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About the Role

Dell Medical School is seeking a Research Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and oversee moderately complex research projects, ensuring successful delivery of scope, timeline, quality, compliance, and budget objectives. This role acts as the central point of accountability, translating scientific and operational objectives into executable project plans and managing cross-functional dependencies.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
Coordinates sequencing of tasks and dependencies across multidisciplinary teams.
Tracks project progress against scope, schedule, and budget.
Identifies and resolves execution issues that impact project outcomes.
Ensures adherence to IRB requirements, institutional research governance, sponsor terms, and applicable federal, state, and funding-agency regulations.
Coordinates protocol submissions, amendments, renewals, and project close-out activities.
Maintains accurate and audit-ready project documentation.
Partners with regulatory, compliance, and research integrity teams to address findings or issues.
Serves as the primary liaison among investigators, research teams, and administrative partners.
Facilitates project meetings, decision forums, and routine status reporting.
Aligns stakeholders on priorities, risks, timelines, and resource needs.
Escalates issues appropriately to leadership or sponsors.
Develops and monitors project budgets and forecasts.
Tracks expenditures, effort allocation, invoicing, and sponsor payments.
Collaborates with finance and grants administration to ensure financial compliance.
Identifies variances and recommends corrective actions.
Identifies project risks and develops mitigation strategies.
Implements quality control measures to support deliverable accuracy and integrity.
Monitors performance indicators such as milestones, enrollment, reporting, or deliverables.
Prepares projects for internal or external reviews and audits.
Prepares project reports, dashboards, and leadership updates.
Develops standardized tools, templates, and workflows.
Contributes to continuous improvement of research project management practices.
Supports grant proposal development with timelines, milestones, and operational inputs.
Assists with onboarding and training of research staff on project processes.
Participates in sponsor site visits, monitoring activities, or inspections.
Represents research operations on institutional committees or workgroups.
Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
Performs related duties as required.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Business, Public Health, or a related field with at least 3 year(s) of experience in research project management, research coordination, or healthcare operations experience.
Demonstrated experience supporting multi-stakeholder research or clinical initiatives, including timelines, documentation, and compliance activities.
For classified jobs, relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Candidates for employment and employees must have the ability to maintain the security or integrity of critical infrastructure.
Resume/CV required.
3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be a supervisor.
Letter of interest required.
If hired, will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.
Must present acceptable and original documents to prove identity and authorization to work in the United States no later than the third day of employment.
Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act).

Skills

Plans, prioritizes, and balances multiple projects to deliver results on time and within scope.
Develops comprehensive research project plans.
Manages competing priorities across studies.
Adjusts plans proactively based on risk and change.
Establishes efficient systems and structures to manage work effectively.
Creates detailed timelines and work plans.
Anticipates downstream impacts of decisions.
Maintains accurate project documentation.
Designs and improves processes for efficiency and quality.
Standardizes research workflows.
Identifies operational bottlenecks.
Implements best practices across projects.
Earns trust through honesty, compliance, and ethical behavior.
Maintains regulatory and ethical standards.
Protects confidential and sensitive data.
Serves as a reliable steward of sponsor funds.
Builds effective working relationships across stakeholders.
Navigates complex investigator relationships.
Adapts communication to varied audiences.
Facilitates collaboration across disciplines.
Uses logic and analysis to solve difficult problems.
Identifies root causes of delays or failures.
Develops actionable solutions.
Evaluates trade-offs under constraints.

Location

AUSTIN, TX

Work Type

Primarily works in an office, clinical, and research environment.
May work remotely or in hybrid settings as operationally appropriate.
Full-time

Experience Level

At least 3 year(s) of experience in research project management, research coordination, or healthcare operations experience.
At least 5 year(s) of experience in research or healthcare project management experience (preferred).

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Business, Public Health, or a related field.
Master's Degree in Public Health (MPH), Clinical Research, Business Administration, or related field (preferred).

Salary/Compensations

$73,515+

Benefits

Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) retirement plan eligibility.

About the Company

Dell Medical School is seeking a Research Project Manager.

Equal Opportunity

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action.
The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015.