Senior Research Project Manager

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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.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• 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…