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The Project Manager will have a mental health or clinical research background (e.g., psychology, nursing, or social work) and provide day-to-day operational leadership and oversight for all aspects of the study. This position will coordinate timelines, supervise regulatory and IRB submissions, and ensure adherence to study protocols and data quality standards. The Project Manager will support data collection (e.g., surveys/interviews/design activities), oversee and support RCT facilitation procedures, including scheduling sessions, monitoring intervention fidelity, and troubleshooting procedural challenges. This role will also coordinate communication across investigators, sites, and the EAB, and contribute to tracking recruitment, retention, and adverse events, as well as preparing dissemination deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership for the study; develop and maintain project timelines, work plans, standard operating procedures, and tracking systems; coordinate staff workflows; and monitor progress toward study milestones and deliverables.
• Lead study regulatory and data-quality operations, including preparation and coordination of IRB submissions, amendments, continuing reviews, protocol deviations, and adverse-event documentation; support required progress reports; ensure study activities comply with approved protocols, institutional policies, and data-security procedures.
• Coordinate and oversee participant recruitment, screening, informed consent, enrollment, scheduling, retention, and incentive tracking across study aims; maintain recruitment and retention logs and descriptive summaries of participant characteristics; collaborate with clinical recruitment partners.
• Conduct and support study data-collection activities, including qualitative in-depth interviews, guided SVR walkthroughs, and follow-up interviews; assist with interview transcription review, de-identification, documentation, and qualitative coding for Aims 1 and 3.
• Support human-centered design activities, including co-planning and co-facilitating co-design mini-workshops; preparing workshop materials; coordinating participant logistics; documenting storyboarding, card-sorting, prototyping, walk-through, and beta-testing activities; and synthesizing facilitator notes and participant feedback to inform intervention refinement and manualization.
• Support implementation of pilot RCT procedures, including participant orientation, VR-headset logistics, intervention-session scheduling, fidelity monitoring, facilitator checklists and field notes, troubleshooting technical or procedural challenges, and preparation of basic descriptive reports, presentations, manuscripts, and other dissemination materials.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts with 5 to 7 years of experience, or Master of Science or Master of Arts with 2 to 5 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Pay

Annual salary range: $67,155.00 – $74,327.00. Salary offers are based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, and in alignment with salary ranges based on external market data for the job’s level. Internal organization and peer data at Penn are also considered.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance; flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care expenses.
• Tuition assistance for employee, spouse, and dependent children at Penn; dependent children also eligible for tuition assistance at other institutions.
• Generous retirement plans (Basic, Matching, and Supplemental) with pre-tax or Roth options through TIAA and Vanguard.
• Substantial paid time away from work for vacation, personal affairs, illness, and family.
• Long-term care insurance through Genworth Financial (no proof of good health required if enrolled when newly hired).
• Wellness and work-life resources, including programs for health, family, and work-life balance.
• Professional and personal development resources.
• Access to University libraries, athletic facilities, arboretum, art galleries, museums, and cultural events (many free or discounted).
• Discounts on arts, entertainment, transportation, mortgages, cellular plans, movie tickets, theme parks, and vehicle purchases.
• Flexible work options including non-traditional hours, locations, and job structures.
• Penn Home Ownership Services: forgivable loan for eligible employees buying a home or residing in West Philadelphia.
• Adoption assistance: reimbursement for qualified adoption expenses up to two adoptions per household.

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Department: School of Nursing