Program Manager Research Security

MD Anderson•Houston, TX

33d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Program Manager, Research Security, supports the Research Security Program responsibilities regarding planning, execution, monitoring, and assessment of all institutional initiatives undertaken to address research security risks posed to the MD Anderson research environment, including discovery development, discovery commercialization, and international collaborations. As a key member of the MD Anderson Research Security ecosystem, the Program Manager will collaborate with stakeholders in the Offices of Information Security, Compliance, Legal Affairs, Human Resources, and Research. The Program Manager will provide material support in the execution of the research security processes implemented to maintain a secure research environment, fulfilling funding agencies' fiduciary expectations, and providing research security risk-based guidance to appropriate risk decision makers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in industry, government, or academia related to foreign counterintelligence, with proven expertise in safeguarding intellectual property and proprietary data from foreign adversaries. They should be skilled in accessing relevant information sources, conducting risk-based analyses, and leading or managing analytical teams that support research security efforts. Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize competing demands while meeting deadlines with precision are essential.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree.
Ten years experience as an analytical or investigative program manager with demonstrated knowledge of counterintelligence threats to industry and academia.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree.
Experience in foreign counterintelligence within industry, government, and/or academia, specifically focused on safeguarding intellectual property and proprietary data from foreign adversaries.
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified Protection Professional (CPP)

Responsibilities

Supports the Director, Research Security, in fulfilling federal and state legal and regulatory requirements set forth in NSPP-33 and Texas HB-127.
Participates in the collection and analysis of information from all relevant sources to identify research security concerns (e.g., undue foreign influence, talent programs and state-sponsored actors, insider threats, corporate espionage, conflicts of interest, research misconduct, research integrity, data exfiltration) and recommends appropriate response actions.
Provides guidance and assessment to inform decision makers.
Develops operational capacities to collect information to provide informed risk-based decisions.
Fosters collaborative relationships with institutional research security ecosystem stakeholders.
Executes research security response protocols and processes to centrally manage and disseminate all institutional research security response actions.
Maintains a system of records to properly record and document program activities.
Coordinates with Institutional Compliance and others as needed to assist with investigating research security threats and allegations of research security misconduct.
Leverages information-gathering, analytic, investigative, and operational resources from across the institution to ensure that each insider threat or foreign influence concern is documented, promptly investigated, and resolved.
Other duties as assigned.