Scientific Research IT Project Manager

Vanderbilt University Medical Center-posted 4 days ago

Full-time • Mid Level

Remote • Nashville, TN

5,001-10,000 employees

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In your pivotal role as a Scientific Research IT Project Manager, you will identify appropriate resources needed and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of projects. Communicates with Principal Investigator and across appropriate health sciences departments to maximize information sharing around progress, needs, interdependence and/or accomplishments. Coordinates the activities of the team by becoming familiar with system scope and project objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member. Implements small development projects or components of large projects. Coordinates activities of best practice maintenance, clinician guidance documentation and engagement, gap analysis, project team, project development and timeline management, special projects, quality control of deliverables and standardization of processes toward more effective and efficient operations. Ability to solve medium to complex problems. The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (VICTR) is Vanderbilt’s virtual home for clinical and translational research. Supported by Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Office of Research and the NIH-sponsored Clinical and Translational Service Award (CTSA), the mission of the institute is to transform the way ideas and research discoveries make their way from origin to patient care. VICTR functions to help researchers and clinicians do their jobs better by providing tools and support to improve the quality of research, publications, grant writing, and training for future doctors and researchers.

Facilitate between executive level stakeholders and technical/engineering teams to define business requirements and translate into technical requirements/acceptance criteria.
Coordinates and oversees all phases of the project or service line responsibilities
Utilizes scientific knowledge and quantitative and qualitative research skills to perform a variety of technical operations related activities, including data management, analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, report/presentation, preparation and management of budgets and schedules for proposals and projects.
Leverages a transdisciplinary team science approach when appropriate to drive forward project elements and communications, and identifies appropriate resources needed and coordinates the curation of scientific evidence.
Ensure timely completion of tasks in line with project objectives.
Provide customers and leadership support through project management.
The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Project Planning, Coordination and Development (Intermediate): Demonstrates ability to forecast complex resource needs, identify and break work down into discrete and measurable tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, prepare acceptance criteria and organize work for one or more large projects. Demonstrates proficiency in providing professional and scientific guidance in the execution of day-to-day research project activities. Plans and maintains schedule of research projects and timelines. Develops research protocols and prepares draft/final study protocols for studies under occasional guidance. Monitors budgetary requirements and aims of the funding award. Identifies gaps in processes and potential areas for improvement. Participates in meetings as required with sponsoring agencies and/or collaborating professionals and vendors. Communicates as needed with colleagues, leadership, Principal Investigator, collaborating professionals, the Human Research Protection Program, the scientific community, and others. Plans for and anticipates events outside of immediate responsibility. Anticipates problems and obstacles before they arise.
Project Management (Intermediate) Provides project management leadership through active team engagement, effective goal setting, proactive risk assessment, delegation, hands-on involvement and communication. Performs project tracking and reporting relative to task completion dates, dependency effects, problem anticipation, schedule conflicts, and assignment to appropriate staff for resolution. Manages prioritization procedures for changing scope [i.e., change management] and project acceptance procedures. Measures progress toward goals and revises project objectives and documents applying change control procedures. Assumes responsibility [as appropriate] for resolving issues and seeing work through to successful completion. Demonstrates comprehensive understanding in developing and communicating appropriate project documentation, including project overview, scope, team structure, status reports, issues management reports, change control reports, meeting notes, etc., as required in a timely manner. Coordinates and may lead steering committee, project team and work group meetings, as required. Trains and directs activities of the project team, on project related templates and toolsets. Develops methods to measure customer satisfaction and obtains feedback at critical milestones and at project completion to ensure project efforts meet customer expectations. Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies including meeting deadlines, when applicable. Ensures that regulations and SOPs are followed in all activities.
Project Communications (Intermediate): Manages project status, including management of project website, consistent status reporting, and presentations, and communicates to team members and executive staff. Demonstrates mastery of project communications in practical applications of a difficult nature. Effectively transmits technical and business ideas and information to others, including non-technical audiences. Shares knowledge, ideas and information openly, and effectively sells new ideas and influences others. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering project communications without requiring support and instruction from others.
Project Issues Management (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of Issues Management in practical applications of a difficult nature. Identifies, documents, and manages project issues and escalates, as appropriate, to achieve timely resolution. Adept at identifying issues before they become problems and assigning those issues to the right people at the right time. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully managing internal project issues without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to anticipate and resolve unplanned project issues as they arise.
Data Management (Intermediate) Serves as the data resources advisor on projects. Demonstrates technical expertise in understanding the structure of diverse biomedical data types and defining or collaborating with scientific stakeholders to define modeling and validation requirements. Works with engineering teams and technical stakeholders to define data processing lifecycles, deliverables, and access requirements. Collaborates with research support and knowledge management teams to document data models, data transformations, and access requirements. Collaborates with research support and knowledge management teams to develop end user support materials. Provides direction for data analysis/QC, performs data interpretation, and communicates results. Evaluates significance of data and reports findings. Updates database(s), or provides information as case may be, on a daily basis. Ensures integrity and security of scientific data. Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies, including meeting deadlines.

Master's degree or PhD preferred in appropriate scientific discipline
Biomedical industry experience
IT project management experience with the ability to manage a timeline
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Excellent organizational skills

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