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Project Manager

Mount Sinai Health System
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The Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai (BIRC-MS) conducts cutting-edge research, with a primary focus on addressing the challenges of living with traumatic brain injury (TBI). We have a strong legacy of evaluating the effectiveness of behavioral and other interventions designed to improve the cognitive, emotional and behavioral functioning of people with brain injuries. Since 1987 the BIRC-MS has made seminal contributions to the state of the science with respect to long-term outcomes of TBI, as well as approaches to improving health and life quality after injury. For more information about our current studies, please visit www.tbicentral.org.

The current opening is for a Project Manager who would work primarily on a large, multi-center consortium grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) that involves 5 research projects across over 20 collaborating sites. The ENRICH Brain Health Study involves close partnership with stakeholders including Veterans and individuals living with brain injury, leveraging nationwide research infrastructure to investigate the clinical and biological correlates of post-traumatic neurodegeneration and suicide risk in civilians and Veterans, as well as the postmortem neuropathological processes underlying neurodegenerative disease risk and suicide. 

This Project Manager position in the Brain Injury Research Center (BIRC) will provide administrative leadership in the implementation of a large multi-center DoD-funded program of research designed to improve brain health in civilians and Veterans with TBI. This individual will serve as the primary point of contact between the lead study site and all collaborating sites, institutional review boards, HRPO, and study investigators across sites. The Project Manager will prepare and submit regulatory paperwork, ensure regulatory compliance, prepare and submit regular progress reports, and assist with the implementation of a broad multidisciplinary program of brain health research.

This position involves working with an outstanding team of investigators across the United States, all with a strong history of productive collaboration, collegial relationships, and strong commitment to improving brain health and life quality for civilians and Veterans living with brain injury. 2 years minimum experience (3 yrs preferred) in clinical research coordination in a leadership and/or supervisory role.

  1. Performs duties directly contributing to the administrative management of the ENRICH Brain Health study and BIRC research program. The incumbent will work with the Principal Investigator in collaboration with other key staff including multidisciplinary Co-Investigators.
  2. Plans, develops, reviews, evaluates and directly participates in the establishment and implementation of specific post-award projects and objectives, which includes advancing the body of knowledge in research that has direct applicability to understanding and improving the long-term outcomes of TBI.
  3. Lead the data collection in clinical research studies this includes but is not limited to screening, clinical data collection, neuropsychological test administration, and other standardized testing
  4. Provide overall monitoring of progress across 5 complementary research studies, working with the PI to ensure milestones are met on time.
  5. Liaise with Veterans service organizations and brain injury advocacy groups to facilitate research recruitment and ongoing collaborations.
  6. The incumbent will effectively liaise with Departmental grants management specialists for administrative questions concerning the post-award deployment of the research program.
  7. Assists in the planning and logistical coordination of meetings and office activities, forums and conferences including travel and meeting planning.
  8.  Ensures that all study protocols are submitted and routed to the appropriate committee (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Institutional Review Board, HRPO, Bio-Safety Officer and Financial Conflict of Interest in Research Committee) and that all study modifications and renewals are made in a timely manner consistent with regulatory requirements.
  9.  Provides information to Sponsored Programs Accounting for fund activation. Prepares and follows up on purchase orders, change orders, check requests and petty cash vouchers.
  10. Create and maintain computer documentation and appropriate files for proposal submissions, awards, and research expenditures.
  11. Oversees research compliance including IRB and R&D human subjects protection compliance and related paperwork, ensuring compliance with federal human subjects protection safeguards, including HIPAA and data safety, privacy, confidentiality and security.
  12. The incumbent will assist the Director and/or BIRC investigators in the preparation of presentations, progress reports, final research reports, and manuscripts for publications in professional journals.
  13. Establishes and maintains professional relationships with the scientific community through participation at scientific meetings and professional organizations' conferences and seminars as a liaison of the BIRC.
  14. Participates in Work-in-Progress meetings as both a presenter and participant, enhancing the intellectual life of the BIRC. May prepare minutes of meetings, agendas, correspondence, statistical reports, tables and other documents and transcribes dictation as needed.
  15. Performs other related duties.