Research Program Manager - Population Health

University of Illinois Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 94,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) invites applications for the Visiting Research Program Manager position at Mile Square Health Center in Chicago, IL. The role leads planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of complex research initiatives, driving regulatory compliance, stakeholder engagement, and data management to ensure sponsor requirements are met.

Under the Chief of Population Health Research and Evaluation and PIs, you will manage

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Public Health, Health Services Research, Epidemiology, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Public Administration, Health Informatics, or a related field is required.
• Minimum of three years of experience coordinating research, implementation, evaluation, or quality improvement programs is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in implementation science, community-engaged research, or community-based participatory research preferred.
• Experience within Federally Qualified Health Centers or primary care research settings preferred.
• Proficiency with REDCap and/or Epic electronic medical records preferred.
• Experience with grant-funded research and healthcare quality improvement preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages day-to-day operations of assigned research and implementation initiatives, including development and oversight of project work plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and reporting requirements.
• Coordinates activities across investigators, project staff, clinical teams, community partners, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinates research operations and ensures activities are conducted in accordance with approved protocols, institutional requirements, sponsor expectations, and applicable regulatory and human subjects protections.
• Oversees development and maintenance of research documentation, protocols, standard operating procedures, regulatory submissions, participant tracking systems, and research databases.
• Coordinate and supervise the work of research staff, students, trainees, or other project personnel.
• Coordinates implementation and integration of research and program interventions within clinical and community settings.
• Collaborates with research, clinical, and community partners and monitors implementation progress, adoption, and fidelity, and supports pilot testing, refinement, and continuous quality improvement.
• Coordinates project evaluation and performance-monitoring activities, including quantitative and qualitative data collection, participant and stakeholder assessments, project databases and dashboards, and outcome and implementation measures.
• Monitors project performance and prepares analyses, summaries, and reports to support program improvement, leadership decision-making, and sponsor reporting.
• Coordinates engagement and activities with patients, community members, clinical partners, advisory groups, advocacy organizations, and other stakeholders in project planning and implementation.
• Supports administrative and financial management of assigned projects, including monitoring expenditures, coordinating purchasing and consultant activities, processing project-related payments and incentives, maintaining project records, and supporting sponsor and institutional reporting requirements.
• Supports dissemination of project findings and lessons learned through scientific, professional, clinical, and community channels.
• Coordinates development of dissemination products and implementation resources and contributes to manuscripts, presentations, reports, and other scholarly products.
• Supports sustainability and scale-up planning and assists investigators with the identification and development of future funding opportunities and grant applications.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Education

Master's degree in Public Health, Health Services Research, Epidemiology, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Public Administration, Health Informatics, or a related field

Job description

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) invites applications for the Visiting Research Program Manager position at Mile Square Health Center in Chicago, IL. The role leads planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of complex research initiatives, driving regulatory compliance, stakeholder engagement, and data management to ensure sponsor requirements are met.

Under the Chief of Population Health Research and Evaluation and PIs, you will manage