| University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Pennâ™s distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning. Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play. The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more. Posted Job Title Program Manager AJob Profile Title Manager Research Project AJob Description Summary A full-time research project manager is being sought to coordinate the clinical and translational research activities of the Melanoma program at the Abramson Cancer Center. Primary purpose of position is to coordinate melanoma studies, to enhance biospecimen collection, and to manage a large patient and tissue database. Primary functions include implementing and managing biospecimen collection; initiating and conducting participant recruitment and screening; collecting, tracking and entering data; coordinating biosample and related data collections and material transfers to relevant laboratories; preparing project reports; organizing melanoma clinical research meeting and melanoma Tumor Board, maintaining listing of all melanoma clinical studies with accrual data, and coordinating melanoma research across disciplines. A key responsibility will be to maintain the Melanoma Data Base and ensure high quality and fidelity of the data. Moreover, the manager will organize and compile requests for data or tissue to be reviewed by the Melanoma Research Committee and play a central role in extracting requested data from database and tissue availability in response to proposed research project queries. The manager should have prior experience with programming and working with large databases.
Position will also involve revising and renewing as necessary tissue collection project protocol and supporting documents, performing regulatory activities for the project, coordinating with data collection and specimen processing staff, coordinating with key cancer center staff and resources and developing standard operating procedures.
POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON FUNDINGJob Description Primary responsibilities include carrying out the daily activities that move the project forward, ensuring satisfactory and timely completion of the project, and solving problems or bringing them to the attention to the principal investigators in a timely manner POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree with 3-5 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is required
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Job Location - City, State Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDepartment / School Perelman School of MedicinePay Range $50,684.00 - $91,232.00Affirmative Action Statement
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Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job. |
