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Project Manager
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date Posted: 25 Apr, 2025
Job Summary:
The Healthcare Research IT Project Manager plays a pivotal role in leading and coordinating clinical research informatics and data acquisition projects. Reporting to the Portfolio Manager, this position bridges the gap between clinical researchers, data scientists, and technical stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management within healthcare or research informatics environments and a keen understanding of data governance, research regulations, and interoperability standards.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the planning, execution, reporting, and closeout of clinical research informatics projects
- Facilitate communication between clinical researchers, data scientists, and project teams
- Provide management and oversight for projects supporting the Health Data Informatics and Research team
- Ensure project compliance with regulatory, fiscal, and contractual requirements
- Support Bio Data Catalyst program planning and reporting, ensuring milestone and deliverable alignment
- Coordinate stakeholder meetings, including drafting agendas, documenting meeting minutes, and tracking action items
- Assist in the preparation of internal and external reports including status updates and strategic reviews
- Manage cross-functional teams and multiple concurrent projects in a matrixed research environment
- Compose both scientific and business communications for stakeholders, including university leadership
- Ensure security, compliance, and privacy (HIPAA, IRB) for cloud-based research data management solutions
- Track and communicate status updates to all internal and external project stakeholders
- Apply standard project management practices and tools to ensure consistency and transparency
Required Skills:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in health informatics project management
- Experience working with or in a Healthcare IT Project Management Office
- Proficiency in project tools such as MS Project, MS Excel, MS Teams, MS Word, and MS Visio
- Proven experience building business cases and ROI documentation
- Strong understanding of EMRs and electronic data capture systems
- Deep understanding of business requirements gathering and regulatory compliance for research
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage diverse, cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Familiarity with virtual/cloud-based data management with secure and compliant configurations
Preferred Skills:
- Understanding of clinical trials research and workflows
- Budget management experience in a research environment
- Experience in an academic medical setting
- Familiarity with HL7 CDA and FHIR interfaces
- Knowledge of Cerner EMR system
- Familiarity with ICD, CPT, LOINC, MedDRA ontologies
- Experience with OMOP/OHDSI tools and REDCap
- Experience working with AWS and related data solutions
Certifications:
[Specify if any certifications are required or preferred – e.g., PMP, CPHIMS]
Remote or Onsite:
[Specify: Remote / Hybrid / Onsite with details on location and travel requirements
Education: Bachelors Degree
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