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Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.
The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.
Posted Job Title
Research Project Manager C
Job Profile Title
Manager Research Project C
Job Description Summary
The Research Project Manager C provides strategic leadership and comprehensive management of complex, multidisciplinary research programs involving internal and external academic, clinical, patient advocacy, disease foundation, and industry collaborators. The position advances research initiatives from development through execution, dissemination, and sustainability.
Working closely with the principal investigator and research partners, the Research Project Manager C leads research planning and implementation, contributes to competitive grant development, oversees research operations and compliance activities, and ensures successful execution of projects aligned with institutional, sponsor, and regulatory requirements. The position serves as a key scientific and operational partner, providing expertise in research strategy, experimental design, data interpretation, project management, resource allocation, and collaboration development.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for complex research programs involving multidisciplinary teams and multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Partner with the principal investigator to define research objectives, develop project strategies, establish timelines, allocate resources, and implement workflows to achieve research goals.
- Manage day-to-day research activities, including project prioritization, workflow coordination, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of research operations.
- Develop and oversee research management systems, standard operating procedures, documentation practices, and data management processes to support efficiency, reproducibility, and compliance.
- Coordinate collaborations with internal and external investigators, clinical partners, research laboratories, service providers, and other stakeholders.
- Contribute scientific expertise to grant proposals, including research strategies, experimental approaches, preliminary data summaries, milestones, budgets, and supporting documentation.
- Support post-award grant management, including progress reporting, compliance documentation, resource tracking, and sponsor requirements.
- Analyze and interpret research data and prepare scientific reports, presentations, manuscripts, and research summaries for diverse audiences.
- Oversee laboratory operations, including personnel coordination, equipment management, procurement, vendor relationships, and infrastructure improvements.
- Ensure compliance with institution, sponsor, and regulatory requirements, including IACUC, IRB, biosafety, and other applicable policies.
- Train, mentor, and provide guidance to research staff, students, and trainees.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, methodologies, funding opportunities, and collaborations to support research innovation and program growth.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Master's degree in science, engineering, biomedical sciences, management, or a related field and 5-7 years of progressively responsible research project management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex research programs involving multidisciplinary teams and collaborators.
- Experience contributing to grant applications, research proposals, scientific reports, publications, or other scholarly outputs.
- Strong understanding of biomedical research methodologies, experimental design, data analysis, and research operations.
- Ability to independently manage priorities, coordinate multiple projects, solve complex problems, and drive initiatives to completion.
- Experience developing operational procedures, managing research resources, and ensuring compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate scientific concepts effectively to diverse audiences. Fluency in multiple languages is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain productive relationships with investigators, research teams, institutional partners, and external stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced scientific training or research experience in molecular biology, cellular biology, neuroscience, metabolism, genetics, or related biomedical fields.
- Experience writing NIH, foundation, or other competitive research funding applications.
- Experience managing animal research programs, laboratory operations, and regulatory compliance activities.
- Experience coordinating multi-institutional collaborations or translational research initiatives.
- Record of scientific productivity, including peer-reviewed publications, presentations, patents, or other research contributions.
- Experience applying project management principles to complex scientific programs.
Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Department / School
Perelman School of Medicine
Pay Range
$80,891.00 - $112,287.00 Annual Rate
Salary offers are made based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, and in alignment with salary ranges based on external market data for the job's level. Internal organization and peer data at Penn are also considered.
Equal Opportunity Statement
The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin (including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any class protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Special Requirements
Background checks may be required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.
University Benefits
- Health, Life, and Flexible Spending Accounts: Penn
offers comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health,
dental, vision, and life insurance benefits to protect you and your
family's health and welfare. You can also use flexible spending
accounts to pay for eligible health care and dependent care
expenses with pre-tax dollars.
- Tuition: Take advantage of Penn's exceptional tuition
benefits. You, your spouse, and your dependent children can get
tuition assistance here at Penn. Your dependent children are also
eligible for tuition assistance at other institutions.
- Retirement: Penn offers generous retirement plans to
help you save for your future. Penn's Basic, Matching, and
Supplemental retirement plans allow you to save for retirement on a
pre-tax or Roth basis. Choose from a wide variety of investment
options through TIAA and Vanguard.
- Time Away from Work: Penn provides you with a
substantial amount of time away from work during the course of the
year. This allows you to relax, take vacations, attend to personal
affairs, recover from illness or injury, spend time with
family-whatever your personal needs may be.
- Long-Term Care Insurance: In partnership with Genworth
Financial, Penn offers faculty and staff (and your eligible family
members) long-term care insurance to help you cover some of the
costs of long-term care services received at home, in the community
or in a nursing facility. If you apply when you're newly hired, you
won't have to provide proof of good health or be subject to
underwriting requirements. Eligible family members must always
provide proof of good health and are subject to underwriting.
- Wellness and Work-life Resources: Penn is committed to
supporting our faculty and staff as they balance the competing
demands of work and personal life. That's why we offer a wide
variety of programs and resources to help you care for your health,
your family, and your work-life balance.
- Professional and Personal Development: Penn provides an
array of resources to help you advance yourself personally and
professionally.
- University Resources: As a member of the Penn community,
you have access to a wide range of University resources as well as
cultural and recreational activities. Take advantage of the
University's libraries and athletic facilities, or visit our
arboretum and art galleries. There's always something going on at
Penn, whether it's a new exhibit at the Penn Museum, the latest
music or theater presentation at the Annenberg Center, or the Penn
Relays at Franklin Field to name just a few examples. As a member
of the Penn community, you're right in the middle of the
excitement-and you and your family can enjoy many of these
activities for free.
- Discounts and Special Services: From arts and
entertainment to transportation and mortgages, you'll find great
deals for University faculty and staff. Not only do Penn arts and
cultural centers and museums offer free and discounted admission
and memberships to faculty and staff. You can also enjoy
substantial savings on other goods and services such as new cars
from Ford and General Motors, cellular phone service plans, movie
tickets, and admission to theme parks.
- Flexible Work Hours: Flexible work options offer
creative approaches for completing work while promoting balance
between work and personal commitments. These approaches involve use
of non-traditional work hours, locations, and/or job
structures.
- Penn Home Ownership Services: Penn offers a forgivable
loan for eligible employees interested in buying a home or
currently residing in West Philadelphia, which can be used for
closing costs or home improvements.
- Adoption Assistance: Penn will reimburse eligible
employees on qualified expenses in connection with the legal
adoption of an eligible child, such as travel or court fees, for up
to two adoptions in your household.
To learn more, please visit: https://www.hr.upenn.edu/PennHR/benefits-pay
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin (including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any class protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
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