Project Manager

Do you want to work for a world-renowned research institute that pushes the boundaries of biomedical science and health research? Right here in Montreal! At the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), you can be part of an organization focused on scientific discovery and innovation in patient-centered medicine. Join us today and make a difference!
Job DescriptionRESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MUHCThe Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is a world-renowned biomedical and hospital research centre. Located in Montreal, Quebec, the Institute is the research arm of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. The RI-MUHC is supported in part by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS).
Position SummaryDepartment / Research Program: Psychiatry. The Centre for Precision Psychiatry – Quebec (CPPQ) is seeking a project manager for our large-scale longitudinal mental health research project across three clinical research sites, including recruitment, data collection, budget, timelines, and project milestones. We are collecting clinical and biological data from patients undergoing psychiatric treatment to make them available through open science.
General Duties
Site operations: Oversee day-to-day research operations across sites, including workflows, staffing, coordination of research teams, problem-solving, and SOP development and maintenance.
Strategic planning: Develop project objectives, timelines, and operational strategies, coordinate strategic planning and monitor progress toward project milestones.
Budget and financial management: Develop and monitor multi-site budgets, track expenditures and projections, and identify opportunities to optimize resources and reduce costs.
Team leadership: Supervise and support research staff and volunteers, including workload planning, weekly supervision, evaluations, contracts, professional development, training, and leave management.
Clinical supervision and quality assurance: Supervise and train clinical research staff and lead scoring reviews to support inter-rater reliability, consistency, and ongoing clinical training.
Data user management and data sharing: Manage prospective data users from application through data sharing and follow-up, including communications, documentation, DTAs, and MTAs.
Ethics and regulatory management: Maintain project ethics approvals, coordinate ethics submissions, and address ethical, privacy, confidentiality, and data-access requirements.
Data quality and research operations: Identify and resolve data-quality issues, develop standardized procedures, and quality-control processes.
Scientific research: Contribute to study design, psychometric analyses, data quality assessment, manuscripts, scientific presentations, and research reports, supervise undergraduate research projects.
Reporting and dissemination: Prepare annual reports, presentations, and project documentation for institutional and funding partners.
Partnerships, representation, and communications: Represent the project with research partners, institutional and funding organizations, external users, media, and other stakeholders, build and maintain collaborative relationships and oversee project communications.
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Education / ExperienceEducation: Master's Degree
Field of Study: Psychology/Psychiatry/Nursing/Administration
Work Experience: Experience in project and team management, clinical experience is an important asset
Required Skills
This position requires an advanced knowledge of oral and written French.
An advanced knowledge of oral and written English is required, as the position requires regular and complex contact with patients, researchers or international students who are exclusively proficient in English. The position also requires complex writing or in-depth analysis of documents in English related to a research project.
Additional informationStatus: Temporary, full time (35-hour workweek)
Pay Scale: Commensurate with education and experience
Work Shift: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm
Work Site: Allan Memorial Institute, 1025 Pine Ave. W
This position offers the possibility of a hybrid work arrangement (on-site and remote).
Why work with us?
4-week vacation, 5th week after 5 years
Bank of 12 paid days (personal days and days for sickness or family obligations)
13 paid statutory holidays
Modular group insurance plan (including gender affirmation coverage)
Telemedicine
RREGOP (defined benefit government pension plan)
Training and professional development opportunities
Child Care Centres
Corporate Discounts (OPUS + Perkopolis)
Competitive monthly parking rate
Employee Assistance Program
Recognition Program
Flex work options and much more!

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THIS IS NOT A HOSPITAL POSITION.Equal Opportunity Employment ProgramThe Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity, diversity and inclusion within its community. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who self-identify as members of racialized groups/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. We also welcome candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may confidentially contact, View email address on ca.hrm.tc
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