Project Manager Department of Medicine Channing

The Channing Division of Network Medicine (CDNM) seeks a Project Manager (PM) to support strategic transformation and follow-up of participants in longitudinal studies. This employee will offer standard project management support including the development of project plans, timelines, progress reports, and documentation to support the advancement of specific goals in the Nurses’ Health Studies (NHS). The PM will work closely with the Research Lab Manager of Tissue and Mammogram Collections, the NHS Senior Project Manager, and the Director of Strategic Initiatives, along with cohort principal investigators and operations staff. The PM will directly report to the Research Lab Manager.

Specifically, this employee will join a team with the primary responsibility of conducting follow-up activities for participants in the NHS. This involves management of medical record collection and preliminary medical record review. Additionally, the PM will work to ensure that information flows smoothly among cohort operations staff, the transformation management committee, and various internal and external stakeholders. The PM will have the ability and expectation to indirectly manage within a matrixed organization staff. Direct management responsibilities may involve partnering in the delegation of work to others, as well as management of resources to meet deadlines and expectations.

The CDNM is a research division within the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). The Chronic Disease Epidemiology unit, one of three units within CDNM, includes several of the largest, most intensively studied, longitudinal cohorts in the world, including the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), NHS2, NHS3, and the Growing Up Today Study. Epidemiology of a broad range of complex chronic diseases is the focus these cohorts, using a variety of traditional and novel approaches, including questionnaire-based measures, genomics, metabolomics, and molecular pathoepidemiology.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages all aspects of follow-up of chronic diseases for NHS & NHS2, including team supervision, stakeholder interactions, budget, and workflow prioritization
• Trains and supervises research assistants
• Project management, including the development and documentation of project plans, timelines, resource needs, and progress reports
• Data collection, tracking, and analysis; database maintenance
• Dashboard creation and maintenance
• Motivate individuals involved to complete tasks on time
• Collaborate with team members to develop and track measures of success for cohort strategic transformation
• Work with senior staff members to ensure communication and smooth information flow among involved parties
• Produce and regularly distribute key data and strategies highlighting progress of assigned project initiatives
• Facilitate meetings, including preparing meeting materials, sending out agendas, completing meeting minutes, communicating effectively with members, and supporting leadership to drive initiatives forward
• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams, and/or process maps to document needs and progress
• Support the communication broadly to multiple stakeholder communities
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Work independently and maintain comprehensive and consistent documentation
• As needed, employee will be asked to contribute to activities such as general lab maintenance, medical record coding, tissue collection, ordering supplies, etc.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in life sciences, or bachelor’s degree in life sciences with equivalent experience working in an epidemiologic research setting
• Minimum of five years’ experience in conducting epidemiological follow-up or similar experience
• Three to five years of project management experience (Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred)
• Strict attention to detail and accuracy with study data and alphanumeric identifiers
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• High degree of customer service and business acumen
• Experience with data management
• Proficiency with MS Office and understanding of UNIX-based systems

Skills/Abilities:

• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
• Teamwork, including organizing the team and delegating to team members
• Self-directing, taking initiative
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking
• Ability to set priorities to drive results
• Strong interpersonal and writing skills
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Ability to strictly adhere to SOPs, directions from supervisors, and complex institutional guidelines.
• Strong scientific curiosity and demonstrated involvement with scientific endeavors and opportunities
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology

BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.