Manager Project Research
Responsibilities include coordinating protocol implementation, collaborating with hospital departments (IT, pharmacy, nursing, physician groups, and administration), facilitating clinical workflows and electronic health record order sets, developing and delivering training for clinical staff, supervising research personnel, managing study documents and budgets, and ensuring project milestones are met.
This position requires an on-site presence and regular travel to locations within the health system.
This position is grant funded.
The University of South Florida is a top-ranked research university serving approximately 50,000 students from across the globe at campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and USF Health. In 2025, U.S. News & World Report recognized USF with its highest overall ranking in university history, as a top 50 public university for the seventh consecutive year and as one of the top 15 best values among all public universities in the nation. U.S. News also ranks the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in the highest tier, placing it as one of the top 16 medical schools in the nation and inside the top 10 among public universities. USF is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a group that includes only the top 3% of universities in the U.S. With an all-time high of $750 million in research funding in 2025 and as a top 20 public university for producing U.S. patents, USF uses innovation to transform lives and shape a better future. The university generates an annual economic impact of nearly $10 billion for the state of Florida. USF’s Division I athletics teams compete in the American Conference. Learn more at .
•Reviews grant/contract and develops project plan which defines resources, timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables.
•Develop the project schedule and plan to ensure timely completion of the project.
•Obtain management and client agreement with the project plan and timeline, and advice of any obstacles or resource needs that may affect completion of the project as planned.
•Assemble the project team, identify competencies, and assign resources to project tasks appropriate to each individual's knowledge, skill, and abilities.
•Defines and disseminates methods for communication of project status.
•Communicate project goals, monitor project progress, and adjust resources as necessary to keep the project on track.
•Apply project management tools and tracking systems to manage all aspects of project progress.
•Utilize project resources and serve as an individual contributor to develop operational policies, resource documents, and training documents- including the documentation of best standards and practices.
•Utilize project resources and serve as an individual contributor to analyze client needs, determine and evaluate potential solutions, develop project specifications and requirements, and define operations/tools/trainings to meet the requirements.
•Utilize project resources and serve as an individual contributor to design integrated solutions which may include tools, trainings, reports, as well as requirements for project queries, applications, databases, data capture forms, online web pages, and related systems.
•Utilize project resources and serve as an individual contributor to structure, implement, and maintain defined operational standards.
•Establish policies, standards and procedures to ensure useful and readily accessible project status
•Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
• This position requires a Bachelor's degree in a field directly related to the program responsibilities and two years of professional experience; or Master's degree in an area of specialization appropriate for the program.
Preferred Qualifications
• Strong organizational, communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in substance use disorder research, behavioral health, emergency medicine, clinical research, or healthcare operations.
Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310) is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required, not to exceed:
•(a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
•(b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree;
•(c) Six years of direct experience for a master's degree;
•(d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
•(e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure, certification, or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
•Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.