The Medical-Industry Relations and Conflict of Interest Administrator oversees all ongoing activities related to Medical-Industry Relations Committee and Conflict of Interest Review Board's policies and procedures. This includes development, education of the workforce, implementation, maintenance of and adherence to policies and procedures covering medical-industry relations and conflict of interest practices and provides the administrative support for the two institutional committees. An understanding of various conflict of interest regulatory requirements, familiarity with and the ability to assimilate and interpret conflict of interest policy and regulations is necessary. Provide supervision to Medical-Industry Relations and Conflict of Interest staff.

Responsibilities

• Support medical industry relations and conflict of interest committee(s) 
• Evaluating and analyzing potential conflict of interest across the organization including financial disclosures, contracts and research protocols.
• Advancing the program(s) by identifying opportunities for improvement while developing new policies and procedures.
• Serve as a liaison to all levels of the organization and outside community while staying informed about regulatory changes and best practices. 
• Developing training materials and conducting outreach to ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• Demonstrated expertise in applying federal conflict of interest (COI) regulations, including NIH COI rules governing biomedical research, as well as COI policies and requirements from other federal research agencies.

Required:

• Master's/JD degree plus 5 years of healthcare experience or bachelor’s degree and 10 years of progressive healthcare experience required. 
• Demonstrated excellence in written and oral communications skills. 
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills for problem solving while eliciting information from poor or evasive communicators. 
• Demonstrated successful collaboration with counterparts throughout the institution. 
• Strong conflict resolution, complaint management mediation, and conflict negotiation and crisis intervention skills. 
• Able to function objectively in hostile, sensitive and stressful situations, work autonomously, manage stress, anticipate improvise and synthesize extensive information to focus on the issue. 
• An understanding of various regulatory requirements, familiarity with health care public policy and law and the ability to assimilate and interpret policy and regulations into operational activities. 

Preferred:

• Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) preferred.
• A working knowledge of Mayo Clinic governance and organization is desirable.