Manager Research Capability Building

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Strategic Leadership: Establishes RCBU strategic roadmap. Develops SOPs and infrastructure to ensure compliance with ICH GCP and regulatory requirements.
• Policy Development: Creates medical research policies, IRB guidelines, and scientific evaluation standards. Designs medical writing support guidelines. Promotes research policies across FCG.
• Accreditation & Compliance: Develops policies for registration/accreditation with SNIH, RDIA, and international bodies (AAHRPP). Oversees biobanking systems and disease registries.
• Collaboration: Fosters interdisciplinary collaboration across FCG units and external stakeholders. Represents FCG in national/international partnerships. Promotes multi site research projects.
• Capacity Building: Assesses research skills, designs training programs, and increases pool of qualified Principal Investigators. Collaborates with HCM and Fakeeh Academy on career development. Establishes recognition and compensation mechanisms.
• Communication: Maintains regular communication between RCBU, IRB, and CFGO. Develops strategies to promote research initiatives internally and externally.
• Special Projects: Leads grant linked training programs, disease registries, biobanking systems, and volunteer research assistant programs. Develops research management system proposals.
• Post Trial Services: Assists with manuscript preparation and presentation of findings.
• Other duties as assigned within the scope of the job.