Project Manager

University of Colorado; South Dakota; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance (health)

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement 401(a)

Paid time off

Vacation days

Job summary

The University of Colorado Anschutz Campus in Aurora, CO is seeking a Project Manager for the LEAD Center in the Colorado School of Public Health. You will oversee staff, coordinate multi-site cohorts, and ensure protocol adherence for an NIH-funded pre-birth cohort study as part of the ECHO consortium.

The role requires leadership across teams, experience with REDCap and EPIC-like systems, and the ability to manage budgets and meetings with investigators. Onsite work is required at CU Anschutz.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health or related field.
• 4 years of extensive, diverse and progressively responsible experience in day-to-day operation of a clinical research study and staff supervision.
• Advanced degree may substitute for experience if in related field.

Responsibilities

• Hire, train, and manage research assistants and personnel conducting study visits.
• Provide leadership across NIH-funded, multi-site cohort studies with complex schedules and biospecimen workflows.
• Monitor recruitment and retention to meet study goals.
• Share key findings and aggregate data with partners and participants.
• Assist with progress reports to NIH and other ECHO components.
• Assist with data collection and维护 data using REDCap Central.
• Oversee expenditure tracking and develop budget projections.
• Organize and lead ECHO project meetings and budget sessions.

Skills

People management

Budgeting

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in public health

4 years clinical research operations

Tools

REDCap Central

Epic

Job description

University of Colorado Anschutz

Colorado School of Public Health | Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity & Diabetes Center

Project Manager

Position #: 00854154 - Requisition #: 41490

Job Summary:
Join the Colorado School of Public Health as a Project Manager. This position is a key member of the school's Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity & Diabetes (LEAD) Center and will support a new NIH-funded pre-birth cohort study. This Denver-based cohort is part of a national consortium "Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes" (ECHO) study. The goal of this project is to recruit and follow longitudinally a cohort of 810 pregnant people, their conceiving partners, and their offspring.

This Project Manager will be responsible for the duties outlined below, including implementation of the ECHO research protocol as conducted by study investigators at the LEAD Center of the Colorado School of Public Health.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hire, train, and manage research assistants and other personnel who are responsible for conducting study visits and communicating with participants.
• Provide leadership across multiple NIH-funded, multi-site cohort studies with complex visit schedules, biospecimen collection protocols, and longitudinal participant follow-up
• Actively monitor recruitment and retention efforts to ensure goals are being met.
• Share key scientific findings and aggregate data with study partners and participants.
• Assist with developing and submitting progress reports to NIH and other ECHO components.
• Assist with data collection operations and maintaining data through REDCap Central.
• Oversee expenditure tracking and develop budget projections.
• Organize, lead, and record ECHO project meetings (budget meetings, visit implementation meetings, meetings with the Principal Investigators, etc.).

This is a full-time position and reports directly to one of the Principal Investigators of the ECHO cohort.

Work Location:

On Site - This role is expected to work onsite and is located at the CU Anschutz Campus in Aurora, CO.

Why Join Us:

On Site - This role is expected to work onsite and is located at the CU Anschutz Campus in Aurora, CO.

The Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH) is a unique and collaborative graduate school that combines the collective expertise of three Colorado universities: the University of Colorado Anschutz (CU Anschutz) in Aurora, Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, and the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in Greeley, Colorado. The Colorado School of Public Health is the only accredited school of public health in the Rocky Mountain Region, attracting top tier faculty and students from across the country, and providing a vital contribution towards ensuring our region's health and wellbeing. The school's faculty, staff, and students work together to share knowledge and conduct innovative research and community service to actively address public health issues including chronic disease, access to healthcare, environmental threats, emerging infectious diseases, costly injuries, and more.

Why work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Medical: Multiple plan options
• Dental: Multiple plan options
• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 10/year
• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service

There are many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage .

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in public health, public administration, social/behavioral sciences, physical sciences, nursing, healthcare, finance, accounting, business administration, business , or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
• 4 years of extensive, diverse and progressively responsible experience, including direct responsibility for day-to-day operation of a clinical research study and direct staff supervision.
• Substitution : Option 2: An advanced degree (Masters or Doctorate) may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis if the degree is in a field of study directly related to the work assignment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing complex longitudinal cohort studies and biospecimen collection workflows
• Experience with IRB submissions, regulatory coordination, and human subjects research oversight
• Experience with using research data systems, including REDCap or Epic (or similar electronic medical record systems), and using (non-statistical) data analysis to create reports and presentations and guide management decisions
• Experience working with pregnant women, children and families
• Experience working across multiple institutions, clinical sites, and research partners