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Research Manager roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations when they require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field like social sciences, public health, or data science. Employers filing H-1B petitions must certify a prevailing wage through the DOL before USCIS approves your petition.
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The Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine works to improve global health by using molecular genetics and innovation to address fundamental and medically related problems in microbiology. Training is a core tenet of the department's approach, with students, postdocs, and staff serving as key drivers of its scientific impact. Founded on community building, mentorship, and collaboration, the department is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive scientific community that welcomes a range of perspectives to produce more innovative and impactful science.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
The Clinical Research Program Manager is the operational lead of the Coordinating Center for a multi-site Lyme disease research program spanning three regional hubs and more than 20 clinical and data-collection sites across New England. Reporting to study leadership, this role provides study-wide project management and serves as the primary regulatory lead for the Tufts single IRB, coordinating across clinical operations, data management, laboratory operations, investigative project teams, documentation, training, and stakeholder communications. The ideal candidate brings strong clinical research operations experience, excellent organizational and communication skills, and the ability to manage complex timelines, cross-functional workflows, and competing priorities across multiple institutions.
- Serve as the operational center of the study through the Coordinating Center, which owns and drives study-wide infrastructure and execution, including procedures, training, participant materials, progress tracking, and cross-group coordination.
- Serve as primary regulatory lead for the Tufts single IRB of record: prepare and maintain submissions, modifications, continuing reviews, reportable new information, consent revisions, reliance agreements, and the study regulatory binder; advise investigators and site staff on compliance strategy across sites.
- Maintain study-wide timelines, milestones, and dependencies; manage risks, decisions, and action items using appropriate project-management tools; and oversee implementation of protocol amendments and operational changes across all hubs and sites.
- Create, maintain, and update study Manuals of Procedures, SOPs, workflows, and controlled documentation.
- Develop and deliver onboarding, refresher, and ongoing training and guidance for study coordinators and site staff across hubs.
- Track enrollment and retention across hubs and sites, identify barriers, develop participant-facing retention materials, and work with hub teams on solutions.
- Serve as operational liaison to the Diagnostic Core (sample-kit logistics, specimen workflows, enrollment-season readiness, consent preferences) and the Data Center (REDCap updates, data requests, reports, data-quality activities), keeping deliverables on schedule and resolving bottlenecks.
- Oversee Tufts hub operations and Tufts-affiliated sites, including site activation, enrollment preparation, and ongoing support; train, onboard, supervise, and support Tufts study coordinators and delegated staff.
Serve as the operational link among the investigative project teams, Data Center, and Diagnostic Core to support sample requests, clinical and diagnostic data needs, analysis support, and selection criteria; prepare enrollment and retention metrics and progress reports for leadership and external stakeholders.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
- Advanced degree in clinical research, public health, project management, health administration, life sciences, nursing, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible clinical research experience, including managing complex, multi-site or multi-institutional studies.
- Strong IRB experience, including single-IRB oversight and negotiating or managing reliance agreements.
- Demonstrated project-management experience: timeline development, milestone tracking, risk management, dependency tracking, and stakeholder communication.
- Experience supervising, training, or leading clinical research staff.
- Experience developing and maintaining MOPs, SOPs, training materials, study workflows, onboarding tools, or controlled documentation.
- Experience supporting study recruitment, enrollment tracking, participant retention, and follow-up workflows, including developing participant-facing retention materials.
- Ability to coordinate work across clinical operations, regulatory, data-management, laboratory, and investigator teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
- Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, human-subjects protections, HIPAA, and applicable clinical research regulations.
- Ability to travel to clinical sites as needed.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience managing NIH-funded clinical or translational research.
- Familiarity with REDCap sufficient to understand data-team workflows and communicate effectively about data collection, reports, and database changes.
- Ability to independently access and analyze study data using R, SAS, Python, or similar tools to build enrollment, retention, and operational reports that inform decisions.
- Experience coordinating biospecimen collection, laboratory workflows, or biorepository procedures.
- Formal project-management training or certification.
- Familiarity with infectious-disease, longitudinal studies, or biorepository research.
SALARY RANGE:
Minimum $74,000.00, Midpoint $92,500.00, Maximum $111,000.00
Overview:
The Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine works to improve global health by using molecular genetics and innovation to address fundamental and medically related problems in microbiology. Training is a core tenet of the department's approach, with students, postdocs, and staff serving as key drivers of its scientific impact. Founded on community building, mentorship, and collaboration, the department is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive scientific community that welcomes a range of perspectives to produce more innovative and impactful science.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
The Clinical Research Program Manager is the operational lead of the Coordinating Center for a multi-site Lyme disease research program spanning three regional hubs and more than 20 clinical and data-collection sites across New England. Reporting to study leadership, this role provides study-wide project management and serves as the primary regulatory lead for the Tufts single IRB, coordinating across clinical operations, data management, laboratory operations, investigative project teams, documentation, training, and stakeholder communications. The ideal candidate brings strong clinical research operations experience, excellent organizational and communication skills, and the ability to manage complex timelines, cross-functional workflows, and competing priorities across multiple institutions.
- Serve as the operational center of the study through the Coordinating Center, which owns and drives study-wide infrastructure and execution, including procedures, training, participant materials, progress tracking, and cross-group coordination.
- Serve as primary regulatory lead for the Tufts single IRB of record: prepare and maintain submissions, modifications, continuing reviews, reportable new information, consent revisions, reliance agreements, and the study regulatory binder; advise investigators and site staff on compliance strategy across sites.
- Maintain study-wide timelines, milestones, and dependencies; manage risks, decisions, and action items using appropriate project-management tools; and oversee implementation of protocol amendments and operational changes across all hubs and sites.
- Create, maintain, and update study Manuals of Procedures, SOPs, workflows, and controlled documentation.
- Develop and deliver onboarding, refresher, and ongoing training and guidance for study coordinators and site staff across hubs.
- Track enrollment and retention across hubs and sites, identify barriers, develop participant-facing retention materials, and work with hub teams on solutions.
- Serve as operational liaison to the Diagnostic Core (sample-kit logistics, specimen workflows, enrollment-season readiness, consent preferences) and the Data Center (REDCap updates, data requests, reports, data-quality activities), keeping deliverables on schedule and resolving bottlenecks.
- Oversee Tufts hub operations and Tufts-affiliated sites, including site activation, enrollment preparation, and ongoing support; train, onboard, supervise, and support Tufts study coordinators and delegated staff.
Serve as the operational link among the investigative project teams, Data Center, and Diagnostic Core to support sample requests, clinical and diagnostic data needs, analysis support, and selection criteria; prepare enrollment and retention metrics and progress reports for leadership and external stakeholders.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
- Advanced degree in clinical research, public health, project management, health administration, life sciences, nursing, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible clinical research experience, including managing complex, multi-site or multi-institutional studies.
- Strong IRB experience, including single-IRB oversight and negotiating or managing reliance agreements.
- Demonstrated project-management experience: timeline development, milestone tracking, risk management, dependency tracking, and stakeholder communication.
- Experience supervising, training, or leading clinical research staff.
- Experience developing and maintaining MOPs, SOPs, training materials, study workflows, onboarding tools, or controlled documentation.
- Experience supporting study recruitment, enrollment tracking, participant retention, and follow-up workflows, including developing participant-facing retention materials.
- Ability to coordinate work across clinical operations, regulatory, data-management, laboratory, and investigator teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
- Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, human-subjects protections, HIPAA, and applicable clinical research regulations.
- Ability to travel to clinical sites as needed.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience managing NIH-funded clinical or translational research.
- Familiarity with REDCap sufficient to understand data-team workflows and communicate effectively about data collection, reports, and database changes.
- Ability to independently access and analyze study data using R, SAS, Python, or similar tools to build enrollment, retention, and operational reports that inform decisions.
- Experience coordinating biospecimen collection, laboratory workflows, or biorepository procedures.
- Formal project-management training or certification.
- Familiarity with infectious-disease, longitudinal studies, or biorepository research.
SALARY RANGE:
Minimum $74,000.00, Midpoint $92,500.00, Maximum $111,000.00
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Research Manager
Map your degree to the role
USCIS requires your degree field to align directly with research management duties. A degree in sociology supports a public health research role, but a general business degree often won't. Document how your coursework maps to the specific research domain the job covers.
Check prevailing wage tiers before accepting
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV wage for Research Manager in the employer's metro area. If the offer falls below Level II, the employer may face DOL scrutiny on the LCA, which can delay or complicate your petition.
Target employers with active research infrastructure
Universities, federal contractors, pharmaceutical companies, and think tanks file H-1B petitions for Research Managers far more consistently than early-stage startups. Use Migrate Mate to filter employers by verified H-1B filing history for research-classified roles.
Clarify the SOC code before the LCA is filed
Research Manager positions get filed under different Standard Occupational Classification codes depending on whether the work is medical, market, or social science research. The SOC code determines your prevailing wage tier, so confirm with your employer which code they intend to use before the LCA is submitted to DOL.
Prepare for a Request for Evidence on specialty occupation
USCIS frequently issues RFEs for managerial research roles, questioning whether the position requires a degree in a specific specialty. Gather job postings for comparable roles at peer organizations that list degree requirements, and ask your employer to document why the specific research domain necessitates your degree field.
Start your H-1B timeline from the registration window
Cap-subject H-1B registrations open each March for an October 1 start date. If your OPT or other status expires before October, ask your employer about cap-exempt filing options through a university or nonprofit affiliation, which bypass the lottery entirely.
H-1B Visa Research Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Research Manager role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
It depends on how the role is defined. USCIS requires that the position normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific related field, not just any degree. Research Manager roles in clinical trials, social science, or data science typically qualify. General program management roles with broad degree requirements are more likely to receive an RFE challenging specialty occupation status.
How do I find employers who sponsor H-1B visas for Research Manager positions?
Search Migrate Mate to filter Research Manager openings by employers with verified H-1B filing history. Academic medical centers, federal contractors, and pharmaceutical companies are among the most consistent sponsors for this role. Checking DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data confirms which employers have filed recently for research-classified positions.
Can I switch Research Manager jobs on an H-1B without losing my status?
Yes, but your new employer must file an H-1B transfer petition before your current job ends. Under the portability provisions of AC21, you can begin working for the new employer as soon as the transfer petition is filed and receipt is confirmed by USCIS, provided your current H-1B has been approved and you've maintained valid status. Don't resign until the transfer is receipted.
What documents does a Research Manager need to support an H-1B petition?
You'll need your academic transcripts showing a degree in a field directly related to the research domain, a credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S., and a detailed letter of support from the employer explaining why the role requires your specific degree field. If your title is managerial but the work is substantively research-focused, the employer's documentation explaining day-to-day duties carries significant weight with USCIS.
How does the O*NET classification affect an H-1B petition for Research Managers?
USCIS and DOL both reference O*NET occupational profiles to assess whether a job qualifies as a specialty occupation and to determine the appropriate prevailing wage level. The O*NET profile for Research Managers lists a typical entry-level education of a bachelor's degree, which supports specialty occupation eligibility. Your employer's petition should align the job duties with the O*NET description to reduce the risk of an RFE.