Program Manager

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

The Program Manager will lead the day-to-day management and oversee various basic science and translational research studies in the Initiative for Columbia Ataxia and Tremor (ICAT) to advance research execution, staff training, setting up Standard Operating Manuals, assisting in grant writing, and generating progress reports.

Responsibilities

• Work with postdoctoral researchers and technicians to advance research.
• Setting up Standard Operational Manuals for each procedure
• Standardize the paper writing format in the lab.
• Standardize and streamline figure formats.
• Build and maintain lab inventories of reagents.
• Work with postdoctoral researchers and technicians to maintain mouse colonies.
• Meet with postdoctoral researchers and technicians to ensure scientific progress and to generate progress reports for various funding agencies and philanthropy.
• Assist Dr. Kuo in grant writing.
• Re-format the manuscript to tailor to each journal style
• Manuscript writing
• Hire, orient, train research staff or new postdoctoral researchers
• Plans, develops, implements, and coordinates research projects.
• Liaising between PIs / project teams as needed to support troubleshooting.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Draft progress reports
• Interact with collaborators and research assistants, postdocs, and graduate students to advance project progress
• Develop or learn new techniques and educate or help lab members to utilize the new technologies

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus 4 years of related experience
• Program management experience required.
• Experience developing, submitting, and / or administering grant proposals required.
• Excellent competence with computers and modern communication tools is required; a proven proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Photoshop, Illustrator, ChatGPT required.
• Exceptional time management, prioritization, and organizational skills required.
• Ability to anticipate needs and take action with minimal direction required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and to engender trust required.
• Strong interpersonal skills, a collaborative nature, and the ability to take initiative required.

Reliability, integrity, grace under pressure and a sense of humor are all valued attributes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. preferred.
• Physiology background
• 5+ years of experience in research
• 3+ years of project management experience
• Minimum of 3 years of working knowledge of the NIH Grant pre- and post-submission process, including but not limited to the following grant types : R01, RO3, U54, U01, DoD
• 3+ years of progressive experience managing research team(s)
• Demonstrated experience with research and analysis, including the ability to synthesize scientific data and create storylines for manuscripts and grants.
• Strong writing skills
• Strong project management skills
• The ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment, with the ability to self-direct and prioritize among competing goals and to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to manage multiple and competing demands, establish priorities, and meet deadlines with minimal oversight.

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