Project Manager, Harrington Discovery Institute (Hybrid)

The Project Manager serves as a key member of the Therapeutics Development Center (TDC) within Harrington Discovery Institute (HDI), supporting the development and implementation of drug discovery project plans for HDI scholars, and helping the scholar project teams achieve their objectives. The role offers opportunities to: participate in cross-functional drug development teams nationally and internationally; shape and run TDC program initiatives in focus areas of unmet medical need; and analyze HDI program success versus emerging trends in novel therapeutic modalities worldwide. The Project Manager will contribute to HDI internal business development activities and will provide other HDI program support as needed.

What You Will Do

• Plan, organize and support HDI scholar project team meetings - includes occasional travel to
• scholar institutions with the Vice President and panel members of TDC
• Track scholar project progress, facilitate creation of project plans that delineate the critical path to Investigative New Drug applications, develop and implement tools for representing progress as part of the Harrington Scholar programs portfolio
• Liaise with representatives from HDI strategic partnership organizations such as Foundation
• Fighting Blindness, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation; research and track new scientific
• discovery progress in their disease areas
• Support the Harrington Scholar Alumni network and associated ongoing outreach to prior
• classes of Harrington Scholars
• Develop materials for the Harrington Discovery Institute including business documents,
• charts/analysis, and Web updates.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.