Assistant Director of Research

Overview

The Assistant Director of Research will oversee, drive, support, and manage the strategic research activities and proposal development processes of the HRBRC. The candidate must possess deep knowledge of data-driven community-engaged research in public health and related health and data science disciplines, have a demonstrated track record of interdisciplinary proposal development and securing and successfully managing multi-level grants throughout the lifecycle, and effective management, coordination, and administration of concurrent research activities across interdisciplinary, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

1. Direct and support research administration and management of HRBRC-sponsored and HRBRC-involved research initiatives (existing & new) at the HRBRC and across partner institutions; oversight of and support for HRBRC research faculty and scientists.
2. Oversee, manage, and support grant cycles; identify and support proposals (seek funding opportunities, support proposal development and submission) for HRBRC-affiliated projects; navigate and coordinate IRB processes.
3. Provide expertise, insights, recommendations, and support for data analytics/infrastructure and regulatory considerations across research efforts.
4. Support, manage, and foster working research relationships; coordinate and track research partners across research initiatives; identify opportunities for joint efforts that foster and reinforce HRBRC collaboration.
5. Work with HRBRC executive team to align HRBRC research initiatives and efforts with HRBRC mission and KPIs.
6. Keep up to date with and communicate as appropriate human subjects/bio-medical research and regulatory research requirements in community-engaged research to drive HRBRC best practices.
7. Represent the HRBRC at research conferences & presentations; network for research partnerships & collaborations.

Qualifications

1. Candidate should possess excellent communication, collaboration, and management skills; ability to work on interdisciplinary teams; strong research background in multidisciplinary research, particularly AI/ML methods and applications in health research, and human subjects review.
2. Familiarity with and working knowledge of grant seeking and proposal development processes.
3. Masters or Post doctoral degree, preferably in health informatics, public/environmental health, health management, computer science, data science, or health/business field with coursework/applications in computer/data science and research management (or related disciplines).
4. Prior experience working in higher education and/or non-profit health research collaboratives/biotechnology industries.

Location

US-VA-Portsmouth