Research Informatics & Data Science Program Manager

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Children’s Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation’s brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist’s outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we’re making new strides every day.

We’ve been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That’s why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children’s Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it’s different.

The Research Informatics & Data Science Program Manager performs program management activities for the Analytics Resource Center (ARC), to include executing the ARC strategy, goals, and objectives and through planning for and leading of multiple initiatives in support of the division and enterprise. The program manager would be responsible for overseeing and coordinating efforts between multiple projects, teams, and stakeholders leading with focused attention to strategy, implementation, delegation and execution.

The Research Informatics & Data Science Program Manager in the Analytics Resource Center will oversee the intake process for grants and projects involving research informatics and research information technology services. This includes scoping, identifying resource needs, developing budgets, providing documentation for grant submissions, triaging and assigning work. As part of the intake process, this role will provide support for self-service tools and determine when full services are needed. This role will also project manage research informatics & data science programs, including multi-center research network projects. This role is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations and policies, and ensuring necessary documentation such as IRB approval and data-related agreements are in place prior to sharing data. A strong candidate has expertise in project management, research regulations, research informatics methods and standard clinical data models.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education – Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or computer science

Experience– Seven years of project management or business/project analyst experience

Equivalency – In lieu of bachelor’s degree, four years of professional experience will substitute

Certification(s) – Epic Certification required within four months of hire to maintain employment

Licensure – None

Preferred Qualifications:

Education: Prefer masters in informatics, computer science, epidemiology or public health

Experience: Prefer experience with research regulations, data agreements, research informatics methods and research methodology

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• -Partners with executive leadership to identify and prioritize analytics resource center goals and objectives; develops and maintains the ARC program strategy and supporting business case, which includes program documentation.
• -Develops an evaluation method to assess program strengths and areas for improvement.
• -Develops, implements, and monitors budgets that are complex in nature; allocates shared resources among projects within the program; prepares reports detailing the status of the program budget and compliance to any requirements as specified by funding sources.
• -Performs lead work over architects and project teams who have been assigned responsibility for various projects within the program; establishes work plan responsibilities and scope of authority for project stakeholders.
• -Ensures goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and performance
• -Meets with executives and stakeholders to ensure communication is transparent, understandable and cohesive
• -Manages the overall risk of the program, which includes conducting risk and cost/benefit analyses and devising strategies to deal with unexpected crises and unresolved risks.
• -Monitors program milestones to maintain continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives; ensures projects within the program are completed within established time and budget schedules; recommends modifications to project managers to enhance the effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent.
• -Develops methodology for budget and billing for research projects
• -May participate in grant application process for resource scoping.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

Guidelines: Advanced full performance professional level work that requires additional knowledge, education, training or experience. Guidelines are generally in the form of stated objectives only with issues and factors largely undefined requiring the employee to exercise creativity and ingenuity in devising criteria, techniques, strategy, and methodologies for approaching assigned functions or projects.

Complexity: Duties performed involve concepts, theories, and concrete factors to be evaluated and weighed requiring a high degree of analytical ability, independent judgment, and decision-making. Acts as a subject matter expert in the field of expertise.

Decision Making: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.

Communications: Contacts are of a remedial nature involving the resolution of problems and where some degree of discretion and judgment are required in carrying out a major program and/or function of the organization.

Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Work assignment is generally unstructured and employee is responsible for organizing complex, varied, and simultaneous coordination of several functions, programs, or projects in various stages of completion.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Salary Information

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $109,636.42 to $164,454.63
Hourly Salary Range: $52.71 to $79.06

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children’s Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.