Program Manager, Research Affairs

Overview

Based at the Yale School of the Medicine, YCC’s Office of Research Affairs (ORA) oversees strategic directives and initiatives for the Center. Working with leadership, the ORA helps foster an environment of collaboration and interaction for cancer center members across departmental, school, and institutional boundaries. The team is instrumental in ensuring that all activities continue to meet National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG, P30) guidelines.

Reporting to the ORA Associate Director, the Program Manager will work closely with all team members and collaborate with staff and faculty across the organization. The ideal Program Manager is organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about overseeing a diverse portfolio of activities that enable YCC to maintain NCI designation. This is a critical role in supporting activities that lead to high impact and internationally recognized outcomes and achievements.

Required Skills and Abilities

1. Strong aptitude with computer applications, particularly with reporting tools. Advanced knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and InfoReady.
2. Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and work independently.
3. Demonstrated ability to coordinate and manage review panels composed of senior faculty, ensuring fair, timely, and high‑quality peer evaluation of internal grant proposals.
4. Knowledge of federal grant funding policies and procedures. Proposal and grant writing skills a plus.
5. Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with faculty, trainees, and institutional leadership. The role requires a track record demonstrating high-level independent judgment.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

1. Experience in higher education administration, research training, or program evaluation.
2. Familiarity with grant reporting and CCSG requirements.
3. Pre- and post-award grant administration experience.

Principal Responsibilities

1. Develops and implements research operations to carry out specific long term field studies.
2. Hires, trains and supervises field staff providing direction in research protocol, subject recruitment, enrollment and obtaining consent from identified subjects.
3. Develops complex data management systems to incorporate significant data acquired during all phases of the study; reviews progress and assures accuracy and compliance of data being acquired and stored. Generates regular and ad hoc reports for analysis of study integrity.
4. Provides continuous feedback on study progress, and contributes to complex development of annual reports, statistical reporting and protocol design.
5. May perform other related duties as assigned.