Research Program Management 4, 25% Per Diem

Join a dynamic team dedicated to advancing impactful programs and initiatives that support research, education, and organizational excellence. The Program Manager provides leadership for the planning, implementation, and ongoing success of complex programs, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead program planning, implementation, and evaluation to achieve program objectives and organizational goals.
  
• Oversee daytoday operations, project execution, and delivery of key program outcomes and deliverables.
  
• Develop and implement strategic plans, communications, budgets, and grant proposals.
  
• Supervise, train, and mentor staff while fostering a collaborative, highperforming team environment.
  
• Build and maintain partnerships with internal stakeholders, external collaborators, and community partners.
  
• Monitor program performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement effective solutions.
  
• Ensure compliance with UCLA, state, federal, and sponsor requirements.
  
• Manage multiple priorities in a fastpaced environment while supporting continuous growth and innovation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and strategic leader to drive meaningful initiatives, build strong partnerships, and make a lasting impact through program development and operational excellence.

This is a 25% per diem position which may convert to career.

Salary: $43.45 - $92.93 hourly

• Bachelor's Degree or 5-7 years of experience or/and equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work independently and also have interpersonal skills to work with teams, provide training, and supervise staff 1+ years' experience of supervising laboratory personnel and operations.
  
• Exceptional writing skills to produce wide range of documents and deliverables.
• Experience communicating effectively and professionally and working with a variety of internal and external partners, including UCLA administrators, outside funders, policy makers and community representatives.
• Strong organizational skills to successfully work on and track complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple teams to achieve program/project mission and goals.
• Working knowledge of program/project development, evaluation, creating datasets, financial management and reporting, research principles including CITI training, grant writing and proposal submission, University procedures and policies, program/project related federal and state regulations.
• Ability to seek out and learn new policies, procedures, and software to advance the mission of the program/project.
• Ability to train new program/project managers and other staff within and external to the unit.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate medical, policy and administrative information.