Project Manager - Research Associate - Heart & Vascular

This position is local to NH/VT; can work remotely but ability to come onsite is needed.

The Dartmouth Health Center for Rural Health Care Delivery Science is a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) funded through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences that aims to develop a pipeline of early career investigators focused on addressing gaps in the science of rural health care delivery. The Program Manager-Research Associate is responsible for management of all stages and types of Center initiatives from proposal development, study start-up, regulatory coordination, project planning, activity tracking and reporting, project oversight, and event coordination.

Remote work or hybrid schedule available.

• Collaborates with Center leadership to establish project objectives for Cores, policies, procedures and execute projects.
• Leads Core meetings and provides updates to Center staff and faculty, including all levels of management.
• Works with Research Project Leaders and research study teams to operationalize research projects, including regulatory tasks, data collection and supervising other staff assigned to project execution.
• Initiates and maintains liaison with Center management team and other contacts to facilitate project activities.
• Manages multiple, parallel projects using formal project planning techniques.
• Represents Center in project meetings and attend strategy meetings.
• Responsible for the oversight and management of resources allocated to your project.
• Establishes effective coordination and communications processes to report as a minimum, schedule, performance, costing, risks and mitigation strategies.
• Maintains and adheres to project deadlines, timelines, and deliverables.
• Compiles project status reports. Develops and writes project process and outcome reports.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, presentation and communication skills; ability to foster a collaborative team environment; ability to communicate effectively and respectfully to a diverse community.
• Performs other duties as required
• Bachelor’s Degree with 3 years of experience in project management.
• Previous healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Strong analytical problem solving skills with demonstrated skills to define scope and analyze complex, cross-functional problems and processes.
• Basic knowledge in research evaluation design and descriptive statistics.
• Excellent communication, organizational, decision making and leadership skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent writing skills and experience in scientific writing and presentations.
• Must be skilled in the use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.