Research Project Manager

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Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools.

With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.

Be You.

At Duke, we believe that great ideas emerge when people bring their authentic selves to work. As a
Research Project Manager with the Center for Child and Family Policy (CCFP), you'll play a vital role in advancing interdisciplinary research that improves outcomes for children and families.

You will partner with faculty, researchers, administrators, community organizations, and external collaborators to coordinate complex research initiatives from concept to completion. Your expertise in project management, communication, and collaboration will help research teams transform innovative ideas into meaningful impact.

In this role, you'll join a mission-driven environment that values diverse perspectives, teamwork, continuous learning, and professional growth.

Work for this position will be based in the North Carolina counties of Bertie, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pitt, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, and Wilson. This position will require significant travel between these counties. Preference would be for the Research Project Manager to live in or near one of these counties.

Be Bold.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and coordinate research projects across the full research lifecycle while supporting nationally recognized faculty and research teams.

• Maintain and consistently apply standard project management methodologies, processes, tools, templates, and guidelines across assigned research projects.
• Develop detailed project plans, task lists, work breakdown structures, schedules, milestones, and work-effort assessments based on input from principal investigators and project team members.
• Plan, lead, and facilitate cross-functional project team meetings involving faculty, research staff, administrative staff, communications, meetings and events, and external collaborators.
• Monitor project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables to support timely completion of project activities.
• Coordinate activities among multiple functional groups and project stakeholders to facilitate achievement of project goals.
• Conduct project learning reviews and identify and share best practices across research teams, including practices related to participant payments, secure information transfer, and Duke financial and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain project management tools and procedures that support effective and consistent project implementation.

Coordinate project start-up, protocol development, project operations, and ongoing management of project risks, issues, scope, schedules, and resources.

• Coordinate project initiation and award start-up activities among principal investigators, research teams, collaborators, and appropriate administrative staff.
• Prepare, draft, and submit protocol applications, amendments, and annual renewals to the Institutional Review Board.
• Manage beginning-to-end submission process for human participants research, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and…