<p>General Information</p> <p>Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility</p> <p>Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA</p> <p>Onsite or Remote</p> <p>Fully Remote</p> <p>Work Schedule</p> <p>Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm (PST)</p> <p>Posted Date</p> <p>03/30/2026</p> <p>Salary Range: $31.51 - 62.64 Hourly</p> <p>Employment Type</p> <p>2 - Staff: Career</p> <p>Duration</p> <p>Indefinite</p> <p>Job #</p> <p>29629</p> <p>Primary Duties and Responsibilities</p> <p>Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility</p> <p>We are seeking an experienced Budget Amendment Negotiator who will be responsible for regulatory coordination of clinical research studies within assigned units, departments, or divisions. Perform detailed review of clinical research protocols and utilizes that information to prepare, manage all required Budget Amendment related submissions and all required applications and forms related to internal UCLA requirements, FDA requirements, sponsor requirements, etc. Work with industry partners and ancillary teams to process, review and collect the appropriate regulatory documents in a timely manner and in compliance with federal, state, and university mandated laws, regulations and policies.</p> <p>Hourly Salary Range: $31.51 - $62.64</p> <p>Job Qualifications</p> <p>Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility</p> <p>Required:</p> <ul> <li>Minimum of 1+ years of experience as a clinical researcher </li><li>Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a team. </li><li>Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and department needs, while complying with applicable University policies and federal and state regulations. </li><li>Analytical skills to assess clinical research protocols and regulatory requirements, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions. </li><li>Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment. </li><li>Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and regulatory files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met. </li><li>Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately. </li><li>A learning and professional growth mentality so that new software tools, systems, and processes can be adopted quickly and efficiently. </li><li>Working knowledge of clinical research concepts, policies and procedures, and human safety protection regulations and laws. </li><li>Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc. </li></ul> <p>Preferred:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree </li></ul> <p>As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.</p>