Responsible for attaining laboratory or department research, and staffing goals to conform to institutional goals.
Responsibilities- Plans, organizes, and manages work of research and support staff.
- Oversees the department's research activities by proactively identifying, diagnosing, troubleshooting and resolving issues or barriers to revenue maximization.
- Identifies research and development areas that should be investigated.
- Establishes and communicates research operating procedures, practices, and guidelines.
- Establishes, monitors and controls schedules and project budgets.
- Plans, organizes and manages work of research and support staff.
- Responsible for negotiation or research contracts.
- Develops solutions to complex research problems.
- Coordinate regulatory and compliance activities associated with human subjects research, including IRB submissions, amendments, continuing reviews, protocol documentation, and required approvals.
- Support grant submissions, progress reports, modifications, renewals, and closeout activities as appropriate.
- Supervise, mentor, and provide day-to-day leadership to research project coordinators, research assistants, and other program personnel as assigned.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
- Knowledge of and experience with project/program management, including Department of Defense (DoD) or VA programs, contract management, proposals/grants, and compliance (research, regulatory, federal/DoD).
- Demonstrated ability to work with IRB and other regulatory and agency/department management and problem solve any issues that arise.
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Ability to coordinate the diverse components of a project by quality project planning, execution and change control to achieve required balance of time, cost, quality and results.
- Ability to lead and collaborate in team-oriented and goal focused environment.
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Education
Bachelor's Degree degree; experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree, though experience may substitute
- Experience with project or program management
- Experience with Department of Defense or VA programs
- Contract management experience
- Experience with proposals or grants
- Research, regulatory, and federal or DoD compliance experience
- Ability to work with IRB and regulatory or agency management
- Knowledge of strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership, production methods, and coordinating people and resources
- Ability to coordinate project planning, execution, change control, time, cost, quality, and results
- Ability to lead and collaborate in a team-oriented environment
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
What We Do
UT Health San Antonio™, one of the country’s leading health sciences universities, is the leader in south/central Texas funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The university’s schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health professions and graduate biomedical sciences have produced more than 33,000 alumni. The $806.6 million operating budget supports four campuses in San Antonio and Laredo, and is the primary driver of its community’s $37 billion biomedical and health care industry. For more information on the many ways “We make lives better®,” visit uthealthsa.org.








