GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION: 

Under the general direction of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Program Manager I is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of NIH or other externally funded, large scale projects. The Research Program Manager will collaborate with investigators, consultants, project directors, and contract officers at the university, commonwealth, and national levels.

The Research Program Manager will support addiction and behavioral health training and technical assistance (TTA) efforts across the New England region through the Opioid Response Network (ORN) and Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC). Reporting to the ATTC Regional Director and Project Director, the Research Program Manager will manage day-to-day operations of a multi-year, federally funded TA grant within a national network. Responsibilities include supervising and coordinating regional staff, TA requests and special projects, organizing training and educational activities, mobilizing staff and consultants, and ensuring timely, effective delivery of evidence-based interventions that address regional substance use and behavioral health priorities and emergent needs.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Direct and coordinate all phases and operational tasks of assigned research projects, e.g., recruitment/screening/follow-up activities; intervention design and implementation activities; and data collection and management activities

• Monitor grant expenditures, including subcontractors work, collaborate and negotiate with subcontractors in the coordination of off-site operations
• Participate in the conceptual design of new studies
• Responsible for the management of difficult participant cases and adherence to protocol issues
• Assist in the development of annual budgets and technical reports in collaboration with the Administrator
• Develop and supervise collaboration with participating research sites
• Plan, conduct, and record meetings of steering committees, data analysis, and other appropriate working groups
• Design and assist in the production of self-instructional and multi-media programs that promote research goals
• Write the quarterly progress reports and annual progress reports for submission to the external funding agency
• Participate in qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Coordinate schedules of subcontractors and professional consultants to meet project plans
• Recruit, select, supervise and evaluate activities of project employees and field staff
• Assist with orientation and supervision of graduate interns (e.g., public health or medical students) and research assistants
• Participate in new funding proposal development.
• Participate in the writing and production of manuscripts.
• Design and conduct formative and pilot studies, e.g., focus group session with study participants.
• Provide direct backup for the Principal Investigator and serve as the P.I.’s designates as appropriate.
• Perform other job duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: