Adult HIV Research Program & Project Manager

About the role

The Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) within the Mongan Institute is seeking an intellectually curious, energized, and highly organized individual with supervisory experience to serve as a Research Program and Project Manager with a focus on important clinical and policy research related to HIV in adults.

Responsibilities

• Program Management Coach and develop research assistants, including:
• Develop curriculum and deliver new employee training
• Provide daily oversight and direction, meeting with each research assistant weekly
• Facilitate career development opportunities
• Lead annual performance review process
• Work with recruiting team to recruit 5-6 new research assistants each year
• Develop and implement supervision guidelines for faculty and fellows working with research assistants
• Meet regularly with Dr. Hyle to evaluate and advance multiple projects and priorities; provide feedback regarding competing priorities and management approaches
• Meet regularly with additional faculty, research assistants, and US and international collaborators to discuss projects and priorities
• Ensure the highest level of research integrity, including data documentation and data management, by developing best practices, providing ongoing training, and monitoring for adherence
• Maintain personnel resource allocations and advise Dr. Hyle on factors affecting research productivity
• Manage and participate actively in collaborative grant-writing projects
• Keep team aware of and on timelines for research conferences and associated deadlines
• Work with programmatic leadership and research assistants to manage Dr. Hyle’s research portfolio by orchestrating competing priorities, deadlines, and workload in a group with up to 50 ongoing research projects (within MPEC)

Research Project Management

• Cook up all administrative aspects of 10-20 active projects with Dr. Hyle
• At project outset, clarify project goals, deliverables, tasks, timeline, and research team
• Throughout project duration, plan, track, and report on project tasks, responsible parties, timelines, etc.
• Delegate tasks among project team with continued and regular prioritization
• Proactively shepherd projects forward by planning project-specific meetings, facilitating decision-making, identifying additional resources as needed, etc.
• Lead project teams to take a highly organized and concrete approach to projects
• Facilitate effective communication across project team members
• Serve as a liaison between team members across various collaborative research sites
• For projects outside of management portfolio, provide lateral project management support by keeping high-level track of status, providing suggestions to research assistants working on these projects.

Research

• Contribute directly to and/or lead scientific analyses, abstract submissions, and manuscript development for 1-2 projects at a time
• Collaborate with researchers and computer programmers to identify and develop simulation model enhancement opportunities

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study required. Master's degree in public health, public policy, management, or related field optional.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience in an academic, research, or related setting with proven project management and supervisory skills. Project Management Professional (PMP) certified candidates optional.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Planning, Organizing and Coordinating Capacity: to monitor and coordinate a complex research enterprise
• Identifying Opportunities to Improve Efficiency of Research Processes and Procedures and Subsequently Execute Improvements: Skilled in identifying opportunities to improve efficiency of research processes and procedures and subsequently execute improvements
• Excellent Time Management Skills: Excellent time management skills
• Prioritizing Among Multiple Requests from Multiple Individuals and Able to Change Direction in Response to Fluctuating Work Environment: Capable of prioritizing among multiple requests from multiple individuals and able to change direction in response to fluctuating work environment
• Superb Attention to Detail: Superior attention to detail
• Team Management: Ability to work successfully in a highly collaborative environment
• Managing Diverse Teams with Different Skillsets, Work Styles, and Professional Roles: Interest in and proven record of managing and cultivating direct reports
• Change Management: Skilled in change management
• Initiative: Initiative
• Results-Oriented: Results-oriented
• Personal Work Standards and Sense of Urgency: Highest level of personal work standards and sense of urgency
• Anticipating the Needs of the Group in a Fast-Paced Environment: Excellent ability to anticipate the needs of the group in a fast-paced environment
• Identifying and Solving Problems Proactively: Keen talent for identifying and solving problems proactively
• Demonstrating Initiative and Identifying Key Priorities, Even in Ambiguous Situations with Limited Direction: Demonstrates initiative and identifies key priorities, even in ambiguous situations with limited direction
• Working Effectively Under Pressure and Within Short Time Constraints: Excellent ability to work effectively under pressure and within short time constraints
• Positive, "Can-Do" Attitude: Consistently demonstrates a positive, "can-do" attitude
• High-Level Written and Verbal Communication Skills: High-level written and verbal communication skills
• Representing MPEC with the Utmost Professionalism and Ability to Build Strong Relationships Inside and Outside the Group: Ability to represent MPEC with the utmost professionalism and ability to build strong relationships inside and outside the group
• Clarifying and Distilling Complex Issues to a Variety of Stakeholders: Excellent ability to clarify and distill complex issues to a variety of stakeholders
• Intellectual Curiosity and Willingness to Learn: Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn
• Rigorous Academic and/or Professional Background Including Quantitative Work: Rigorous academic and/or professional background including quantitative work
• Basic Familiarity with Health Research: Basic familiarity with health research