Project Director

About the role

The Project Director will play a central leadership role in building and advancing the Brown-wide, interdisciplinary Global AIM program. This role will focus on strategic growth, including fundraising, grant development, partnership building, and the design and implementation of seminars and cross-disciplinary programming.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior operational oversight of Dr. Lee’s research program, managing personnel, trainees, and laboratory operations.
• Ensure efficient coordination across teams, maintaining high-quality execution, adherence to timelines, and delivery of key milestones.
• Oversee budgeting and financial management, lead fundraising initiatives, and serve as a key driver of the strategic vision and expansion of Global AIM across departments, schools, and disciplines at Brown.

Requirements

• Master’s degree of Public Health or other master’s degree in a relevant area such as global health, demography, or epidemiology.
• PhD preferred.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant, global health project/program management experience.
• Successful track record of securing new grants or awards.
• Experience successfully managing large teams and multiple projects required; in academia a plus.
• Strong field experience managing and conducting research in global health and/or health systems.
• Knowledge and experience in study design and statistical methods is advantageous and/or equivalent of education and experience.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to conduct collaborative research and coordinate multiple partners.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office required. Proficiency with Google Drive, citation management software, and data management/analysis software (STATA, SAS...etc.) a plus.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, and demonstrated ability to expertly carry out communications, relationship-building with study staff, governmental, non-profit, research, academic, and donor organizations, in order to attain project goals and facilitate productive collaboration.
• Strong management and leadership skills, with demonstrated capacity to work as part of a team with domestic and international collaborators, stakeholders, and research staff.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Able to manage multiple projects and priorities at the same time, multi-task and deliver upon tasks.
• Strong attention to detail, excellent time management, goal- and detail-oriented work style, and meticulous and consistent follow-through on projects.
• Able to manage overall team workflow, including developing overall work-plan timelines and managing task assignments.

Benefits

The benefits of working at Brown include:

• Additional information available on the Benefits of Working at Brown.

Pay

Fixed term with a current end date of June 30, 2029, which may be extended based upon the availability of funding.

Schedule

Full time, Scheduled Weekly Hours: 37.5