Job title:  Project Manager, IS Clinical Research
Duration: 12 Months 
Location: Los Angles , CA, 90032, (Hybrid  Remote)
 
Job Description
 Remote work requirements :-

• Remote Work and Onsite Expectations for This Role:
• Remote work is acceptable, with a preference for local candidates or those within Pacific or Central Time Zones. NO EST
• Occasional onsite requirements may include HR orientation, equipment pickup, pre-employment health appointments, annual team events, go-lives, or other manager-assigned instances.
• Flexible travel expectations, typically requiring onsite presence 2-4 days per year for most remote team members.
• Equipment shipping available for candidates located 2+ hours driving distance from the office.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience working with – or in – Healthcare IT Project Management Office
• Strong technical project management skills
• Experience building business cases / project justifications and return on investment reports
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills / professionally articulate
• Experience with Healthcare electronic data capture systems, including electronic medical records systems
• BA/BS degree with a major in a related field and five years of experience in health informatics project management
• Knowledge of research regulatory requirements, formal project management methodologies, comprehensive understanding of business requirements gathering and analysis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of clinical trials research and associated processes
• Research budget management experience
• Experience with clinical data research projects and/or working in an academic medical environment.
• Familiarity with interfacing HL7 Clinical Document.Architecture (CDA) and/or Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)

Key Responsibilities:

• Under the direction of the Portfolio Manager the successful candidate will:
• Participate in both strategic planning and tactical execution of clinical research data projects in analysis and implementation; facilitate communications between project partners, clinical researchers and data scientists as they relate to supporting research data acquisition and utilization issues and provide oversight and direction to project team members.
• Provides program support for BioData Catalyst by leading project management planning, execution, reporting, and close out activities as necessary to ensure the program meets approved program strategies, milestones, and deliverables
• Provides coordination, management, and oversight of project management activities for the Health Data Informatics and Research team in a matrixed, cross-functional environment
• Ensures program compliance with all policies and procedures related to project management, contract relations, purchasing, and fiscal planning
• Assists in the preparation of program reports, including monthly updates and quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports
• Coordinates meeting management support for the assigned projects and programs, including drafting agendas, taking meeting notes/minutes and recording and monitoring action items for initiative committees, sub-committees, peer review panels, external advisory panels, scrum teams, program reviews, and other stakeholders as needed
• Communicates effectively with senior-level leads within the Health System, Keck School of Medicine, and the University to compose both business and scientific documents and ensure smooth operations of the Program
• Maintain all status related communications with internal and external stakeholders (i.e., affected parties) Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Experience leading a variety of multi-person projects simultaneously and comfortable switching gears depending on business requirements.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders, including highly collaborative multi - PI grants, faculty, academic leadership, and staff.
• Experience managing diverse teams including resources with divergent skills (e.g: technical, clinical, analytics) to achieve harmonized research data provision supporting network or individual study objectives.

• Expertise leading teams responsible for cross-platform research data acquisition and management.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
• Proficiency with project management tools, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Teams, MS Visio
• Virtual/cloud based data management and administration including regulated security and privacy configurations required for research (IRB, HIPPA..)
• Compliance and information security as relations to
• Deep understanding of complex EMR, Research and Public Health system workflows with a focus on data generation and exchange.
• Familiarity with healthcare data organization, storage, cataloging, and analytics
• Familiarity with complex research data management tools, standards, and techniques that support various modes of data ingestion and curation.
• Bonus: familiarities with ontologoies and/or coding systems such as ICD, CPT, LOINC and MedDRA.
• Bonus: Familiarity with the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP), Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) tooling, and Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap).
• Bonus: Experience with Cerner Electronical Medical Record System
• Bonus: Experience with Amazon Web Services and their offerings

  

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