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Project Manager, PCORI Clinical Trial

The Mongan Institute
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GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT: 

The Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) within the Mongan Institute and affiliated with the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine is seeking an intellectually curious and highly organized individual with patient-centered outcomes clinical trials research experience and a desire to improve care delivery to older adults to serve as a Research Program/Project Manager. The candidate will work with a multidisciplinary team from Massachusetts General Hospital, alongside collaborators from many institutions across the nation. The team’s research is focused on the improvement of patient and caregiver outcomes for high-risk older adults (ages 65+) with chronic and serious healthcare conditions.

 

Interested candidates should apply via https://partners.taleo.net/careersection/ghc/jobdetail.ftl?job=3270557 

Please submit a resume and a cover letter describing your training and experience in clinical research and/or clinical research education program support. 

 

For more information regarding our research center and team, please visit https://www.mghagingandseriousillness.org/

For more information regarding our PCORI-funded study please visit: https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2023/annual-wellness-visits-versus-grace-augmented-annual-wellness-visits-older-adults-high-needs

 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following activities:  

Project Management 

  • Lead the coordination of activity across the multi-site clinical trial, ensuring on-time delivery of study deliverables by
    • Developing clear, actionable plans 
    • Coordinating completion of action items 
    • Summarizing project scope and deliverables 
    • Developing and maintaining project documentation 
    • Setting and communicating deadlines 
    • Tracking milestones 
  • Assure adherence to regulatory requirements by:
    • Developing and maintaining protocols and regulatory manuals, consent forms and data collection tools
    • Coordinating sIRB activities
    • Monitoring for and reporting adverse events
  • Maintain collaborative team relationships with peers and colleagues in order to effectively contribute to the group’s achievement of goals, and to help foster a positive work environment by:  
    • Using problem-solving and relationship management skills to move initiatives forward and meet deadlines 
    • Developing relationships with key stakeholders and work with cross-functional team to identify issues 
    • Conducting orientation meetings and participating in the training of clinical trial site staff 
    • Communicating and engaging regularly with both clinical intervention teams and practice sites

 

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES REQUIRED: 

Planning, Organizing and Coordinating 

  • Excellent time management skills 
  • Skilled at anticipating programmatic needs and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency of processes and procedures and subsequently execute improvements 
  • Ability to move projects forward by developing clear, actionable plans, coordinating the completion of action items, summarizing project deliverables, setting deadlines, and tracking milestones 
  • Excellent attention to detail 
  • Flexible and able to adjust to shifting priorities and manage multiple projects in response to fluctuating work environment  
  •  Eagerness to learn and an ability to work independently while communicating frequently in order to collaborate with a large team 

Team Management 

  • Ability to work successfully in a collaborative environment 
  • Skilled in change management 
  • Ability to collaborate in diverse teams with different skillsets, work styles, and professional roles 

Gets Results/Takes Initiative 

  • High personal work standards and sense of urgency about results 
  • Ability to anticipate the needs of the group and solve problems proactively in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and within short time constraints 
  • Demonstrates initiative and identifies key priorities, even in ambiguous situations with limited direction 
  • Ability to collect and analyze data to track program/project progress and to inform continuous improvement, strategic decisions, and resource allocation 
  • Consistently demonstrates a positive, "can-do" attitude 

Communication Skills 

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Develop presentations to explain strategy, direction, and status to leadership and the broader organization 
  • Experience in communication, building relationships, consensus, and removing roadblocks 
  • Act as a local escalation point for issues affecting the delivery of projects and facilitate the resolution of issues 
  • Concise and effective verbal and written communication skills 
  • High degree of professionalism and capacity to manage relationships with a variety of individuals in differing roles; impeccable judgment in handling sensitive information 
  • Comfortable with ambiguity–works to resolve open questions, can define a process to resolve ambiguity, and is comfortable that the plan may change as needed 
  • Ensure alignment with Investigators and other Project Managers to enable the delivery of complex projects 

Analytical Skills 

  • Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn 
  • Rigorous academic and/or professional background including quantitative work 
  • Basic familiarity with health research 
  • Ability to identify, gather, manage, and synthesize relevant information to support data-driven decisions 

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

  • The candidate will be responsible for providing daily supervision, guidance, and expertise for Program Managers and Clinical Research coordinators (i.e. Research Assistants).

 

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY:

  • Develop and implement coursework and event budgets with Center Director and PCORI Study Director.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

  • Duties will be carried out in a typical office environment. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required. 

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Job qualifications include the following:  

  • 3+ years of experience in an academic, research, or related setting with proven project management and clinical research experience
  • Master's degree in public health or closely related field