Clinical Research Program Manager

The Barrow Neuro Analytics Center (BNAC) is an 18,000-square-foot data science hub that leverages large-scale, data-driven research approaches to better understand and ultimately improve outcomes in neurological diseases. The Barrow Neuroimaging Innovation Center (BNIC) is a 6,000 square-foot imaging research facility with a research-dedicated 3T MRI and advanced acquisition capabilities, supporting cutting-edge structural and functional neuroimaging for internal and external investigators. Within BNAC, the Multimodal Imaging Genomics (MIG) Lab combines neuroimaging, genomics, and machine learning to study brain aging and secondary injury across cerebrovascular, neurodegenerative, and traumatic brain diseases. The Research Program Manager will provide high-level program management across the MIG Lab and BNIC, coordinating complex, data-intensive projects, aligning timelines and deliverables, and ensuring organized, compliant operations that enable PIs and teams to execute impactful neuroimaging and omics research at scale.

The Research Program Manager – Neuroimaging/Data Science is responsible for the administration, oversight, and coordination of complex research portfolios in neuroimaging and bioinformatics/omics across multiple principal investigators (PIs). The role ensures rigorous planning, execution, and tracking of grants, studies, and datadriven projects, with a strong emphasis on detailed documentation, organized workflows, and ontime delivery of milestones. The Program Manager partners closely with PIs, research administration, and crossfunctional teams (imaging analysts, data scientists, biostatisticians, coordinators) to support study startup, regulatory approvals, data management, and reporting activities. The position requires exceptional attention to detail, the ability to manage numerous parallel tasks and deadlines, and the capacity to build and maintain structured systems that keep PI research programs running efficiently and compliantly.

Essential Functions
Facilitates research activities in close partnership with PIs by coordinating grant submissions, renewals, progress reports, and portfolio-level planning for neuroimaging and bioinformatics/omics projects, ensuring all components are complete, accurate, and submitted on time.
Develops, maintains, and regularly updates portfolio-level workplans (e.g., Gantt charts, task trackers, dashboards) for each PI, tracking key deliverables such as data freezes, analyses, manuscripts, regulatory submissions, and sponsor deadlines.

Coordinates the full lifecycle of studies within PI portfolios, from initial concept and feasibility review through IRB/other regulatory submissions, study activation, ongoing amendments, and final study closure, ensuring meticulous documentation and compliance with institutional and federal requirements.

Serves as the central operational point of contact for assigned PI portfolios, organizing and leading regular checkins, circulating agendas and minutes, documenting decisions and action items, and following through to confirm timely completion of tasks by all team members.
Implements and maintains standardized organizational systems (e.g., shared drive structures, naming conventions, templates, SOPs, project management tools) tailored to neuroimaging and omics workflows, promoting consistency, version control, and reproducibility across projects.
Coordinates cross-functional project teams, including imaging core staff, data engineers, statisticians, coordinators, and external collaborators, to clarify roles, define timelines, monitor progress, and promptly address operational barriers.

Supports financial and administrative management of PI portfolios by collaborating with research administration on budget development, monitoring expenditures, managing invoicing and effort reporting, and flagging variances or risks early using structured tracking tools.

Prepares and quality checks high-detail materials for internal and external stakeholders, including status reports, slide decks, sponsor updates, and metrics summaries (e.g., enrollment, data completeness, analysis progress), ensuring all information is accurate, current, and clearly organized.

• Bachelors Degree required, Or
• Masters  Degree in healthcare related or (neuroscience, bioinformatics, biostatistics, data science, public health, health administration, or similar).
• Minimum of five (5) years experience inneuroimaging, bioinformatics, and/or multiomics (e.g., MRI/fMRI/diffusion imaging, genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, large-scale data science)
• Three (3) years management experience.
• Clinical Research Associate, within 12 - months

Hello humankindness Located conveniently in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona,St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital that provides a wide range of health, social and support services. Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's was the first hospital in the Phoenix area. More than 125 years later, St. Joseph's remains dedicated to its mission of caring for the poor and underserved. We are extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality quaternary care, medical education and research. St. Joseph's includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center at St. Joseph's, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center (which is verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services. St. Joseph’s is considered a sought-after destination hospital for treating the most complex cases from throughout the world. Every day, approximately 20 percent of the hospital’s patients have traveled from outside of Arizona and the United States to seek treatment at St. Joseph’s. U.S News & World Report routinely ranks St. Joseph's among the top hospitals in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery. In addition, St. Joseph's boasts the Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph's, and a strategic alliance with Phoenix Children's Hospital. St. Joseph's is consistently named an outstanding place to work and one of Arizona's healthiest employers.

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