Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The University of Michigan’s Department of Health Behavior & Health Equity advances health equity and well-being through research, education, partnerships, and practice. The Research Project Manager will coordinate a multisite randomized controlled trial on tobacco cessation interventions, overseeing field-site collaboration, protocol fidelity, data safety, regulatory compliance, reporting, and operational performance across urban and rural settings in a lower-middle-income country.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with research investigators, field teams, and community representatives to finalize study materials, methods, and protocols
- Coordinate with project managers at each field site to monitor study progress, troubleshoot challenges, and ensure consistent protocol implementation
- Review and consolidate recruitment, retention, and data collection reports from multiple sites
- Facilitate communication between field teams and research investigators regarding timelines, resource needs, and protocol implementation and deviations
- Implement and oversee data safety and monitoring protocols, including adverse event reporting, data quality checks, and compliance with data protection regulations
- Coordinate with the Data Safety Monitoring Board by preparing interim safety reports and ensuring timely escalation of serious adverse events
- Establish standardized data validation procedures across sites to identify missing, inconsistent, or anomalous data requiring correction
- Monitor participant safety metrics and ensure field teams follow established safety procedures for managing unexpected health events
- Ensure timely IRB reporting and submissions, and maintain regulatory compliance and documentation
- Monitor key study performance indicators (recruitment rate, enrollment rates, follow-up completion, data quality metrics, and safety) and escalate issues requiring intervention
- Prepare progress reports for research investigators, other stakeholders, and funding bodies
- Support field site managers in problem-solving related to participant recruitment and retention, high-quality study implementation, and logistics in resource-limited environments
- Conduct periodic virtual and in-person site visits to audit operations and provide technical guidance
Skills
- • Education and experience: Master's degree and 4+ years of related experience
- • Minimum 3 years of project management experience in clinical or public health research
- • Experience working in low- or middle-income countries and coordinating multi-site studies
- • Familiarity with RCT methodology, Good Clinical Practice standards, and data safety monitoring principles
- • Strong organizational, management, and communication skills
- • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a part-time capacity
- • Proficiency in remote collaboration tools and data management systems
- (Supervisory and financial management experience preferred)
- • Background in tobacco control or substance use research
- • Experience supervising or coordinating with field-based project managers
- • Knowledge of urban-rural health service differences
- • Experience managing adverse event reporting or safety data in clinical trials
Benefits
- Remote with occasional field visits
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