Clinical Research Project Manager: IRB & Study Ops

University of Pennsylvania; United States; On-site; USD 67,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia seeks a Research Project Manager to lead complex studies within the School of Nursing. This role entails strategic planning, day-to-day management of study operations, and collaboration with internal and external partners to develop protocols, write grants, manage operations, and prepare manuscripts for peer‑reviewed journals.

The Project Manager will supervise regulatory submissions, data quality standards, recruitment activities, and dissemination

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership for the study; develop and maintain project timelines, work plans, SOPs, and tracking systems.
• Lead study regulatory and data-quality operations, including IRB submissions, amendments, continuing reviews, protocol deviations, and adverse-event documentation.
• Coordinate and oversee participant recruitment, screening, informed consent, enrollment, scheduling, retention, and incentive tracking across study aims; collaborate with clinical recruitment partners.
• Conduct and support study data-collection activities, including qualitative in-depth interviews, guided SVR walkthroughs, and follow-up interviews.
• Support human-centered design activities, including co-planning and co-facilitating co-design mini-workshops; preparing workshop materials; coordinating participant logistics.
• Support implementation of pilot RCT procedures, including participant orientation, VR-headset logistics, intervention-session scheduling, fidelity monitoring, facilitator checklists and field notes.

Skills

Project management

Regulatory coordination

Data quality

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's/Bachelor of Arts/Science + 5–7 years or Master's + 2–5 years

Job description

The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia seeks a Research Project Manager to lead complex studies within the School of Nursing. This role entails strategic planning, day-to-day management of study operations, and collaboration with internal and external partners to develop protocols, write grants, manage operations, and prepare manuscripts for peer‑reviewed journals.

The Project Manager will supervise regulatory submissions, data quality standards, recruitment activities, and dissemination