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COVID Registry Project Manager I (Medical Research)

Strength Through Diversity
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The Project Manager I oversees the operational aspects and scope of a specific project, creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements. Identifies resources and assigns individual responsibilities. Effectively applies project methodology and enforces standards while ensuring quality assurance procedures.  A Project by definition must have a timeline with a beginning and end date and differs from a business cycle.
The COVID Registry Project Manager oversees the operational aspects and scope of the COVID-19 Registry.  The COVID-19 registry is a longitudinal cohort registry of participants that aims to study the long-term effects of the COVID-19 infection in the population of patients tested and/or treated at Mount Sinai Hospital System and to compare their outcomes to a matched control group of uninfected individuals.  S/he supports department leadership, organizes and leads study meetings, liaises with collaborating departments and the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and is responsible for the creation and monitoring of study timelines and other project specifications.  The project manager will oversee the research coordinators (4-6) and supervise the data collection for this registry. 
Roles & Responsibilities: 
  • Plans, directs and coordinates activities of designated project(s) to ensure that goals or objectives of the project are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters. Alters plans and makes recommendations for future project phases or future projects, based on lessons learned from the project. 
  • Develops a budget for the project and is responsible for the allocation of resources.
  • Reviews project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project(s).
  • Ensures all staffing requirements and allotment of available resources to various phases of project met. May contribute to the performance evaluation of the employees associated with the project scope and may evaluate vendors and consultants and their effectiveness and ability to deliver as promised.
  • Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project, and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
  • Confers with staff to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
  • Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget, including consultants and other outside vendors.
Requirements: 
  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master's Degree preferred
  • 5 years of relevant experience; project management experience preferred.
  • Experience managing research project studies
  • Experience directly managing staff
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity is a driver for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.
We work hard to acquire and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you can develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, can make an impact on quality patient care.
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Who We Are
Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.
Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, background, or sexual orientation. 
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