • Assist Principal Investigator in developing clinical trial protocols and submit the required documentation to the Institutional Review Board, the University, federal regulators n industry or government sponsor.

  • Coordinate and manage all aspects of clinical trial conduct for one or more trials.

  • Prepare and submit all types of clinical research documentation to the IRB of record (central or local) for review and approval.

  • Participate in planning and analysis of research portfolios, in co njunction with Principal Investigators.

  • Oversee the financial management, including budget development and quarterly review of project accounts.

  • Manage a team of research support staff, with responsibilities that include scheduling, workload management, professional development, and performance management.

  • Coordinate research education, training and/or orientation for new project members.

  • Compile data and documents during internal and external audits and for annual reporting to NIH.

  • Conduct research data analysis and literature searches. Co-author scientific papers, publications or presentations.

  • In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education: Master’s or other advanced degree required. DrPH or PhD preferred.

Experience: At least seven years of clinical research experience demonstrating progressive levels of responsibility and complexity of work. A terminal degree may substitute for the equivalent number of years of experience.

Travel: This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling within the US to attend meetings and visit study sites.

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In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $75,000-$85,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,502 open Clinical Research jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–85K/yr
  • New York median$129–179K/yr85 salary ranges
  • US median$113–195K/yr764 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $80K, is 46% below the New York median midpoint ($148K) — in the lowest quarter of Clinical Research salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 144 open Clinical Research jobs in New York and 1,502 across the US. 16% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Clinical Research postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 1,128 postings).
Education
573 of the 1,502 open Clinical Research jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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