Job Description:

• Supports and leads the development of data sharing platforms using knowledge of research objectives, data, and software capabilities across projects and across engineering and scientific teams.
• Creates synergy among multiple projects and the associated engineering, scientific, and administrative teams in accordance with CTDS mission.
• Executes program and project processes, policies, and procedures through direct supervision of and collaboration with program and product staff and senior leadership.
• Leads technical and non-technical initiatives to integrate product strategic plans into program, project, and product deliverables, working closely with sponsored award key stakeholders.
• Oversees collaboration on SDLC management with engineering leaders, identifying and leading process improvements.
• Oversees and coordinates the planning, alignment, prioritization, and confluence across multiple projects in accordance with CTDS mission, including but not limited to contract renewals, relevant CFR/FAR clauses, program/product roadmaps, priorities, schedules, activities, risks, FISMA moderate security control, requirements, deliverables, dependencies, releases, etc.
• Coordinates reporting of program documentation and deliverables across different media including, but not limited to project plans, activities, risks, requirements, deliverables, and dependencies; includes participating in manuscript preparation, grant proposal development, and other artifacts.
• Exhibits and continues learning applied project and program management and agile (or related methodologies and skills including, but not limited to, scrum master, waterfall, business analysis, portfolio management, kanban, XP) best practices with minimal supervision.
• Manages and mentors professional employees and is accountable for the performance and results of a team within own discipline.
• Serves as project lead to coordinate complex information technology changes and ensures the success of enterprise-level application rollouts. Works with University units and the client community to develop detailed business requirements.
• Uses specialized depth and breadth of expertise in a specific career track to build project plans, including budgets and human resource plans. Provides expertise on managing projects. Maintains project web presence, project archives and project documentation.
• Leads team to develop and ensure quality control of the project methodology and contributes to the further enhancement and application of the methodology.
• Solves complex problems relating to the consulting services of vendors, including the development of a project statement of work and determines vendor resource requirements. Researches new software, products, or systems and may attend vendor demonstrations, in order to keep University IT processes up-to-date..
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

 

Education:

• Master's degree in a computer science, engineering, biology, or quantitative discipline.
• PhD in a computer science, engineering, biology, or other quantitative discipline highly.

 

Experience:

• Increasingly advanced experience on complex multi-institutional programs.
• Client management experience.
• Experience working with open-source software and public data releases.
• Grant and scientific or technical writing experience.
• Domain experience in software engineering and biomedical informatics or genomics.
• Experience managing a project or program funded by a federal contract or OTA.
• Experience with information security regulations like FISMA, FedRAMP, or NIST.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Project Management (PMP), Program Management (PgMP), or Portfolio Management (PfMP).

Preferred Competencies

• Ability to take a broad plan or proposal and break it into smaller projects and oversee the execution of each project.
• Knowledge of cloud computing research platforms and products and complex biomedical IT programs.
• Ability to come into a team used to minimal supervision and oversight and ensure accountability for deliverables through partnership and influence.
• Ability to persuade subject matter experts to adapt new structures or systems in order to meet objectives.
• Ability to gain the trust of management and key stakeholders in order to gain the authority to successfully coordinate the programs, products, and teams to execute goals.
• Program management knowledge, including a demonstrated ability to manage own time well and achieve objectives.
• Ability to assist onboarding of new staff.
• Ability to collaborate and work as part of a team.
• Strong analytical abilities, especially with respect to administrating information system programs.
• Ability to learn and teach new content areas and new skills quickly and well.
• Ability to prioritize multiple program and project requirements and independently follow through with details to ensure timely delivery.

 

Working Conditions

• Office environment.

 

Application Documents

• Resume (required)
• Cover Letter (preferred)

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