Research Manager, Center for Causal Inference (Biostatistics Division)

About the role

The Research Manager, Center for Causal Inference (Biostatistics Division) oversees the day-to-day operations of the Penn Center for Causal Inference (CCI) within the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (DBEI).

Responsibilities

• Provides advice and guidance to facilitate the center director’s leadership of highly complex research programs.
• Manages and oversees center compliance with departmental, school, and university policies and procedures.
• Supervises, trains, and onboards new, full-time and temporary staff within the center.
• Collaborates with the research and administrative teams on strategy development for all operational activities within CCI and ensures that appropriate strategies are aligned with institutional objectives.
• Develops best practices, methods, techniques, and operational standards for activities within the center.
• Develops and maintains collaborative partnerships within and outside of the Perelman School of Medicine and Penn.
• Acts as a liaison between the center and key stakeholders (e.g., commercial partners, alumni, industry and other academic institutions).
• Ensures streamlined and standardized processes, eliminates redundancies, and ensures sound financial stewardship of space, equipment and expenditures for the center.
• Partners with DBEI research finance team and administration to manage and report status of research and discretionary budgets to the center director.
• Directs communication of center priorities to ensure execution of goals and milestones through regular meetings, status updates, and other written communications with center director.
• Facilitates and manages communications and collaboration between the center and departmental leadership.
• Oversees and manages multiple projects; anticipates and tracks critical dates, events and organizational issues for the center director.
• Independently prioritizes, plans, coordinates and oversees logistics for meetings and conferences with individuals and entities, internal and external to the university.
• Follows up with appropriate faculty, staff and external colleagues to ensure deadlines are met.
• In coordination with the Division of Biostatistics and the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, facilitates center-related faculty recruitment efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 to 7 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
• Demonstrated effectiveness supporting a senior academic program leader, in a university setting with large, complex educational and research programs absolutely essential.
• Excellent organizational skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office tools required.
• Must demonstrate excellent communication skills and highly professional interpersonal style, with flexibility and effectiveness working with diverse groups of people.
• Ability to work under pressure, with limited supervision, and confidence to exercise independent judgment.
• Highly organized, meticulous, and flexible; ability to manage time and willingness to work with changing deadlines; ability to prioritize work.
• Must exercise discretion in working with extremely confidential and sensitive matters.
• Must have demonstrated exceptionally positive relationships with large groups of faculty, staff, and students.

Skills

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.

Benefits

The position is contingent upon funding. The University of Pennsylvania offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.