Research Program Manager

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

Posted Date

08/03/2026

Salary Range: $30.63 - 59.19 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

32328

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Our Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is seeking to hire a full-time Research Program Manager for our Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics. You will support innovative research programs focused on advancing our understanding of neurobehavioral, psychiatric, and developmental conditions through interdisciplinary collaboration, community engagement, and scientific discovery. You will support a variety of research and programmatic initiatives by coordinating day-to-day operations, facilitating participant engagement, supporting regulatory activities, and help drive successful project execution. Key responsibilities include:

• Assist with planning, coordinating, and implementing research and program activities in support of department goals and objectives
• Support regulatory and compliance activities, including Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions, amendments, renewals, and documentation maintenance
• Coordinate research recruitment efforts and engage with study participants, including obtaining informed consent and conducting surveys and interviews
• Assist with data collection, data quality review, database maintenance, and reporting activities
• Prepare weekly project updates, status reports, schedules, and supporting documentations
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, researchers, and community partners to support ongoing research and outreach initiatives
• Coordinate meeting, workshops, conferences, site visits, and special events
• Develop and maintain project materials, presentations, reports, website content, communications, and social media materials
• Assist with tracking project milestones, deliverable, and operational activities to ensure successful program execution
• Support special projects and other research administration activities

Salary range: $30.63/hr - $59.19/hr

Job Qualifications

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Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Public Health, Health Sciences or related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience

Minimum 2 years of experience supporting research, academic, healthcare, nonprofit, or grant funded programs/projects

Experience working in an academic medical center, university research environment, healthcare organization, or nonprofit research setting (preferred)

Working knowledge of program and project coordination, evaluation methodologies, data collection, data management, and dataset development

Knowledge of research principles and human research subjects, including CITI training

Familiarity with neurobehavioral, neuroscience, genetics, psychology, public h health, or clinical research programs (preferred)

Experience supporting grant applications, proposal development, grant administration, and/or sponsored research activities

Experiencing collecting, tracking, analyzing, and reporting data uses databases, spreadsheets, or research management systems

Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously while managing competing priorities and deadlines

Demonstrated ability to communicate complex scientific, medical, administrative, and policy-rated information clearly and effectively

Strong written communication skills with experience drafting reports, presentations, correspondence, protocols, meeting materials, problem-solving, and project management skills

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.