Research Project Manager, Institute for Translational Science (Hybrid)

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in scientific field or equivalent and two years related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and five years of demonstrated success and experience in related or equivalent field and effective written communication skills. Familiarity with Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) and Project Management concepts; Human Subjects Research Regulations; and Institutional processes.

Job Description:

Works with the Principal Investigator, study team and senior department administration to assure research project budgets and schedules are executed in a timely manner.

Job Duties:

• Effectively manages multi-disciplinary, multi-investigator research projects by collecting research data, developing project related documents, and updating project status reports/tracking systems.

• Serves as the principal project coordinator for facilitation of the research project and primary contact for administration, regulatory/compliance officials, UTMB’s Office of Sponsored Programs and sponsors as appropriate.

• Follows and supports the guidelines established by the institution and the sponsor. Complies with and helps enforce project specific policies and procedures.

• Participates in research project team activities such as team meetings, sponsor communications, report generation, etc.

• Tracks resource utilization and makes recommendations to management regarding efficient resource utilization.

• Takes initiative to share ideas and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Effectively communicates relevant research project information to superiors.

• Has a general working knowledge of the technical details of assigned research projects.

• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Performs related duties as required.

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.