Project Manager (Neurology AI Center)

Stanford University is seeking a Project Manager, to lead and administer programs or functions under minimal supervision.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD preferred, in a scientific, engineering, or health-related field. An advanced degree in a related area (MBA, MPH, MS, JD) will be considered with relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing research budgets strongly preferred — building and monitoring multi-award budgets, tracking effort allocation and subawards, forecasting spending, and preparing sponsor financial reports.
• Experience with IRB processes strongly preferred — protocol preparation and submission, amendments, continuing review, and maintaining compliance across multiple active protocols.
• Five or more years of relevant experience, including direct management of federal research grants (NIH strongly preferred).
• Experience negotiating and administering research contracts — data use agreements, material transfer agreements, and sponsored research agreements — in an academic medical center, research institute, or industry setting.
• Familiarity with technology transfer, intellectual property, and licensing processes.
• Experience standing up new programs, centers, or major initiatives from the ground up.
• Working knowledge of research compliance requirements beyond IRB: HIPAA, conflict of interest, export control, and data privacy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to work credibly with faculty, industry executives, and university administrators.
• Comfort operating in a technical AI and data science research environment, with the ability to learn the science well enough to represent the program externally.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks.
• Frequently stand/walk, sitting, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
• Occasionally use a telephone.
• Rarely lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 11-20 pounds.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

WORK STANDARDS:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, .
  

Core Duties:

• Lead the planning and operations for programs or functions that have significant business, regulatory and/or technical challenges requiring subject matter expertise.
• Evaluate programs or functions, policies and procedures. Identify issues, and develop alternative solutions which may include changes to programs, policies and procedures.
• Review and analyze trends to advise and develop recommendations to achieve or modify the goals of the program or function.
• Represent the program or function within the department, unit or school. Commit resources and provide information and/or training. Represent the program or function at the university level and/or to external/internal stakeholders and constituencies.
• Manage and contribute to the development of outreach strategy that may include relationship development, communications and compliance.
• May develop and/or oversee budgets; manage finances including monitoring, analyzing, forecasting, and reporting.
• Assess training needs and may develop associated training.
• May direct and/or supervise staff.
  

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree and five years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, manage shifting priorities, and handle numerous time-sensitive projects with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to accomplish goals working through formal and informal channels, with diplomacy and tactfulness.
• Demonstrated creativity, problem solving, critical analysis, initiative, judgment and, decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and meet budget goals.
• Demonstrated solid planning and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience working independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Strong relevant subject matter knowledge.
• Ability to direct the work of others, for jobs requiring supervision.