The Lab Projects and Analytics Specialist (Associate Director) will serve as project manager for Professor Dan Adelman’s Healthcare Analytics Lab, including courses, research studies, and software development, implementation, and validation projects. The Healthcare Analytics Lab (HAL) brings research into the classroom in order to transform healthcare with new analytic approaches. In this position, the Lab Manager will ensure that HAL research staff and collaborators have the data and IT infrastructure necessary to pursue their innovative curricula, healthcare research, and analytical tool development and implementation. The associate director will be the primary liaison with IT services and vendors that build and support the lab’s data environments. This role will also support the lab’s new strategic priority to scale research impact by developing user-focused applications for both teaching and supporting healthcare operations.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as liaison between HAL and IT staff at Booth, the university, and partner organizations, including managing support requests, contributing to requirements documentation, coordinating meetings, and discussing procedures and outcomes.
- Assist in onboarding new students, research assistants and lab collaborators to the HAL secure data environment.
- Support external constituents (may include students and faculty at other universities and health systems) in access and use of lab materials.
- Assist in recruitment needs for the HAL, as needed.
- Develop and support data security structures and processes and assist in maintaining lab compliance records.
- Coordinate vendor relationships and contracting processes.
- Develop and manage project plans, with input from key stakeholders, including IT, contracting, research and administrative staff.
- Coordinate data intake process.
- Coordinate course set-up process for Prof. Adelman’s data-intensive healthcare courses.
- Provide course assistance as requested, answering student questions, troubleshooting, and ensuring timely resolution of access and other technical issues.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- A minimum of two years of relevant professional work experience required.
- Experience managing IT projects; general knowledge of networking, public-facing web services, authentication, and IT security, required.
- Knowledge of healthcare data interoperability, HIPAA regulations, and healthcare data security preferred.
- Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills, as well as organizational skills, required.
- Ability to work independently with little supervision; possess a self-motivated disposition; identify opportunities for improvement and recommend effective changes, all while achieving key objectives resulting in desired outcomes, required.
- Ability to handle multiple detailed tasks/projects simultaneously and meet strict deadlines with frequent interruptions required.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and diplomatically with colleagues, as well as with students, faculty and corporate contacts in a multitude of communication methods i.e., in person, email, phone required.
- Professional demeanor, including tact, discretion, and a customer service-oriented approach required.
- Ability to travel between Hyde Park and downtown campus to support courses and lab
- Resume and cover letter required.
- Compensation Range: 70-85k
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