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Director, Clinical & Translational Science

Fort Worth, TX • On-site

Cook Children's Health Care System
Health Care and Social Assistance • 5 - 10K employees
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Full-time

Re-posted 20 days ago

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Company rating: 7.9 out of 10

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Job description

Location:
Medical Center Office Building (901 7th Ave)
Department:
Clinical and Translational Science
Shift:
First Shift (United States of America)
Standard Weekly Hours:
40
Summary:
Cook Children's is building a nationally recognized pediatric clinical and translational science enterprise that accelerates the transformation of scientific discoveries into improved diagnostics, therapeutics, care delivery models, and patient outcomes. The Director, Clinical & Translational Science serves as the strategic, scientific, and operational leader for this enterprise, responsible for expanding the institutional research portfolio, increasing investigator engagement, growing external funding, and developing translational science capabilities across Cook Children's.
The Director owns investigator-initiated research strategy, research portfolio growth, investigator support services, translational science programs, workforce development, consortium development, and academic partnerships. This leader partners closely with Research Informatics and Information Services to align clinical and translational science priorities with the technology, data, analytics, and infrastructure capabilities that support research operations, while Research Informatics and Information Services retain responsibility for the underlying technical platforms, systems, architecture, and data engineering functions.
Key responsibilities:
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive clinical and translational science strategy aligned with Cook Children's research, clinical, and organizational priorities.
  • Lead institutional efforts to grow the portfolio of investigator-initiated and externally funded research, including center-level and multi-site programmatic awards.
  • Build scalable, investigator-facing services that support study design, protocol development, project management, grant preparation, and scientific collaboration.
  • Provide scientific leadership and foster a strong team-science culture among clinicians, scientists, data scientists, research professionals, and external collaborators.
  • Partner with Research Informatics to enable effective use of research data platforms, analytics capabilities, and digital tools in support of clinical and translational science, while respecting their ownership of technical platforms and data engineering.
  • Develop strategic external partnerships and consortia with universities, pediatric hospitals, industry, and funding agencies to enhance Cook Children's national visibility and research impact.
  • Strengthen the clinical and translational research workforce through education, mentoring, and professional development programs for investigators and research staff.
  • Ensure research activities follow applicable regulatory, ethical, and institutional requirements, in close collaboration with IRB, Compliance, Privacy, Legal, and Information Security.
  • Provide leadership and management for the Clinical & Translational Science department, including budgeting, staffing, performance management, and continuous improvement.

Education & Experience:
  • Master's degree required in appropriate field (e.g., Research, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Statistics, Chemistry, etc.)
  • 7+ years of relevant professional experience is required
  • Proven leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills is required
  • Demonstrated experience with clinical research study design and development, data management, statistical analysis, and medical and grant writing required

Position requires an individual with:
  • Demonstrated expertise in identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts
  • Demonstrated expertise in effectively managing data, statistical analysis and interpretation, medical and grant writing, and study design
  • Computer proficiency in word and data processing
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Knowledge of principles of research and federal regulations;
  • Excellent writing and editing skills
  • Detail oriented and strong organizational skills
  • Ability to understand complex statistical and protocol design
  • Excellent leadership and written, oral, and electronic communication skills

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification:
  • Maintains licensure and certification as appropriate to profession

About Us:
Cook Children's is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children's offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.

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Cook Children's Health Care System, based in Fort Worth, Texas, operates in the healthcare industry with a primary focus on pediatric health services. Established in 1918, the system has been committed to improving the health of children through the prevention and treatment of childhood diseases. This integrated pediatric healthcare system includes a medical center, physician network, home health company, research institute, and a health plan. At the core of its operations is the mission to 'Improve the Health of Every Child' in its community, reflecting its commitment to providing quality care, research, education, and prevention and wellness services.

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Health care and social assistance

Company size

5,001 - 10,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Fort Worth, TX, US

Year founded

1918

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