Senior Research Project Manager

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The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is a world-renowned institution dedicated to advancing public health through cutting-edge research, education, and global collaboration. Our school is a special place to work because of its vibrant, mission-driven community, interdisciplinary approach, and commitment to addressing some of the most pressing health challenges worldwide. We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where innovation, continuous learning, and work-life balance are valued.

The Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a full-time Senior Research Project Manager to work closely with the study Principal Investigators and leadership team and to oversee the day-to-day management of the Apple Women’s Health Study (AWHS). The AWHS is sponsored by Apple Inc, and seeks to study women's health across the lifespan.

In addition to managing AWHS operations, the Senior Research Project Manager will support overlapping research, administrative, and operational activities within the Mahalingaiah Lab. The position will coordinate across study staff, laboratory personnel, institutional partners, and external collaborators to advance research priorities and ensure timely completion of project deliverables. The scope of work, priorities, tasks, and performance goals may evolve in response to sponsor input, study needs, scientific developments, and changing project requirements.

• Manage the daily operations of the AWHS and coordinate overlapping research, administrative, and operational activities within the Mahalingaiah Lab
• Work closely with the Principal Investigators and team members to establish priorities, monitor progress, address challenges, and ensure timely completion of study and laboratory deliverables
• Develop, maintain, and monitor project timelines, milestones, workplans, and reporting requirements; manage competing priorities across AWHS and Mahalingaiah Lab activities. Maintain effective systems for organizing project information, tracking deadlines, documenting decisions, and communicating status across teams
• Facilitate communication and collaboration including calendaring and agenda/post meeting correspondence among research personnel within and across institutions, including the study sponsor and other external partners
• Respond to sponsor feedback and input by helping to revise project priorities, tasks, goals, timelines, procedures, and deliverables as needed
• Assist with developing, maintaining, and implementing standard operating procedures; coordinate preparation and submission of IRB protocols, amendments, reports, Clinical Trials.gov updates, and sponsor-related documentation
• Serve as a primary liaison with Advarra and other relevant institutional or external review partners to facilitate timely review and approval of IRB submissions
• Coordinate periodic review and updating of the Data Management Plan, Manual of Procedures, and other study or laboratory documentation
• Liaise with the participant call center regarding and as is relevant to the new call center, including handling adverse event reporting and communicating updates to the Principal Investigators and sponsor
• Coordinate survey development, revision, testing, and implementation in support of iterative study activities
• Prepare materials for relevant meetings including weekly team meeting, data team meeting, and as needed breakout team meetings; coordinate timelines for relevant external scientific meetings and conferences; and assist with preparing and delivering project updates, presentations, and reports
• Support recruitment and retention planning and help oversee the communications and editorial calendar in coordination with the Principal Investigators and communications staff when relevant
• Coordinate with the department’s administrative core on hiring, onboarding, offboarding, inventory, personnel actions, payments. Oversee purchasing and expensing in collaboration with the lab research administrative assistant
• Supervise, delegate work to, and review the work of…