UNIV - Program Manager - Department of Medicine: Division of Pulmonary

UNIV
- Program Manager I
- Department of Pulmonary

Serve as Program Manager for the Thoracic Oncology Research Group (TORG) within the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. While operating with a substantial amount of autonomy, this position will provide technical and clinical oversite for all research operations for the TORG. This may include studies investigating lung cancer screening, detection, evaluation, and disparities in cancer care. This position will supervise and provide administrative oversite to 10 or more research coordinators and trial operations oversite at 6 MUSC locations across the state of South Carolina.

Additionally, the position oversees the expansion of the TORG's program to MUSC's Regional Hospital Network (RHN) sites, directly supervises coordinators at each RHN sites, and oversees daily operations at each site. Effective communication, organizational skills, customer service, ability to perform effectively with minimal supervision, and diligence are a vastly important requirement as this position collaborates with a wide range of individuals both internally and externally.

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC
- Univ)

Worker Type:
Employee

Worker Sub-Type:
Research Grant

Cost Center: CC000974 COM DOM PULM General CC

Pay Rate Type:
Salary

Pay Grade:
University-GEN
11

Pay Range: 66,400.

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Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Work Shift:

Job Duties:

20% - The Program Manager will act as primary Point of Contact for industry sponsors for industry sponsors and federal grant officers regarding budget negotiation, contract negotiation, and project start-up. Develop and maintain system for tracking proposals, start-up progress, start date projections, and outstanding items to ensure project activation is on track and do not experience significant delays. Program Manager duties will include program oversite, completion, and review of all subject screening and recruitment, data entry, routine data management tracking, and completion of study level visits.

Additionally, the Program Manager will make initial and interval submission to regulatory agencies and federal and foundation grant partners including during study start-up, monitoring visits, audits, and event/final grant reporting. The PM I will serve as liaison between MUSC and sponsor during study start-up and will perform feasibility assessments on potential upcoming studies. The position will also act as a liaison for multi-site studies, managing regulatory submissions and reporting across all participating sites and with the IRB of record.

This includes frequent travel to SC sites and may include travel out of state.

20% - The Program Manager will supervise a group of 10 or more coordinators including direct supervision Program Coordinators stationed at 6 MUSC locations including MUSC Charleston, Florence, Lancaster, Chester, Columbia, and Kershaw. The individual will travel between the sites, oversee daily operations, provide 1:1 training for all new staff, and provide support to the coordinators. The PM I will work with physicians, clinic staff, and the RHN communities to promote research at MUSC's RHN sites.

15% - Program Manager will oversee the operations of the MUSC Lung Cancer and Lung Cancer Screening Biorepository and Multi-Cancer Early Detection Biorepository. This will include supply management, subject identification, barrier identification, recruitment optimization, cohort enrollment goals, and will provide administrative oversite of the sample distribution governance process.

15% - The PM I will reconcile study spending with budget reports received from the MUSC Office of Grants and Accounting. The individual will work with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care's finance team to review accounts, evaluate TORG financial status, and problem solve any account issues that arise. The PM I will perform regular internal financial audits of TORG accounts and be responsible for accurate personnel effort allocation for investigators and research staff at all TORG sites.

PM I will regularly review study financial records to ensure accurate billing and resources assigned to each study.

15% - This individual will serve as the primary point of contact for all TORG grant submissions. Responsibilities include authorship of key grant documents, generation of study budgets, budgeting revisions, and contractual/SOW/protocol revisions in collaboration with corporate sponsors and in compliance with federal grant guidelines. The PM I will lead the grant team in meeting all time-sensitive requirements for an accurate and timely grant submission.

Additionally, the PM I will guide the implementation of contracts with participating institutions and collaboration with interdepartmental research teams.

10% - The PM I will be responsible for the following reporting and manuscript preparation duties: authorship and submission of all quarterly and annual reports required by TORG research studies, annual renewal reports for MUSC IRB, monthly accrual reports…