Strategic Data Science Program Manager

Columbia University Irving Medical Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 91,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia University Irving Medical Center seeks a Research Program Manager to coordinate Data Science activities across projects and stakeholders. You will align research operations with institutional priorities and CTSA funding timelines, while driving standardization and continuous improvement.

You will lead reporting, content development, and cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams and fostering program excellence across the Irving Institute’s research informatics portfolio.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus four years of related experience.
• Experience managing people or a project.
• At least two years of experience working with research data and/or e-tools for research.
• Excellent verbal, written communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Responsibilities

• Oversees day-to-day operations for the Data Science team of the Irving Institute, aligning proposed projects with CTSA funding priorities, goals and timelines.
• Provides central coordination of multidisciplinary teams across the CUIMC research informatics ecosystem including the data, tools & solutions, and infrastructure domains.
• Develops meeting presentations and generating reports as well as working with the Irving Institute team to contribute content to websites, develop research informatics marketing materials, and awareness campaigns.
• Leads in supporting the Data Science Council including scheduling meetings, documentation and meeting notes, coordinating reporting from the research informatics domains and prioritizing urgent items for their review.
• Develops and contributes to research navigation, guides, checklists, and templates to enable efficient delivery of research informatics services to the research investigator ecosystem at CUIMC.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Team coordination

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Columbia University Irving Medical Center seeks a Research Program Manager to coordinate Data Science activities across projects and stakeholders. You will align research operations with institutional priorities and CTSA funding timelines, while driving standardization and continuous improvement.

You will lead reporting, content development, and cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams and fostering program excellence across the Irving Institute’s research informatics portfolio.