Sr. Program Manager, Health Science, Lab Ecosystems

Overview

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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Sr. Program Manager, Health Science, Lab Ecosystem supporting our National Center office that is located in Dallas, TX. This role can be home based. 

 

This is a full time, benefits eligible, fixed-term opportunity. Current funding will expire on June 30, 2026, with the possibility of extension. Application window will close May 11, 2025.

                                                                                                                                                

The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is a science-to-action initiative co-managed by the American Heart Association that is offering standardized multi-omics tools, data, and training to characterize food quality of the world’s edible biodiversity. Our global ecosystem is mapping food quality based on various components, including macronutrients, micronutrients, and specialized metabolites (or bioactives), as well as their variation across food systems. PTFI’s vision is a world where stakeholders in food, agriculture and health are enabled to lead data-driven solutions that provide healthy food from sustainable food systems. Food EDU was seeded by the PTFI as an open-access educational platform designed to facilitate the translation and application of cutting-edge research in food, agriculture, nutrition, and health. For more information on the PTFI and Food EDU, please explore: https://foodperiodictable.org.

 

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Responsibilities

The Lab Ecosystem Manager will play a critical role in coordinating the growing global network of laboratories contributing to The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) and related programs including Food EDU and Good Food Fellows. This position requires strong communication skills to advance global collaboration across the PTFI and Food EDU ecosystems. This position further requires knowledge of food composition analysis, food systems, and data science to support distribution and use of PTFI tools, data, and training.

• Content Generation: Co-create scientific reports, presentations, and documentation to share progress, findings, and best practices across the PTFI ecosystem.
• Communication:
• Serve as a primary point of contact for the PTFI global ecosystem with regards to agreements and responding to general queries from data users and contributors.
• Coordinate communications between the PTFI, Good Food Fellows, and Food EDU ecosystems.
• Direct data users and contributors to available resources, including PTFI data platforms and Food EDU trainings.
• Coordination: Work closely with PTFI team members to support onboarding PTFI’s multi-omics tools through aligning workflows for distribution of scientific trainings and Standard Operating Protocols for: (a) food collection, (b) metadata modules, (c) Access and Benefit Sharing, (d) food sample processing and preparation, (e) PTFI standardized multi-omics analysis, (f) data processing and, (g) data evaluation and management.
• Monitoring: Oversee high-level tracking of PTFI deliverables and project timelines to ensure timely delivery of milestones and implementation of risk mitigation strategies. Provide regular feedback to PTFI and Food EDU team members, identifying opportunities to enhance and improve processes and offerings.
• Contracts and Agreements: Manage all aspects of contracts and other agreements for PTFI and Food EDU with collaborating labs, vendors, and service providers including design of deliverables and working closely with legal and administrative teams to process agreements, amendments, and fina