Program Manager

** Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center**:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated.

It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
** Organization:
** Neurology Admin 20
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* Job Summary:

** JOB SUMMARY    The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology division is a multidisciplinary research team comprised of professionals dedicated to improving the lives of those with neurodegenerative disorders and their families. This division focuses on diagnosis, treatment and scientific study of neurodegeneration, with a focus on cognitive, movement, and behavioral disorders. Our team integrates clinical neurology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, neuroimaging, and translational research to advance clinical care and treatment options for our patients and their families.
The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology division is seeking a highly motivated Program Manager to join the team. The Program Manager will be responsible for the Darby Lab Frontotemporal Dementia program of research. The Darby Lab uses a combination of structural MRI, functional connectivity MRI, and behavioral testing to understand complex neurological disorders involving cognitive impairment, psychosis, and/or abnormal social behavior. The applicant will be primarily responsible for managing clinical research studies in patients with frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), as well as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson disease.

The Darby Lab displays a wide range of research studies from longitudinal natural history studies, studies on social decision-making, and clinical trials that range from phase 1-3, including gene therapy. The Program Manager will work closely with coordinators, investigators, clinicians, patients, caregivers, and other team members to support the execution of pharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trials, foundation funded observational studies, and NIH funded research.
The division is committed to training the next generation of clinicians, scientists, and research professionals. The division provides extensive education and professional development opportunities for research staff, neurology residents and fellows, graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and students exploring careers in neuroscience, medicine, neuropsychology, nursing, and more. Team members participate in a variety of experiences including weekly meetings, seminars, protocol trainings, journal clubs, observe clinical evaluations, non-invasive procedures, neuroimaging, and cognitive assessments, and have opportunities to obtain hands-on experience and training in good clinical practice (GCP), human subjects protections, regulatory processes, biospecimen handling, cognitive testing, clinical data collection, and others.

Additionally, there are mentorship opportunities from faculty, senior research managers, and other staff.
This is an excellent opportunity for candidates interested in neurology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, or medicine who want hands-on clinical research program management experience in a collaborative academic environment. We are seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual with skills in organization, project management, problem solving, effective communication, and people management. Strong interpersonal skills in empathy and comfort working with individuals with cognitive and movement symptoms is required.

This is a fully in-person job with potential occasional evening or weekend hours. Ideally, the candidate would have 3-5 years of clinical research coordinating experience, including clinical trial experience, and foundational skills to effectively and independently manage the people and projects within a large research portfolio..
** BEHAVIORAL & COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY MISSION AND VALUES STATEMENTS
**** Mission Statement
** To improve the lives of patients with cognitive and behavioral disorders, their families, and society through innovative clinical care, research, education, and community engagement.
** Values Statement
** To achieve this mission, we will develop and maintain a culture that values personal autonomy, collaboration, and innovation. We will empower those within the division to develop expertise, compassion for patients, respect for others, and passion for their work.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Oversee the creation, coordination and execution of research…