Project Manager
- Requisition no: 540245
- Work type: Full Time
- Location: Medical Center
- School/Department: Orthopedic Surgery
- Grade: Grade 105
- Categories: Research (Lab and Non-Lab)
- Job Type: Officer of Administration
- Bargaining Unit:
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Standard Work Schedule:
- Building:
- Salary Range: $80,000 - $110,000
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Summary
The Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center have an immediate opening for an experienced Project Manager who will collaborate with the Principal Investigators and researchers to work on the administration and management of a federally funded research project related to osteoarthritis and tissue engineering. This position will report directly to Dr. Hung and Dr. Chahine, Co-PIs of the multidisciplinary project.
Responsibilities
- Organize regular performer meetings or discussions, facilitate data sharing, and ensure timely completion of milestones and deliverables.
- Serve a point of contact for communication between the PIs and the funding agencies’ technical, financial, and administrative representatives.
- Coordinate the effort across co-performer, vendor, and subwardee teams
- In conjunction with the Grants Management Office, monitoring the study budget, including the flow of invoices and expenses
- Ensuring compliance with all federal and university requirements, including developing and submitting of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols, modifications and renewals;
- Assisting the Principal Investigator in dissemination activities, grant and manuscript submissions
- Reviewing and synthesizing research literature & analytics
- Monitoring project developments, including proposing and implementing changes as needed
- Creating protocols, work plans, work flows for study activities to ensure all project activities are running according to schedule and within projections, and creating remediation plans to address financial shortfalls
- Ensuring the timely submission of all reports to funding agencies
- Planning and leading weekly or semi-monthly study core team meetings
- Performing other related responsibilities and participating in special projects as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or graduate degree in biomedical engineering, tissue engineering, regeneration, orthopedics or related research fields/scientific disciplines
- Four years of related experience (ex. in managing a research project, including administrative and financial management).
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and superb written and oral communication skills.
- Self-directed problem solver who has previous experience and interest in orthopedic research, tissue engineering, clinical trials, osteoarthritis or related topics.
- Must possess and apply comprehensive knowledge of research principles, concepts, practices and methods, as well as be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Experience using SPSS or other statistical software.
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