Program Manager, Research Accreditation and Policy - Office of the Vice President for Research
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- Benefits: there is a paragraph about benefits. So include Benefits section.
- Pay: not mentioned. Skip.
- Schedule: not mentioned (full-time mentioned but not schedule details). Could we include Schedule? The posting says "Full-time". That's schedule info. Should we include Schedule section? The rule: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. "Full-time" is specific content about schedule. So we can include Schedule section with that detail.
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About the role
... paragraph describing CMU, OVPR, position purpose ...
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We need to preserve all substantive information: the bullet points under each core responsibility.
Let's extract them:
Accreditation and Reaccreditation:
- Provide project management support for IRB and IACUC accreditation and reaccreditation activities, including preparation, documentation, and submission processes.
- Coordinate internal teams and stakeholders to support accreditation self-assessments, site visits, and follow-up activities.
- Track accreditation requirements, deadlines, and action items to ensure timely and successful outcomes.
- Support continuous readiness for accreditation and post-accreditation compliance.
Policy Development and Management:
- Work closely with IRB, IACUC, COI, and IBC leadership and staff to develop, revise, and maintain institutional policies, SOPs, and guidance documents related to research compliance and oversight.
- Monitor changes in federal, state, and accreditation requirements and proactively assess the impact on institutional policies and practices.
- Draft new policies and guidance as needed to support evolving regulatory expectations and institutional practices.
- Ensure policies and procedures are clear, consistent, and aligned across research oversight programs.
- Manage and maintain research compliance content on institutional websites, ensuring information is current, accurate, and accessible.
Post-Approval Monitoring:
- Develop, implement, and manage the IRB post-approval monitoring (PAM) program.
- Design and oversee investigator self-assessment processes to support compliance and quality improvement.
- Facilitate on-site and remote post-approval monitoring visits, including scheduling, communication with investigators, and document review.
- Identify trends, areas of concern, and best practices through monitoring activities.
- Prepare written reports and present findings and recommendations to the IRB and other appropriate stakeholders.
Collaboration and Continuous Improvement:
- Serve as a liaison among research oversight committees, research administration offices, and institutional leadership on policy and accreditation matters.
- Promote a culture of compliance, education, and continuous improvement in research oversight.
- Participate in institutional committees, working groups, and training efforts related to research compliance and accreditation.
Now Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Five years' experience in research, project management, program management, research compliance, and/or award management
- Experience in academic setting and/or consulting
- Experience working with IRB, IACUC, COI and IBC professionals in an academic or consulting setting is valuable.
- Experience and understanding of federal regulations, accreditation standards and institutional requirements around academic research is valuable.
- Education paired with meaningful experience that demonstrates comparable knowledge may be considered.
We could also include the sentence about "Joining the CMU team opens the door to an array of exceptional benefits." but that's more benefits intro.
Benefits section: we have paragraph describing benefits. Let's capture:
"Benefits eligible employees enjoy a wide array of benefits including comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance as well as a generous retirement savings program with employer contributions. Unlock your potential with tuition benefits, take well-deserved breaks with ample paid time off and observed holidays, and rest easy with life and accidental death and disability insurance. Additional perks include a free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass, access to our Family Concierge Team to help navigate childcare needs, fitness center access, and much more! For a comprehensive overview of the benefits available, explore our Benefits page."
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- Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous retirement savings program with employer contributions
- Tuition benefits
- Ample paid time off and observed holidays
- Life and accidental death and disability insurance
- Free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass
- Access to Family Concierge Team to help navigate childcare needs
- Fitness center access
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Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous retirement savings program with employer contributions
- Tuition benefits
- Ample paid time off and observed holidays
- Life and accidental death and disability insurance
- Free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass
- Access to Family Concierge Team to help navigate childcare needs
- Fitness center access
- Much more (see Benefits page for comprehensive overview)
Schedule
Full-time
. About the role: we need to include description of CMU, OVPR, position. Let's craft a paragraph that includes all that info without losing details. From posting: "Posted: Sep 28, 2026 APPLY Program Manager, Research Accreditation and Policy - Office of the Vice President for Research Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA business_center Full-time Application Deadline: N/A Institution of Higher Education CMU is a top-ranked private research-intensive university based in Pittsburgh, PA, with a vision of fostering ground-breaking impact on society through continual innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship. The university is internationally recognized for its programs in computer science, artificial intelligence, engineering, business, science, humanities, and fine arts, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. Last year, CMU’s research expenditures exceeded $720 million, supported by industry partners across major sectors, federal agencies such as the NSF, DoD, DOE, NIH, and ARPA-H, as well as nonprofit foundations and international organizations. The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at CMU is seeking a Program Manager, Research Accreditation and Policy to join the team. OVPR has responsibility for nurturing interdisciplinary research initiatives at one of the nations' leading research institutions. OVPR provides overall research administration and policy for all colleges and schools, as well as the university's more than 100 centers and institutes. Working closely with deans, department heads, faculty, students and staff, the office provides an innovative and supportive research environment that spans all disciplines and campuses and assures that research activities are planned and conducted in accordance with regulations and University policy. The position provides leadership and oversight for institutional human and animal research protection policies, accreditation activities, and post-approval monitoring programs. This position plays a critical role in ensuring ongoing compliance with federal regulations, accreditation standards, and institutional requirements for the conduct of Human Subjects Research and Animal Research. The Manager collaborates closely with research oversight committees and offices—including IRB, IACUC, Conflict of Interest (COI), and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)—to develop, implement, update, and maintain policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and guidance documents. The role also provides project management support for accreditation and reaccreditation efforts and oversees post-approval monitoring processes to promote high-quality, compliant research." We'll put that inunder About the role. Now ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. We are not. Now output HTML fragment. Let's construct:
About the role
CMU is a top-ranked private research-intensive university based in Pittsburgh, PA, with a vision of fostering ground-breaking impact on society through continual innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship. The university is internationally recognized for its programs in computer science, artificial intelligence, engineering, business, science, humanities, and fine arts, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. Last year, CMU’s research expenditures exceeded $720 million, supported by industry partners across major sectors, federal agencies such as the NSF, DoD, DOE, NIH, and ARPA-H, as well as nonprofit foundations and international organizations. The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at CMU is seeking a Program Manager, Research Accreditation and Policy to join the team. OVPR has responsibility for nurturing interdisciplinary research initiatives at one of the nation's leading research institutions. OVPR provides overall research administration and policy for all colleges and schools, as well as the university's more than 100 centers and institutes. Working closely with deans, department heads, faculty, students and staff, the office provides an innovative and supportive research environment that spans all disciplines and campuses and assures that research activities are planned and conducted in accordance with regulations and University policy. The position provides leadership and oversight for institutional human and animal research protection policies, accreditation activities, and post-approval monitoring programs. This position plays a critical role in ensuring ongoing compliance with federal regulations, accreditation standards, and institutional requirements for the conduct of Human Subjects Research and Animal Research. The Manager collaborates closely with research oversight committees and offices—including IRB, IACUC, Conflict of Interest (COI), and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)—to develop, implement, update, and maintain policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and guidance documents. The role also provides project management support for accreditation and reaccreditation efforts and oversees post-approval monitoring processes to promote high-quality, compliant research.
Responsibilities
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- Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous retirement savings program with employer contributions
- Tuition benefits
- Ample paid time off and observed holidays
- Life and accidental death and disability insurance
- Free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass
- Access to Family Concierge Team to help navigate childcare needs
- Fitness center access
- Much more (maybe keep as generic). But we should not invent; we can keep "much more" as item.
But we must preserve all substantive information; we can keep the paragraph as
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Benefits are a list; we could break into items. But we can also keep as
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