Program Manager, Department of Biostatistics, Health Informatics and Data Sciences

Job Overview

As one of the oldest medical schools in the country, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (COM) has a reputation for training best-in-class healthcare professionals and developing cutting-edge procedures and research that improves the health and clinical care of patients.

The Department of Biostatistics, Health Informatics and Data Sciences at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is the focal point for education, research and team science involving biomedical data sciences and informatics. The department’s 17 full-time faculty are experts in biostatistics, bioinformatics, and clinical informatics, and are the home of the PhD program in Biomedical Informatics, and the PhD program in Biostatistics and Data Sciences. The department and college provide rich collaborative opportunities in basic, translational, and clinical research.

The Department of Biostatistics, Health Informatics and Data Sciences is seeking a full-time Program Manager for the Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Office and 2-Sigma Lab. The Program Manager will manage, design, develop, and continuously improve these programs.

This position operates under a hybrid work model generally working remotely 2-3 days per week and in the office located in Clifton (on the medical campus) for the remaining days. Specific schedules may vary based on business needs, team requirements and manager discretion.

Essential Functions

• Create and manage projects, including objectives, timelines, deliverables, and milestones.
• Performing program needs assessment and make recommendations.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures. Ensure program adheres to existing policies.
• Maintain budget, prepare contracts, approve and monitor expenditures, and prepare budget requests and financial reports.
• Act as liaison to internal departments, external entities and community organizations.
• Develop grant proposals by identifying sources of information, coordinating submissions and collections, and identifying and communicating risks associated with proposals.
• Gather and format grant proposals. Revise and copy edit drafts. Maintain quality results by using templates and by following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone.
• Complete informed consent with patients and learners in the clinical setting.
• May prepare and edit reports and/or newsletters and develop publication materials.
• May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Seven (7) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.

Required Experience

• Three (3) years of relevant experience

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Clear understanding of HIPAA and other laws that outline patient data privacy and security. Experience with database structures and query logic.
• Experience in data modeling, ontologies, various data schemas, and clinical data standards such as ICD-10, LOINC, RxNorm, etc. as well as network transport protocols including FHIR.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment