Full-Time Research Director

Full-Time Research Director

MaineHealth Behavioral Health is seeking a full-time Research Director to strategically lead and foster a growing department and system-wide research enterprise, mentor emerging talent, and create partnerships that elevate behavioral health research on a regional and national stage.

Position Highlights:
-Collaborates closely with the Chief, MaineHealth Behavioral Health / Chair, Department of Psychiatry to advance all departmental missions.
-Provides strategic leadership for research across MaineHealth Behavioral Health and the Department of Psychiatry.
-Oversees, supervises, and mentors research leaders, faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students in research and scholarly activities.
-Ensures compliance with ethical, regulatory, and institutional research standards.
-Maintains an active independent research program while prioritizing the growth of departmental research capacity.
-Develops and implements innovative strategies to promote faculty research productivity and achievement.
-Builds and sustains a diverse portfolio of research projects, engaging faculty and trainees across the department.
-Identifies, secures, and maintains extramural funding from governmental and non-governmental sources.
-Serves as the department’s research representative and works to leverage research opportunities within MaineHealth Behavioral Health, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Tufts University, and the broader MaineHealth community.
-Represents the Department of Psychiatry at national governmental and non-governmental organizations to expand research partnerships.
-Plays a key role in faculty, staff, and trainee recruitment, with emphasis on research excellence and growth.

Qualifications:
-Education: Doctoral degree (MD, PhD, PsyD, ScD, DrPH) in relevant discipline.
-Experience: Eight or more years of applicable experience within the field and discipline. Completion of post-doctoral training or research fellowship.
-Additional Skills/Requirements Required: Excellent written and verbal skills as demonstrated by a strong record of scientific publications and presentations. Eligible or at rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor. Must possess a working knowledge of federal regulations, compliance policy, and human subjects protections as they relate to the conduct of a wide variety of research projects. Demonstrated experience in administration and the supervision of research team members.
-Additional Skills/Requirements Preferred: Advanced statistical training with working knowledge of multiple analytic programs (SPSS, SAS, R, Stata, Excel, etc.).

MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH), a MaineHealth member, is Northern New England's leading integrated behavioral healthcare system. It serves predominantly southern, western, central and Mid-Coast Maine, and is composed of southern Maine's only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, outpatient treatment, crisis services, as well as 5 ACT teams. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues.

If you have questions about this role, please contact Maggie McGauley, Executive Recruiter, at maggie.mcgauley@mainehealth.org.

To apply, visit: https://www.careersatmainehealth.org/jobs/17331648-research-director-department-of-psychiatry-mainehealth-behavioral-health