Jobs at University of Pennsylvania

Manages pre- and post-award sponsored research activities, including proposal development, budget preparation, account setup, expenditure monitoring, fund projections, compliance, salary grids, and effort reporting. Advises principal investigators on financial matters and handles complex federal grants, training grants, clinical research projects, program projects, and subcontracts. Requires NIH and federal grant experience, Uniform Guidance knowledge, financial analysis, and strong organizational and communication skills.

Manages pre- and post-award sponsored research activities, including proposal and budget development, account setup, expenditure monitoring, reconciliations, payroll allocations, effort reporting, financial analysis, compliance, and grant closeout. Advises Principal Investigators, coordinates clinical trial funding activities, manages complex grants and subcontracts, prepares financial reports, and supports annual budgeting and departmental process improvements.

Supports Penn Engineering’s corporate engagement initiatives by managing relationships with industry partners, facilitating connections among companies, faculty, students, and programs, coordinating meetings, campus visits, events, and workshops, maintaining CRM records, tracking engagement metrics, preparing reports, and supporting research collaboration, talent pipelines, educational partnerships, and strategic initiatives.

Manages multiple neurosurgery clinical trials, including patient consent, scheduling, medical chart abstraction, online database updates, regulatory submissions and monitoring, budget coordination, vendor communication, and purchasing trial supplies. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in science and two to three years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Manage pre-award and post-award administration for an assigned portfolio of faculty and research centers: proposal support, award administration, financial monitoring, compliance, reporting, faculty consultation, and process improvement across research support functions.

Develops and manages integrated marketing content and communications for Wharton Executive Education. Responsibilities include storytelling, web and email copy, social and paid media content, webpage maintenance, messaging frameworks, SEO and AEO optimization, multimedia scripting, sales materials, lifecycle communications, and editorial support. The role collaborates with faculty, clients, program teams, web and digital partners, and business development stakeholders while managing multiple content initiatives and maintaining accuracy, consistency, and brand alignment.

Leads innovation and entrepreneurship programming within Penn Engineering, developing curricular and co-curricular initiatives, experiential learning, mentorship, and corporate partnerships. Collaborates with faculty, students, alumni, entrepreneurs, investors, and industry partners to build programs that develop entrepreneurial and real-world engineering skills. Oversees the Engineering Entrepreneurship Program coordinator, evaluates outcomes, supports strategic planning, and promotes program awareness. Requires independent initiative, strong project management, relationship-building, communication, and program development capabilities.

Processes gifts and pledges, maintains accurate donor and gift data in Salesforce, researches and resolves discrepancies, coordinates gift agreements, and supports complex gift administration. Provides guidance to fundraising partners, applies university policies, handles sensitive information, and contributes to process improvement and operational effectiveness in a high-volume environment.

Manages complex translational clinical research programs focused on Long COVID, post-viral syndromes, and human immunology. Oversees clinical trials, participant recruitment, study protocols, biospecimen collection, databases, regulatory and IRB processes, and research operations across multidisciplinary teams. Supervises clinical research coordinators, manages grants and budgets, supports immune analyses and scientific publications, develops collaborations, and identifies funding opportunities.

Manages a portfolio of research, policy, and public outreach projects, including scope, deliverables, timelines, staffing, budgets, agreements, and partner coordination. Leads grant and foundation proposal development, manages fundraising pipelines, coordinates with development offices, and organizes seminars, working groups, and public events. Maintains project documentation, supports recruitment and onboarding, and collaborates with university offices and external stakeholders.

Coordinates day-to-day operations for an NIH-funded public health study, including participant recruitment, screening, consent, enrollment, visits, surveys, interviews, device and compensation tracking, data collection and entry, documentation, and IRB compliance. The coordinator communicates with participants and stakeholders, supports study process development, and presents data and reports. Spanish skills and REDCap experience are preferred.

Conduct basic and translational research on extracellular matrix biology, musculoskeletal fibrosis, and tissue regeneration. Perform mammalian cell culture, molecular biology, CRISPR-Cas9 editing, protein and matrix assays, imaging, and 2D/3D model development. Analyze and document experimental data, troubleshoot workflows, maintain laboratory resources, and coordinate shared experiments. Higher-level responsibilities include independent experimental design, optimization, interpretation, cross-laboratory coordination, and training junior personnel.

Serves as the primary media contact for at least five varsity sports, managing media relations, website content, social media, game-day statistics, record keeping, and athlete and coach interviews. Coordinates broadcasts, credentials, sponsorships, marketing, facilities, and travel for assigned teams. Supervises work-study students and interns, supports assistant onboarding, and provides coverage for games, road trips, NCAA competitions, and other athletic events.

Processes blood, tissue, bodily fluids, and DNA specimens using manual and automated methods. Performs aliquoting, tissue culture, sample inventory and distribution, freezer monitoring, biological specimen shipping, equipment maintenance, record keeping, and laboratory safety compliance. Follows SOPs, quality control and assurance policies, and study guidelines. The role requires careful organization, communication with clinical and research staff, independent work, and physical handling of frozen samples and laboratory supplies.

Conducts organic and peptide synthesis, purification, characterization, and biophysical assays supporting peptide therapeutic discovery. Performs wet-lab experiments involving microbiology, cell culture, and animal models; analyzes data; maintains equipment and workstations; organizes experiments; documents research; and assists or mentors laboratory members while following established protocols.

Coordinates an observational Alzheimer’s disease research study, including participant screening, recruitment, consent, enrollment, visits, assessments, MRI scheduling, protocol implementation, and database management. Also leads a research training program by managing student recruitment, admissions, scheduling, materials, mentoring, evaluations, and program metrics.

Coordinates human-subject movement disorders research, including participant recruitment and screening, intake assessments, specimen collection, data entry, regulatory compliance, record maintenance, and participant communication. Supports longitudinal observational studies, maintains HIPAA-compliant research databases, performs data analyses, prepares study reports, manages supplies, and trains newer coordinators at the CRC-B level.

Coordinates Penn Museum group visits from lead generation through scheduling, invoicing, payment collection, customer service, and follow-up. Supports marketing campaigns, maintains CRM records, tracks sales activity and revenue, prepares reports, coordinates reservations with museum departments, and represents the museum at external sales meetings. The role helps grow group attendance and earned revenue while ensuring a positive visitor experience.

Coordinates HIV, infectious disease, and gene therapy clinical trials, including participant screening, recruitment, consent, visits, specimen processing, data collection, regulatory submissions, and compliance monitoring. Develops study documents, manages regulatory files, resolves data queries, supports audits, and communicates with investigators, sponsors, CROs, and oversight bodies. Higher-level coordinators independently design protocols and consent documents, lead teams, manage trial timelines, and oversee complex studies with limited supervision.

Coordinates clinical trial startup from feasibility through site activation and provides ongoing regulatory support. Responsibilities include preparing IRB and ancillary submissions, maintaining inspection-ready regulatory files, managing protocol amendments and continuing reviews, resolving regulatory queries, and supporting monitoring visits, audits, inspections, and study closeout. The role collaborates with investigators, sponsors, CROs, study teams, and institutional offices while improving clinical trial regulatory processes and documentation.