Program Project Manager

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sleep, Eating and Affect (SEA) Laboratory seeks a Program Project Manager to oversee and support a growing research program focused on mind and body interventions for mental and physical health states. This position is based at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health at the Mt. Zion campus, with some capacity for work from home. The Program Project Manager will work primarily on analyzing and overseeing the conduct of the laboratory’s program of research, which includes analyzing needs for the lab, overseeing study progress, and performing daily research activities. The research studies taking place in SEA Lab include testing cognitive behavioral therapy and whole-body heating protocols for the treatment of depression, testing cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and home-based infrared body heating for the treatment of insomnia, testing the impact of whole-body heating on the excretion of bodily chemicals in firefighters, testing the impact of a novel gastrointestinal intervention on the excretion of PFAS chemicals in firefighters, and testing the impact of community sauna bathing on loneliness in emerging adults. The SEA Laboratory interventions are diverse, ranging from whole-body heating and sauna research to psychotherapy and digital therapeutics. Similarly, the SEA Laboratory designs interventions for several populations, including civilians, firefighters, and military service members.

Requirements

Very proactive
Highly organized
Extremely detail-oriented
Excellent communication skills
Experience with project management, including overseeing the work of team members

Responsibilities

Analyze study needs to enact study planning, development, and implementation
Analyze study progress to course correct and make changes to recruitment and retention protocols as needed
Facilitate study team communications, including coordinating and facilitating research meetings, distributing materials, and corresponding about projects’ progression.
Communicate effectively and professionally with external collaborators in academic and community-based settings
Provide support for administrative requirements of research conduct, such as obtaining necessary approvals, modifying Institutional Review Board applications, registering studies on clinicaltrials.gov and other registration websites, and onboarding research team personnel
Create databases and manage data collection and partner with the team’s statistician in preparation of study reports and presentations (e.g., data safety monitoring board report and presentation slides)
Collaborate with the PI and research team to support ongoing grant progress reports and new grant proposals
Analyze scientific literature to contribute to peer-reviewed publications.
Support the team with a can-do attitude – filling in gaps where needed.
Be flexible and willing to adapt to the evolving needs of the laboratory