Research Project Manager IV

Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for serving as the project manager working in coordination with the principal investigator of research projects of moderate complexity; collaborating on the development, preparation, and timely submission of proposals from conceptualization to submission, with minimal direction, in alignment with best practices; coordinating, allocating, and managing resources and/or budgets for research projects; managing the execution of research studies including data gathering activities; ensuring compliance with local, federal, and industry requirements, as well as adherence to grant/contract and regulatory requirements; developing and implementing research protocols for moderately complex studies; guiding and mentoring others on the development of study materials and Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications; proactively identifying training needs, overseeing the creation of training materials, leading the training and certification of new team members and clinical staff while ensuring all administrative requirements are current; ensuring that qualitative and/or quantitative data is prepared for analyses; and developing the documentation, reporting, and dissemination of research study activities.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
• Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
• Enforces compliance practices by: monitoring adherence of project activities to policies and procedures by ensuring project plans and team members follow KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.
• Guides others by: leading the work of project team members; requesting and coordinating internal and/ or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and project demands; promoting project vision and objectives with project team; and delivering performance feedback to team members supervisors.
• Independently engages in project management by: managing large-scale projects from initiation to close-out; developing, analyzing, and managing moderately complex project plans which include scope identification and management, schedule, inter-dependencies, and resource forecast; managing and monitors project financials for large projects; monitoring overall project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope, and with quality) against plan, ensuring measurement of business benefits and outcomes, and makes adjustments as needed; managing project activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the project; and driving allocation of resources, establishes schedules, and task assignments to ensure established project management practices are in place.
• Ensures concerns are addressed by: proactively monitoring and identifying project risks, issues, and trigger events by developing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.
• Drives stakeholder management by: ensuring the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse project stakeholders by building rapport with stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and senior management; clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders; clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders; identifying and working closely with stakeholders, ensuring all appropriate stakeholders are represented and included; providing insight to key stakeholders and project sponsors by developing project goals, setting the prioritization of deliverables, discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. project change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for project delivery; and communicating tough issues to stakeholders while maintaining an independent opinion, providing recommendations, delivering presentations, and providing reports to various senior audiences.
• Engages in vendor management activities by: assisting with reviews of vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met. Partners with Procurement and/or Legal to develop service level and/or scope of work agreements as appropriate; and assisting with contract negotiations with vendors and reviews project invoices submitted by vendors for accuracy.