NSRR Project Manager BWH Sleep Medicine

General Summary/ Overview Statement:

We are looking to hire a talented Project Manager to serve as senior manager of a large NIH funded data repository, the National Sleep Research Resource (NSRR). The NSRR supports hundreds of researchers and trainees around the world in accessing sleep and other research data through a highly interactive and user-friendly portal linked to powerful analytical and visualization tools. The data within this portal is also being made available (migrated) to a national cloud platform, and uses rigorous FAIR standards to promote Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability. In representing and managing the NSRR, the PM will provide day to day managerial support to teams of engineers, computer scientists, research assistants and data scientists, ensuring that the repository and its portal continue to expand in size and usability. This involves coordinating the activities of teams focused on scientific programming, data harmonization, and community outreach. The PM will apply agile methodology and enterprise-level project management by establishing efficient work procedures, assigning tasks to meet the proposed end-user objectives. S/he will formulate strategies and tactics for successful project completion in concert with the Principal Investigators and team leads and each of the work teams (Data Harmonization, Community Outreach, Signal Processing) as well as provide general project management including overseeing regulatory procedures (IRB, data use agreements), preparation of progress and milestone reports, and coordinate communications within the team as well as with various stakeholders, including the NIH and professional societies. S/he will, on a daily basis, ensure that the team is fully functional and productive; enable close cooperation across all roles and functions; remove barriers; ensure that the processes are followed. The PM also will initiate outreach with potential contributors of data, oversee procedures and implementation of robust data sharing procedures, be the direct liaison with the National Institutes of Health and other stakeholders, including informaticians and the professionals in the sleep research community.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversees the development and implementation of protocols and Manuals of Procedures that define processes for ingesting, harmonizing, sharing and documenting data.
• Monitors project milestones and performance over time; conducts quality improvement and prepares quarterly and annual progress reports.
• Prepares NIH and IRB progress and milestone reports.
• Provides ongoing supervision of study team members and study teams, ensuring that project specific goals are clearly understood and workflows established to meet study goals. Proactively identifies both bottlenecks and opportunities to enhance the quality of the research enterprise.
• Coordinates communications and facilitates meetings internally, as well as among the broad user community (investigators/trainees worldwide), the NIH, regulatory/legal bodies, and sleep professional societies.
• Initiates outreach activities to potential data contributors, highlighting advantages of data sharing, and assisting contributors in developing and implementing plans for data sharing (including addressing regulatory and privacy needs), and tracks incoming data through the ingestion pipeline.
• Spearheads activities to promote use of the NSRR and user-engagement, as well as the science of sleep using "big data" such as with webinars and blogs.
• Keeps abreast of changing technology and the regulatory environment that impact the repository.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• BA or BS degree required. A Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology or similar degree is preferred.
• Five or more years' experience in healthcare research.
• Experience with IRB regulatory processes.

Skills Required:

• Superb organization and project management skills. Skilled in coordinating complex project deliverables, ability to prioritize, attention to detail, and ability to analyze problems quickly and find effective solutions.
• Ability to create effective tools for project management, identifying time sensitive deliverables and dependencies, and using these tools to proactively address bottlenecks or address needs for resource reallocation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Able to clearly and supportively communicate with diverse collaborators and stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required along with the ability to build rapport with collaborators and diverse members of the research team. Able to supervise others.
• Well-organized, efficient, and dependable.
• High level of knowledge of research regulatory procedures
• Understanding of clinical research data.
• Sound independent judgement and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Working Conditions:

Work may be performed in a busy academic/ research office setting or remotely, to be discussed at interview.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• May directly supervise 4 or more staff
• Coordinate staffing and scheduling.

Fiscal Responsibility:

Will assist with the management of project budgets ranging from $500,000 to $1.5M per year.