Research Project Manager

Job Title: Research Project Manager

Hourly/Salary Compensation Range: $45-55/hr

Contract Length: 12 months; Possibility of extension/ FTE conversion

Location: Pasadena, CA

Partially Remote (1-3 days/week depending on business need)

Percentage of Travel? 25%

Parking: Parking provided

Hours: 8-5 PST

Client Overview:

A leading integrated healthcare and research organization is seeking an experienced Research Project Manager to oversee large-scale, complex, multi-year, multi-center research studies focused primarily on chronic disease epidemiology, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in women. This individual will serve as a key liaison between investigators, sponsors, study teams, and external partners while ensuring successful execution of research initiatives across multiple medical centers and regional field sites.

Job Description:

The Research Project Manager will oversee all aspects of one or more large-scale research studies, providing operational and scientific leadership throughout the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include coordinating study teams, managing sponsor relationships, facilitating partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, overseeing IRB submissions and compliance, developing study protocols and SOPs, managing budgets and contracts, supervising research staff, organizing project meetings, maintaining study documentation, monitoring study progress, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within budget.

Additional responsibilities include overseeing data collection activities, survey implementation, biospecimen collection, medical record abstraction, physician case review processes, and facilitating study implementation across participating medical centers. The individual will also contribute to study design, data analysis, interpretation, reporting, publication efforts, and grant application development.

This position is partially remote (1–3 days onsite per week based on business needs) and requires approximately 25% travel to regional labs, medical centers, medical offices, and other regional locations.

Skill Set Requirements:

• 5–7+ years of experience in healthcare, public health, research, or related settings
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in research principles, study design, biostatistical analyses, and data interpretation
• At least 2 years of personnel management experience
• Strong research project management experience, including multi-site and multi-year studies
• Experience managing large data collection teams and full research staff, including Research Assistants, Research Associates, Data Analysts, and Lab Technicians
• Experience coordinating field research studies and regional research projects
• Ability to develop and implement research instruments
• Ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses
• Experience with budget management, contracts, and resource allocation
• Experience liaising with sponsors, principal investigators, scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience coordinating survey administration, patient interviews, body measurements, and data quality control activities
• Experience hiring, training, evaluating, and supervising research staff
• Experience submitting, managing, and tracking IRB approvals and compliance requirements
• Experience managing biospecimens and developing specimen tracking protocols
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and develop study protocols
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Teams, SharePoint, and REDCap
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with regional field research studies and multi-site research programs
• Experience with infectious disease and vaccine effectiveness research
• Experience with regulatory CDISC submissions
• Grant writing and grant application development experience
• Publication and manuscript development experience
• Experience supporting chronic disease epidemiology research
• Previous experience within large integrated healthcare systems

Education/Certification(s)/License(s):

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Epidemiology, or a related field required