Senior research manager job description

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is seeking a dynamic candidate to fill the role of Sr. Research and Grants Manager to work under minimal supervision on all financial aspects of the Principal Investigators assigned to the work unit they support. This includes a large volume and diverse set of federal and non-federal sponsored research projects, involving multiple sub-awards, principal investigators, and/or cross-school initiatives.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine places high importance on advancing science and integrating our mission with those of clinical innovation and service, educational excellence, community engagement and commitment, and professionalism and leadership development. This approach allows us to change future understanding and practices in our fields of science, the health professions, and society at large. It is an approach that stretches the traditional boundaries of an academic department and acknowledges the interdependent nature of the five missions with which we are entrusted. For us, the vision affirms the diverse activities, past successes, and distinct career paths of our multidisciplinary faculty. It establishes a mindset that will help draw our people together to collaborate and combine efforts that are necessary in moving forward this full academic portfolio. Finally, it is a vision that provides an authentic rationale for growth in a number of critical areas arising in fields from basic science to public policy.
Duties include:
• Obtain cost sharing commitment and support. Serve as liaison and active partner between principal investigators, Office of Sponsored Research, research groups, and other departments; respond to sponsor inquiries; advise of new regulations.
• Collaborate with Office of Sponsored Research to ensure awards are set up properly and cost-sharing requirements are fulfilled; initiate cost transfers.
• Review and approve expenditures, advise on post award spending and commitment activity, and oversee compliance related to fund and revenue.
• Develop and communicate reports supporting project status; create forecasting models, scenarios, and decision aides.
• Manage contract closeout process and audit inquiries; submit final reports and certificates.
• Interpret complex university and government policies (FAR, Cost Accounting Standards, Office of Management and Budget circulars, sponsored guidelines, etc.) for project and university personnel and help guide other staff in interpreting complex policies.
• Identify and implement process improvements. Participate in and lead cross campus projects. Train and advise on issues requiring specific technical expertise.
• Oversee and review work of other staff. May supervise, train and mentor other staff.
• Serve as a resource on subject area to principal investigator staff.

Other duties may also be assigned
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• MA/MS/MBA

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED ):
Bachelor's degree and five years of job related experience, or combination of education and experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):
• Expert knowledge and fluency of governmental regulations (e.g. FAR, A-21, A-110, A-133, CAS).
• Knowledge and ability to understand, interpret, and communicate university policies and procedures. Excellent oral, written, and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical skills; demonstrated proficiency in Excel and web-based tools. Strong accounting skills; knowledge of accounting principles.
• Knowledge of procurement needs, including sole-sourcing, cost analyses, vendor requirements, and small business reporting
• Strong knowledge of property management requirements related to Stanford or non-Stanford title of equipment and fabrications.
• Expert in project management, including managing international collaborations and complex multi-sub award contracts.
• Knowledge of personnel management, including proposing effort for and training and hiring of students, post-doctorals, academic appointments, regular staff, bargaining unit staff, and consultants, along with the circumstances appropriate for each type of position.
• Extreme attention to detail.
• Ability to review a proposal or manage a project with understanding of the overall scope and goal of each sponsored project.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES:
• Cardinal Curriculum I and II must be completed to remain in this position.
• Certified Accountant or Auditor, MBA, project management certification, or similar credential desired.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:
• Frequently sit, grasp lightly, use fine manipulation and perform desk-based computer tasks, lift, carry, push and pull objects weighing up to ten pounds.
• Occasionally stand, walk, grasp forcefully, use a telephone, write by hand and sort and file paperwork or parts.
• Rarely lift, carry, push and pull objects weighing 11-20 pounds.
* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to per f or m the essential functions of his or her job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Remote and/or hybrid working arrangement available.
** - COVID VACCINE COMPLIANCE: Stanford University requires all faculty, staff, postdocs, and students coming on-site to work at a Stanford location to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. If you are offered and accept a position with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, proof of vaccination documentation must be provided upon hire and all members of the department are expected to comply with all appropriate safety protocols.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Senior Research Project Manager for the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science. This position serves as Lead Analyst for multiple large, complex health services research studies involving longitudinal modeling of extremely large healthcare datasets in support of multiple research grants funded by NIH and other competitive funders. Under the direction of the Project Director, Associate Director, and/or Principal Investigator, this position implements complex statistical analyses of health care claims data including millions of Medicare and Medicaid claims and other research data; interfaces with scientific collaborators at other institutions; and prepares reports of analytic results.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Oversees and conducts analyses involving complex modeling and advanced use of statistical and analytic tools in SAS and other analytic software and guide the work of analytic teams. Works directly with senior faculty and other investigators on study design, development and implementation of protocols for analyses. Applies advanced knowledge of statistical theory and practice to analytic work and provide high-level statistical consultation and expertise to federally funded projects including the selection of appropriate statistical modeling strategies to appropriately address research questions and test hypotheses in pharmacoepidemiology studies. Maintains high-level expertise in advanced statistical techniques for health services and outcomes research. Serves as in-house consultant on methods. Implements modeling strategies in health care "big data" to address critical population health questions. Plans and implements complex linkages across datasets and multiple sources of administrative, clinical and outcomes data in order to enhance validity of findings. Plans and implements use of sophisticated methodological tools to reduce confounding in large observational outcomes studies. Contributes to research proposals and peer-reviewed articles serving as co-author on articles and reports to funding agencies. Co-leads dissemination and implementation efforts (e.g., articles, papers, conference presentations) in areas of specialization.



Minimum Education and Experience



Master's degree in a related scientific field. A minimum of five years experience with large data set analyses and / or increasing functional responsibility in a leadership role.



Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities



Excellent skills in planning and organizing data, information and resources as well as in information integration, independent decision-making, and attaining results. Substantial experience conducting sophisticated statistical analyses of large, complex datasets including experience with SAS , R, and/or Stata, statistical modeling, and health care informatics. Understand the federal privacy regulations, be aware of the function, operation, and importance of the IRB and human subjects protections.



Overview


New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Analog Devices (NASDAQ: ADI) designs and manufactures semiconductor products and solutions. We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital worlds with unmatched technologies that sense, measure and connect.
Senior Manager, User Experience and Design.

This role can be based in Wilmington, MA or Limerick, Ireland

The Role

Our team is seeking an energetic leader to help lead our growing User Experience and Design team. The Senior Manager, User Experience and Design will set the vision and roadmap for defining digital design standards and driving cohesive customer user experience across Analog Devices with a specific focus on analog.com. This role will lead digital designers at ADI and vendors that create digital experiences that drive growth for our business. This will include leading the ideation, research, prototyping and design of digital experiences in a cross-functional environment that support our digital marketing and customer experience efforts.

User experience is at the forefront of how we create, innovative, and build products that delight our customers. We strive to learn and understand our customers' needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design.

The role will involve leading detailed research on how our customer work, engage in their digital experiences, how consumerization and digitalization of our daily lives will impact ADI's digital experiences and that of our customers. How we digitalize the experiences blended with traditional engineering will require research with our customers, market analysis and collaborating with internal marketing and development teams.

Responsibilities


Lead a growing global team of UX designers and researchers, providing input to staffing decisions whilst expanding the team's capabilities and skillsets Collaborate effectively with other ADI design leaders to define unified digital design guidelines and standards that can be leveraged across ADI to reinforce our brand and optimize customer experience Understand trends in digital visual and interaction design and evangelize best practices across the enterprise Partner with cross functional teams to ideate, design and prototype digital experiences that support of our go to market efforts Help guide the team in iterating on digital design solutions with feedback from stakeholders and partners to optimize experience and results Define and present design concepts to partners and leaders that help deliver on marketing and business partner objectives Collaborate effectively with front end web development resources that can design and create web content components in industry standard content management platforms Identify best method or mix of quantitative and qualitative methods based on research questions, timeline, and resourcing. Lead the research design and execution from a variety of research study methods including usability lab studies, remote research, field studies and survey design. Successfully persuade decision makers at all levels of the organization to take aligned action on research findings - inspire them and help them internalize opportunities to delight customers and differentiate our service. Champion a culture of experimentation and implement structured approaches to optimization of digital experiences



Qualifications



As a leadership and management role, previous leadership experience is essential. 8-10 years of experience in digital design in a leadership position with proven success leading User Experience Design and Research projects and teams. Expertise in leading the development of user journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, visual design, front end web development, usability research and testing and design libraries A portfolio demonstrating past work experience and deliverables (eg: study plans, reports, personas) 5+ years of end-to-end experience with all aspects of research (study design, test creation, recruiting, moderation, analysis, reporting) Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills; the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization Experience in a highly agile/scrum environment. Passion for being a team leader and developing people.


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