Program Manager

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The Program Manager will lead the day-to-day management of research studies and operations within the PI’s lab and the Center for Advancing Research. Responsibilities include overseeing staff training, developing standard operating manuals, assisting with grant writing, preparing publications, generating research progress reports, and participating in scientific projects including data analyses.

Salary Range: $69,300 – $115,000

• Design and implement systems for standardized data analyses, results presentation, manuscript writing, and paper revision
• Conduct and contribute to statistical analyses when needed
• Manage data sharing and workload distribution within the lab and the Center
• Plan and draft grant proposals and work with pre-award administrators to submit the grant
• Draft progress reports for NIH and foundations to ensure grant renewal
• Prepare and submit IRB protocols for approvals of research studies
• Work with graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and lab staff to advance research
• Set up standard operating manuals for lab and Center procedures
• Standardize the paper writing format in the lab
• Standardize and streamline figure and PowerPoint presentation formats
• Build and maintain inventories of research-related datasets
• Meet regularly with graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, staff, and collaborating investigators
• Re-format and edit research manuscripts to tailor to each journal style for submission
• Hire, orient, train research staff or new postdoctoral researchers
• Plan, develop, implement, and coordinate research projects
• Liaise between PIs/project teams as needed to support collaborations
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s Degree and 4-5 years of related analytical experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Master’s Degree in statistics, applied mathematics, computer science, data science, or other quantitative field

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran. Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.