Project Manager, Research and Data Workflow

Overview

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The American Heart Association has an opportunity for a Project Manager, Research and Data Workflow, working with the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) as part of Sustainable Food Systems s position can be home-based.

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, grant-funded opportunity. This is a one-year position and may be extended pending funding.

Sustainable Food Systems @ Heart is an innovation portfolio of the American Heart Association focused on transforming food systems into measurable drivers of human and planetary health. Within Sustainable Food Systems @ Heart, The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) serves to build the scientific infrastructure, translational tools, and capacity needed to move food to a health solution.

Specifically, The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is a science-to-action initiative co-managed by the American Heart Association that is offering standardized multi-omics tools, data, and training to characterize food quality of the world's edible biodiversity. Our global ecosystem is mapping food quality based on diverse components, including macronutrients, micronutrients, and specialized metabolites, as well as their variation across food systems.

PTFI's vision is a world where collaborators in food, agriculture and health are enabled to lead data-driven solutions that provide healthy food from sustainable food systems. (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

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Responsibilities

The Project Manager, Research and Data Workflow serves as a central operational and scientific coordination role within The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI), supporting the full lifecycle of omics-enabled research from study design through data analysis and translation. Working closely with the Senior Program Manager of Research and Translation, this role helps ensure that research projects move efficiently from experimental planning and sample procurement to multi-omics data generation, quality control, analysis, and publication.

The position collaborates with principal investigators, analytical laboratories, data scientists, statisticians, and software teams across the PTFI ecosystem to coordinate research operations, manage complex data workflows, and translate multi-omics datasets into analysis-ready resources and scientific outputs. Acting as connective tissue across research teams and data systems, the role helps design studies, coordinate sample logistics, oversee multi-omics data readiness, and support the development of analytical tools and publications that advance discovery and real-world applications.

Research Study Coordination Coordinate research studies and deliverables across the PTFI ecosystem, including timelines, milestone tracking, data/metadata handoffs, and reporting.
• Facilitate research collaboration across laboratories, researchers, and technical teams to ensure efficient project execution. Experimental Design and Sample Logistics Support study design and execution in partnership with PIs and laboratories.
• Coordinate procurement, tracking, and chain-of-custody of food samples, biospecimens, and associated metadata to ensure…