Research Manager, Center for Causal Inference (Biostatistics Division)

Job Description Summary

Oversees the day-to-day operations of the Penn Center for Causal Inference (CCI) within the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (DBEI). Provides advice and guidance to facilitate the center director's leadership of highly complex research programs, including primary faculty, an educational program with Penn and visiting PhD students, post-docs and various annual visitors, as well as many nationally and internationally positioned research network projects. Manages and oversees center compliance with departmental, school, and university policies and procedures.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversees the day-to-day operations of the Penn Center for Causal Inference (CCI). Provides advice and guidance to facilitate the center director's leadership of highly complex research and educational program, as well as many nationally and internationally positioned research network projects. Manages and oversees center compliance with departmental, school, and university policies and procedures. Supervises, trains, and onboards new, full-time and temporary staff within the center.
• Collaborates with the research and administrative teams on strategy development for all operational activities within CCI and ensures that appropriate strategies are aligned with institutional objectives. Develops best practices, methods, techniques, and operational standards for activities within the center.
• Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships within and outside of the Perelman School of Medicine and Penn. Act as a liaison between the center and key stakeholders (e.g., commercial partners, alumni, industry and other academic institutions).
• Ensures streamlined and standardized processes, eliminate redundancies, and ensures sound financial stewardship of space, equipment and expenditures for the center. This role will partner with DBEI research finance team and administration to manage and report status of research and discretionary budgets to the center director.
• Directs communication of center priorities to ensure execution of goals and milestones through regular meetings, status updates, and other written communications with center director. Facilitates and manages communications and collaboration between the center and departmental leadership.
• Oversees and manages multiple projects; anticipates and tracks critical dates, events and organizational issues for the center director. Independently prioritizes, plans, coordinates and oversees logistics for meetings and conferences with individuals and entities, internal and external to the university. Follows-up with appropriate faculty, staff and external colleagues to ensure deadlines are met.
• In coordination with the Division of Biostatistics and the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, this role will facilitate center-related faculty recruitment efforts.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Position contingent upon funding.