September 22 2025
Application Deadline: October 23, 2025
The Protocol Operations Management (POM) Committee, one of NRG Oncology’s Oversight Committees, is responsible for monitoring the progress of activated trials. The committee receives reports from cancer disease site committees and scientific non-disease site committees, evaluates trial accrual and other performance metrics, and recommends actions to enhance accrual as needed. Key responsibilities include:
- Overseeing the assessment of trial accrual and recommending actions for accrual enhancement as needed.
- Ensuring compliance with NCI and NRG Oncology policies.
- Delegating effectively; reassigning duties where necessary to meet timelines or deadlines.
- Ensuring Committee members are appointed on a regular basis and remain engaged with the Committee.
- Fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and well-structured committee environment.
- Supporting the mentoring of young and/or new investigators who are interested in working with NRG Oncology.
- Serving as an advocate for NRG Oncology in all affairs.
- Engaging across NRG Oncology; liaising with other committee chairs, participating in NRG Oncology meetings, keeping NRG Oncology Group Chairs informed of trends, changes, or concerns of note.
- Participating in the NRG Oncology Research Strategy and Executive Research Strategy meetings.
- Collaborating with NRG Oncology leadership and members to write and edit scientific grants to support NRG Oncology research activities, including the NRG Oncology core grant, when applicable.
- Supporting the conduct of activities that are compliant with regulations, NRG Policies and Procedures, and practices that ensure potential conflicts are disclosed and managed.
NRG Oncology Committee Chairs must be at an NRG Oncology Member Institution and eligible to receive federal funding. Nominal funds from federal grants to offset related effort and travel to NRG Oncology meetings are provided. POM Committee Chairs are appointed by the NRG Oncology Group Chairs for a six-year term, renewable once.
Applicants for the position should forward a signed and dated cover letter (on institutional letterhead) addressing specific interests and qualifications for the role as well as your NIH biosketch to committee-nominations@nrgoncology.org.In addition, candidates are required to have either completed the NRG Oncology Member Information Form or have formally elected to opt-out. Information about the form is posted on the NRG Oncology website at https://www.nrgoncology.org/NRG-Member-Info. The deadline for the application submission is October 23, 2025. If you have questions about the position, forward those to committee-nominations@nrgoncology.org and we will have an appropriate party get back to you.