Director, Office of Research Integrity and Assurance

Position Summary: Princeton University seeks a highly motivated, well-qualified individual to serve as Director of the Office of Research Integrity and Assurance (RIA), reporting to the Dean for Research. This newly established senior position presents a unique and challenging opportunity to support and advance the University's world-class research enterprise by ensuring a successful compliance function.

Employing superior leadership, strategic and interpersonal skills, the director will oversee an office for research integrity and assurance, which is responsible for administering areas of federal research compliance, including human and animal subjects, biological safety and financial conflict of interest. The successful candidate for this position will be responsible for ensuring that the University conducts its research compliance programs to maintain accreditation by such organizations as AAALAC and implement best practices. The Director will create a research compliance program that facilitates research while ensuring compliance with all federal, state and local rules and regulations by developing and implementing compliance related policies and processes, conducting training programs for staff, researchers and administrators, and conducting regular audits and risk analyses. To ensure the success of the University's research compliance program, the incumbent will oversee and navigate important and sensitive interactions with key stakeholders across campus, including senior administrators, faculty, students and staff.

The successful candidate will bring to the University an exceptional background in research administration -- including broad and deep knowledge of compliance regulations, issues and strategies -- and have a track record of proven success implementing the components of a strong research compliance program. S/he will have outstanding interpersonal skills, a collaborative style, and a reputation for successfully working with faculty and departmental staff to implement new policies, procedures and programs.

Primary Responsibilities

The Office of Research Integrity and Assurance -- part of the University's Office of the Dean for Research -- is responsible for formulating and implementing research compliance programs in accordance with international, federal, state and local rules and regulations and Princeton University's policies. Among other areas, the office ensures compliance and promotes ethical conduct of research in the administration of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), and Research Panel on Conflict of Interest in Research (COI).

The successful candidate for this position will be responsible for ensuring that the University is in compliance with all federal, state and local rules and regulations. The director will develop and implement compliance-related policies and processes; conduct training programs for staff, researchers and administrators; and conduct regular audits and risk analyses. Specific responsibilities include:

- Overseeing administration of the research compliance committees: IRB, IACUC, IBC, and Research Panel on Conflict of Interest in Research (COI).

- Act as an advisor to the Dean for Research and other University officials on human subject, biosafety, animal research, and financial conflict of interest regulations, ethics and compliance.

- Represent Princeton University to federal oversight agencies and accreditation organizations.

- Work with the Director of Laboratory Animal Resources to maintain AAALAC accreditation.

- Supervising the staff and budget for RIA.

Essential Qualifications: - Work closely with the partner offices (Laboratory Animal Resources, Environmental Health and Safety, Employee Health, Facilities, Research and Project Administration, Dean of Faculty), as well as with researchers and staff, to ensure successful and compliant programs for biosafety, human, animal subjects research, and financial conflict of interest.

Essential Qualifications

- Developing guidelines and processes that provide consistency in the application of research monitoring policies at Princeton.

- Developing and delivering outreach programs on federal regulations and University policy for research compliance committees, faculty, researchers, staff and students.

- Supporting other faculty committees charged with carrying out related compliance activities.

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree, Advanced Degree preferred.
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in roles of increasing leadership and responsibility working in a research environment in higher education or a related field.
- A thorough understanding of animal care, human subjects, biosafety issues, and financial conflict of interest.
- Detailed knowledge of applicable federal, state and local rules and regulations related to human subjects, biosafety, animal research, and financial conflict of interest
- Demonstrated leadership and understanding of research compliance.
- Knowledge of NIH's new Financial Conflict of Interest Policy.
- Experience and demonstrated ability to develop and implement policies and procedures.
- Developing and implementing training and materials through workshops, a website, and other venues as appropriate.
- Experience and ability to manage staff.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to plan, schedule, and successfully carry out multiple projects at the same time.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and identify, prioritize and plan activities necessary to meet department goals.
- High level of competency with systems applications and databases.
- Superior critical thinking, writing, and editing abilities.
- Ability to innovate and solve problems.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with various constituencies including faculty, senior administrators, and members of several governing boards.
- High degree of personal integrity and ethics with uncompromising standards.
- Flexible, tactful and diplomatic.
- Proven ability to form partnerships with faculty to accomplish compliance objectives.
- Experience developing and conducting training or educational workshops in an academic setting.
- A commitment to professional development and ability to travel to national and regional meetings for training, updates, networking, and making presentations.

Preferred Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications

- Preferred qualifications include a J.D., M.B.A., PhD or other appropriate advanced degree and five or more years of applicable administrative experience.
- PRIM&R Certified Professional IACUC Administrator (CPIA®).
- PRIM&R Certified IRB Professional (CIP®).
- Knowledge of the Coeus application.
- Knowledge of the Granite application.
- Ability to pay close attention to details while detecting patterns and maintaining a vision of the larger picture.
- Membership in relevant professional organizations.

References will be requested for finalists.

The final candidate will be required to successfully pass a background check.

Education Required: Other-see essential qualifications

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled or See Position Summary.