Research Program Project Manager

Overview

At Houston Methodist, the Research Program Project Manager position is responsible for coordinating processes and a system for matching the research and clinical interest of faculty and/or physicians within Houston Methodist Research Institute (HMRI) and the Physician Organization (PO) and with affiliated institutions. This position is the liaison for the coordination of all current and ongoing activities of the program in relation to the development, program products, and its collaboration with research and clinical investigators within Houston Methodist (HM), with affiliated and non-affiliated institutions, and with industry partners/collaborators and clients. The Research Program Project Manager position will assist in the development and preservation of these relationships in support of projects from pre-clinical to clinical stages of development. This position will provide strategic planning as a liaison, assist in maintaining communication, and in allocating resources (material and personnel) for all program projects and will maintain an organized and structured process by which activities are documented and maintained in accordance with project needs.

Houston Methodist Standard

PATIENT AGE GROUP(S) AND POPULATION(S) SERVEDRefer to departmental "Scope of Service" and "Provision of Care" plans, as applicable, for description of primary age groups and populations served by this job for the respective HM entity.

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional, ethical, physical, and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth, dignity, and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees' experiential journeys to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organization's vision, fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

Responsibilities

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates face-to-face discussions between collaborators to encourage effective transfer of ideas and records. Develops and maintains positive working relationships to ensure that collaborators are informed of modifications, updates, and improvements to projects in a timely manner.

• Serves as an effective liaison between multiple client groups and stakeholders across various levels of management. Communicates results clearly and concisely and provides progress reports in an organized, consistent manner.

• Contributes towards improvement of department scores for employee engagement, i.e. peer-to-peer accountability.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates with CMP staff for the emerging GLP device studies.

• Assists in the preparation and coordination of business development materials and activities for the program. Supports ongoing outreach, pilot programs and project management activities of the department's major projects/grants. Assists in writing SOP's and other regulatory requirement documentation.

• Maintains and provides in-services for the HM Faculty Start-Up Guide.

• Provides careful coordination with internal ancillary offices such as technology transfer, legal, grants and contracts, and business practices.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Maintains organized records of successful collaborative projects and participants for all disciplines related to the department/project to be readily available to leadership as well as reporting purposes.

• Coordinates all elements required to translate pre-clinical safety studies (DLP-Good Laboratory Practices) in support of promising medical devices.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Understands project objectives, information and ideas presented and delineates plans to achieve deliverables in a specific measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely m