Biostatistics Operations Program Manager

CU Denver; Aurora (CO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

CU Denver is seeking a Biostatistics Operations Program Manager to oversee intake, staffing, budgeting, and workflow optimization for the Center for Innovative Design and Analysis (CIDA). You will coordinate cross-disciplinary biostatistics projects, supervise biostatisticians, and ensure timely, high-quality research support across CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

The role collaborates with faculty, researchers, and trainees to promote team science, operational excellence, and client satisfaction,

Qualifications

• MS in Biostatistics or related quantitative field from an accredited institution.
• 5+ years of experience coordinating or managing complex biostatistics or research operations in health sciences.
• Experience leading or supervising analytic teams and managing collaborative research portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Lead and improve operational systems for biostatistics and consulting research portfolios, including intake, scoping, triage, assignment, tracking and closeout.
• Develop workflows aligning investigator needs with staff expertise and project timelines.
• Coordinate staffing plans across faculty, senior researchers, statisticians, analysts, and trainees for efficient delivery.
• Partner with leadership to implement SOPs, service models, and performance expectations for biostatistics work.
• Create dashboards and reports tracking demand, turnaround, staffing, utilization, and portfolio composition.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Biostatistics

Project management

Staffing

Process improvement

Analytical thinking

Education

Master of Science in Biostatistics

Tools

R

SAS

Python

REDCap

Project tracking systems

Job description

Biostatistics Operations Program Manager

Department: Center for Innovative Design and Analysis

Job Title: Biostatistics Operations Program Manager

Position #: 00853381 - Requisition #: 41169

Job Summary:

The Center for Innovative Design and Analysis (CIDA) has multiple openings for Biostatistics Operations Program Managers.

The Biostatistics Operations Program Manager serves a key leadership role in supporting CIDA's mission to provide high-quality biostatistics, study design, and quantitative research services across the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. This position oversees project intake and triage processes, staffing coordination, resource planning, operational reporting, process improvement initiatives, and quality and service monitoring.

Responsibilities include implementing and maintaining standardized workflows to support consulting requests, project management activities, consulting agreements, and budget development. The role may also support large collaborative partnerships by coordinating resources, managing project portfolios, and supervising biostatisticians engaged in collaborative research.

The Biostatistics Operations Program Manager works closely with Associate Directors, faculty, research scientists, biostatisticians, analysts, project managers, trainees, and campus collaborators to ensure CIDA's operational model promotes team science, timely project delivery, financial stewardship, and an exceptional client and collaborator experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and continuously improve operational systems for CIDA's biostatistics and consulting (or collaborative agreement) research portfolio, including project intake, scoping, triage, assignment, tracking, and closeout processes.


• Develop and manage workflows that align investigator needs with appropriate methodological expertise, staff availability, project timelines, and strategic priorities.


• Coordinate staffing plans across faculty, senior research scientists, statisticians, analysts, and trainees to support efficient utilization of effort and high-quality project delivery.


• Partner with CIDA leadership to implement standard operating procedures, service models, and performance expectations for biostatistics work in their program.


• Create and maintain dashboards, reports, and operational metrics related to demand, turnaround time, staffing, utilization, effort allocation, collaborator satisfaction, and portfolio composition.


• Support financial and administrative operations by coordinating project setup, effort planning, billing/support documentation, budget development inputs, and monitoring of programmatic activities.


• Identify operational bottlenecks and lead process improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, transparency, scalability, and user experience.


• Facilitate communication among faculty, staff, and campus collaborators regarding project status, scope, timelines, priorities, and operational policies.


• Help build and maintain training resources, onboarding materials, templates, and quality frameworks that promote consistency in analytic workflows and collaborative practices.

Work Location:

Hybrid and Remote - as this posting is for multiple openings the role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week on campus and the possibility to work remotely, if the applicant is already an approved remote CU employee and must be in the United States.

Why Join Us:

The Colorado School of Public Health is a collaborative endeavor involving the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz), Colorado State University (CSU), and the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). The Colorado School of Public Health is the first and only accredited school of public health in the Rocky Mountain Region, attracting top-tier faculty and students from across the country and providing vital contributions towards ensuring our region's health and well-being. Collaboratively formed in 2008 by CU Anschutz, CSU, and UNC, the Colorado School of Public Health provides education programs, including a Master's concentration in global health, innovative research that places the School in the top 20 in NIH funding among Schools of Public Health, and community service that addresses public health issues including chronic disease, healthcare access, climate, and environmental threats, emerging infectious diseases, population mental health, ONE HEALTH and injuries for the Rocky Mountain region, nationally and globally.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master of Science (MS) in Biostatistics or an equivalent quantitative field from an accredited institution.


• Qualifications sufficient for appointment at the Senior Research Scientist level at the University of Colorado.


• 5 years of experience in collaborative biostatistics, quantitative research operations, academic research administration, or closely related program leadership in a health sciences, public health, or clinical research setting.


• Demonstrated experience coordinating or managing complex research portfolios, analytic teams, or service/program operations involving multiple stakeholders and competing timelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated record of effective communication, team leadership, and partnership with faculty or scientific leadership.


• Experience in an academic medical center, CTSA environment, school of public health, or comparable interdisciplinary research enterprise.


• Experience overseeing intake, triage, staffing, utilization, or quality processes for collaborative methodology or analytic support units.


• Experience with effort management, budgeting inputs, grants/contracts support, or other operational components of research programs.


• Record of scholarly collaboration, co-authorship, methods contribution, and/or leadership in quantitative research initiatives.


• Experience mentoring junior staff, analysts, or early-career scientists.


• Facility with analytic or programming environments commonly used in biostatistics or research operations (e.g., R, SAS, Python, REDCap, project tracking/reporting systems).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced training in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, quantitative clinical research, or a closely related discipline, with the ability to understand and manage complex collaborative biostatistics workflows.


• Demonstrated leadership in research operations, program management, collaborative science administration, or analytic team management in an academic health, public health, or clinical research environment.


• Strong understanding of biostatistical collaboration across the research lifecycle, including study design, analysis planning, protocol development, grant support, regulatory considerations, data analysis, and dissemination.


• Ability to translate strategic goals into operational processes, staffing plans, clear expectations, and measurable outcomes.


• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and priorities in a complex, matrixed environment with diverse stakeholders.


• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and process improvement skills, with close attention to detail and follow-through.


• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with faculty investigators, staff, trainees, and institutional partners.


• Ability to use data to inform operational decision-making and continuous improvement.


• Experience with project management systems, operational reporting, and common research/analytic workflows.


• Commitment to professionalism, customer service, team science, and a culture of accountability and continuous learning.

Anticipated Pay Range:

The starting salary range (or hiring range) for this position has been established as HIRING RANGE: $5,000 stipend along with $19,400-21,600 for a 0.2 FTE salary support plus benefits, up to the educational salary cap of $225,000

The above salary range (or hiring range) represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. This position is not eligible for overtime compensation unless it is non-exempt.

Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. The University of Colorado provides generous leave, health plans and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.

Total Compensation Calculator: http://www.cu.edu/node/153125

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

The University of Colorado (CU) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

ADA Statement:

The University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the employment application process. To request an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Human Resources ADA Coordinator at [e-mail] .

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our faculty, staff, students and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background investigations for all prospective employees.

CU Anschutz strongly encourages vaccination against the COVID-19 virus and other vaccine preventable diseases . If you work, visit, or volunteer in healthcare facilities or clinics operated by our affiliated hospital or clinical partners or by CU Anschutz, you will be required to comply with the vaccination and medical surveillance policies of the facilities or clinics where you work, visit, or volunteer, respectively. In addition, if you work in certain research areas or perform certain safety sensitive job duties, you must enroll in the occupational health medical surveillance program .