THE PROJECT MANAGER, RESEARCH:

1. Assists in the planning and management of research projects while adhering to budget, scope, and schedule requirements.
2. Manages and coordinates project budgets for the purpose of executing research activities and subcontracts.
3. Oversees the full life of research projects from proposal development through project execution, spanning funding to final reports and dissemination.
4. Ensures coordination of the activities of internal and external collaborators including IRB approval and compliance requirements, project monitoring, data management, statistics, writing, and safety. 
5. Develops and applies best practices in the initiation, planning, execution, control and closing of projects. 
6. Assists in completion and interpretation of uni- and multivariate statistical analysis of resulting data for dissemination purposes.
7. Leads departmental regulatory work, compliance, and interactions with the IRB, Office of Research, Office of Compliance, and other regulatory bodies that includes original protocol and supporting document creation, single IRB arrangements, substantive modifications, continuing reviews, prompt reporting, and audits.
8. May coordinate efforts for the project both within the AbilityLab and through a variety of research collaborators as well as vendors and subcontractors.
9. Interacts with research and development, marketing, regulatory, finance, and other relevant departments as appropriate.
10. Reviews medical and rehabilitation literature and various research publications in order to increase the understanding of the research objectives and to increase the knowledge of research methodologies.
11. Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Required Skills Required Experience

1. Work requires a professional level of knowledge in a behavioral or social science equivalent to that which is acquired through the completion of a Bachelor's degree. Master's degree preferred.
2. Minimum of 5 years of experience in research with a knowledge of research processes.
3. Extensive experience working with regulatory bodies including the IRB, Office of Research, and Office of Compliance involving the creation of new studies in the IRB system, creating study documents, submitting modifications, reporting new information, and taking part in audits.  Experience creating protocols from research proposals preferred.  
4. Minimum two years of experience interviewing (in-person and telephone) within a social/behavioral research setting or clinical setting.
5. Experience with research areas such as outcomes, behavioral interventions, and/or clinical trials.
6. Experience with focus group methodology, conducting focus groups and analyzing results.
7. Knowledge of mail/email and telephone survey research methodology and management. Includes sampling techniques, survey design and development, and follow-up procedures.
8. A good working knowledge of program evaluation methodology and statistical analysis and procedures is required. Desirable statistical skills include knowledge of multivariate analysis techniques such as multiple analysis of variance, multiple regression, logistic regression and factor analysis.
9. Excellent written and oral communication skills, with ability to prepare progress reports, presentations, and papers working with the Principal Investigator and research team.
10. Ability to use Windows-based office and data analysis software and the ability to solve PC hardware and software problems.
11. Experience in database design and programming.
12. A relatively high level of analytical ability is needed in order to solve complex technical problems.