Program Manager - Research - Center for Clinical & Translational Sciences (CCTS)

The CCTS Team Science Component provides education, training, and coaching to improve teamwork among research teams at the CCTS partner institutions, across Texas and beyond through active collaboration with regional and national CTSA hubs. The CCTS Team Science Project Manager works with multi-institutional trainees, investigators, administrators, biomedical informaticians, and software developers engaged in translational research/science. This role requires strong communication skills and data analysis techniques, and the ability to adapt to evolving inter-disciplinary scenarios and collaborations. The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated team player with excellent interpersonal, organizational and time management skills. The candidate should preferably have experience in initiating collaborative initiatives, team management, assessment and training.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:  

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees  
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) 
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! 
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) 
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! 

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... 

• Free financial and legal counseling 
• Free mental health counseling services 
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs 
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. 
• Resources for child and elder care 
• Plus many more! 

Position Summary:

Develops, plans, maintains research and policy analysis. Oversees the general running of the laboratory. 

Position Key Accountabilities:

1. Manages the research agenda for the area. 
2. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors the progress of projects, and provides supervision and guidance to the research personnel, research nurses and administrative staff. 
3. Facilitates collaboration between clinicians and research scientist, internal and external to the University.
4. Assists with the annual budget, negotiates service contracts, reports on progress and authorizes expenditures. 
5. Informs upper management of key activities.
6. Assists in grant proposals to both private foundations and governmental agencies. May work closely with the Office of Sponsored Projects on the submission of grants. 
7. May conduct or supervise training related to research for internal, hospital, and community groups.
8. Manages on-going strategic plans for the area.
9. Communicates with community and professionals to share objectives and outcomes. Prepares/makes oral presentations at professional meetings. May also participate in committees as deemed appropriate for the department.
10. Manages Humans Resources activities or gives direct input for direct reports in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
11. Stays abreast of new and updated protocols for the department.
12. Other duties as assigned.

Additional duties may include:

·       Uses TeamMAPPS (Team Methods to Advance Processes and Performance in Science), an evidence-based competency model for team science training and evaluation developed by the CCTS Team Science Component. The TeamMAPPS will be used as the primary training curriculum to increase collaboration and effectiveness of scientific teams.

·       Provides grant writing assistance to teams preparing grants that need scientific content in their application related to how the team will create and maintain teamwork.

·       Assists teams with planning of collaborative efforts i.e., help teams assign roles and responsibilities to facilitate effective teamwork.

·       Provides coaching and/or custom training to individuals (team members and team leaders) and teams that are experiencing challenges.

·       Takes leadership in building a website that includes Team Science self-administered tools and software to diagnose team strengths and weaknesses; and identify strategies to overcome obstacles; and tools for debriefings, team huddles, team meetings, etc.

·       Evaluates utilization of these tools/services and measures the impact of teamwork on enhanced knowledge dissemination as the result of effective collaboration and communication among CCTS professionals, programs and partner institutions.

·       Stays abreast of the latest developments in the field and contributes to TeamMAPPS improvement, evaluation, dissemination and future development (e.g., implementing a train-the-trainer model).

·       Reaches out and create relationships with individuals and institutions across the CCTS sites and provides professional and technical support to adapt, adopt, implement and/or improve Team Science activities.

·       The candidate will be accountable for the team science component activities and will meet weekly with the Director and Co-Director of the Team Science component and will provide weekly input or as needed.