Center Manager - Center Brain And Health

Job Description:

New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) seeks to appoint a Center Manager reporting to the Director, Center for Brain and Health.

The Center Manager provides administrative and organizational support for the day-to-day running of NYUAD’s Abu Dhabi Center for Brain and Health (CBH), Precision Medicine Aspire Research Institute (ADPMARI), and Rokers Vision Lab. This role provides an optimal level of organization and management of Lab and Center operations, procedures, and reports that facilitates effectiveness and efficiency. In handling multiple projects simultaneously, by generating data-driven reports and presentations for the Faculty and Principal Investigators, and by meeting deadlines, this role ensures that numerous stakeholders receive comprehensive administrative support at the highest level;

by demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge of University policies, procedures, and operations, and an understanding of NYU Abu Dhabi’s role within NYU and the field of international higher education.

The Manager is a key role responsible for overseeing and optimizing the operational and resource management functions within the organization. This position plays a crucial role in ensuring the seamless execution of day-to-day activities, financial management, strategic planning, and resource optimization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in operations management, resource planning, and a proven track record of implementing effective processes to enhance organizational efficiency.

Job Responsibilities:

Project Management of NYUAD’s ADPMARI, CBH projects and Ad-hoc projects:

• Organize requirements gathering sessions with the stakeholders, establish project plan with information on the processes, deliverables, costs, risks, assumptions and dependencies
• Create project schedule with planned dates, sequences of the activities, and milestones
• Communication with the stakeholders from all the participating universities and industry partners
• Organize progress update meeting with the stakeholders, run review meetings, establish a dashboard highlighting progress update, circulate the dashboard with the stakeholders weekly or monthly and organize and maintain databases, files, documents, repositories
• Measure the project progression and performance to ensure that the milestones and deliverables are aligned with the project plan
• Responsible for regularly logging and logging and reporting risks, issues schedule updates, project progress and status
• Track and update deliverables, schedules, risks and issue log

Resource Planning:

• Manage and facilitate internal strategy development efforts (managing stakeholders and aligning internal strategy); and support the development of reports, memoranda, and presentations
• Analyze data and metrics to make informed decisions and continuously improve processes
• Implement proactive measures to address potential challenges in operations and resource planning
• Lead the development and execution of resource planning processes to ensure optimal utilization of personnel, equipment, and other resources
• Monitor and analyze resource allocation and utilization, making recommendations for improvements as needed
• Develop and schedule activities in accordance with Center’s goals, objectives and funding limitations
• Collaborate with the Office of General Council and the Collaborations Team to develop MOU and research agreements with the collaborators
• Monitor Center activities for effectiveness to develop improved methods; devises evaluation methodology and implements
• Analyzes results and recommends and/or takes appropriate action
• Provide effective leadership to the operations team, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented work environment
• Develop and mentor team members, ensuring their professional growth and alignment with organizational goals

Strategic Operations and Administration Management:

• Establish and maintain a collaborative inter-institutional relationship with different collaborators
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless coordination and communication across departments
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand their resource needs…