Executive Director of Research Integrity & Compliance

Executive Director, Research Integrity & Compliance

Baltimore, MD area

Our client, a prestigious research institution, is seeking an Executive Director of Research Integrity and Compliance. This Executive Director is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing policies, procedures, and programs related to research integrity, ethics, compliance, research conflicts of interest and commitment and research security. This position will be a key partner in continuing to enhance the ability of the Office of Research Integrity and Compliance to perform its mission-critical work in support of research enterprise, as well as in defining the scope of the office’s work in response to an ever- evolving and increasingly more complex regulatory framework.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the institution’s Research Integrity Officer.
• Responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of research misconduct, as well as developing and maintaining responsible and ethical conduct of research education and training programming, in accordance with plan and federal agency requirements.
• Leads the development and implementation of corrective and preventative actions as needed to address any identified issues.
• Primary liaison with regulatory agencies and oversight bodies for the responsible and ethical conduct of research.
• Represents the enterprise and its researchers in discussions with external stakeholders on issues related to research integrity and compliance.
• Oversees the activities of the department staff, ensuring quality, productivity, functional excellence and efficiency to accomplish strategic and operational objectives.
• Ensures training, monitoring and operations initiatives are implemented which secure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/government regulations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization required
• Master’s degree or higher in the sciences or law strongly preferred
• Ten years of substantive experience in research compliance in higher education, a research institute, or a government regulatory agency with a significant focus on research integrity
• Relevant experience must include at least 2 years of senior leadership/executive level experience
• Expertise in at least two research compliance areas identified above and sufficient working knowledge of all other areas
• Demonstrated experience interacting with regulatory governmental agencies, accreditation, or other oversight organizations
• Ability to maintain the highest level of professional conduct and integrity in all circumstances.
• Experience managing internal investigations
• Demonstrated experience designing RCR programming
• Demonstrated experience engaging with leadership and other stakeholders on critical operational elements
• Demonstrated supervisory/managerial experience

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