Senior Research Project Manager - Health Study Lead

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Commuter benefits

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

The Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a full-time Senior Research Project Manager to oversee the Apple Women’s Health Study (AWHS) operations and related research activities.

You will coordinate with principal investigators, study staff, and external partners to ensure timely delivery of project milestones and deliverables. Responsibilities include managing timelines, coordinating IRB submissions, data management planning, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
• 5+ years of relevant experience is required.
• Supervisory experience required.
• Master's Degree or MPH is strongly preferred.
• Experience or training in epidemiology, public health, and/or industry/technology is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the AWHS and coordinate overlapping research, administrative, and operational activities within the Mahalingaiah Lab
• Work closely with the Principal Investigators and team members to establish priorities, monitor progress, address challenges, and ensure timely completion of study and laboratory deliverables
• Develop, maintain, and monitor project timelines, milestones, workplans, and reporting requirements; manage competing priorities across AWHS and Mahalingaiah Lab activities
• Facilitate communication and collaboration including calendaring and agenda/post meeting correspondence among research personnel within and across institutions, including the study sponsor and other external partners
• Respond to sponsor feedback and input by helping to revise project priorities, tasks, goals, timelines, procedures, and deliverables as needed
• Assist with developing, maintaining, and implementing standard operating procedures; coordinate preparation and submission of IRB protocols, amendments, reports, ClinicalTrials.gov updates, and sponsor-related documentation
• Serve as a primary liaison with Advarra and other relevant institutional or external review partners to facilitate timely review and approval of IRB submissions
• Coordinate periodic review and updating of the Data Management Plan, Manual of Procedures, and other study or laboratory documentation
• Liaise with the participant call center regarding and as is relevant to the new call center, including handling adverse event reporting and communicating updates to the Principal Investigators and sponsor
• Coordinate survey development, revision, testing, and implementation in support of iterative study activities
• Prepare materials for relevant meetings including weekly team meeting, data team meeting, and as needed breakout team meetings; coordinate timelines for relevant external scientific meetings and conferences; and assist with preparing and delivering project updates, presentations, and reports
• Support recruitment and retention planning and help oversee the communications and editorial calendar in coordination with the Principal Investigators and communications staff when relevant
• Coordinate with the department’s administrative core on hiring, onboarding, offboarding, inventory, personnel actions, payments. Oversee purchasing and expensing in collaboration with the lab research administrative assistant
• Supervise, delegate work to, and review the work of assigned staff; monitor workflow and support staff development and performance
• May present research findings, project updates, or operational information to internal and external audiences as is relevant
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Supervisory experience

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or MPH

Tools

MS Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Keynote

Adobe

Job description

The Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a full-time Senior Research Project Manager to oversee the Apple Women’s Health Study (AWHS) operations and related research activities.

You will coordinate with principal investigators, study staff, and external partners to ensure timely delivery of project milestones and deliverables. Responsibilities include managing timelines, coordinating IRB submissions, data management planning, and