Program Manager, Human Subjects Research

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Program Manager, Human Subjects Research
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Redmond, WA
The RL Research Human Subject Research team is looking to expand with a new Engineering Product Specialist. This program manager role will oversee our contingent RA team, work on scheduling internal and external user research experiments on the edge of the technology innovation curve. The right person will have a passion for understanding user value and organizing that work.
Program Manager, Human Subjects Research Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with Program Managers and Technical Program Managers to maintain and augment end-to-end support services for human subjects research, from inception, data collection, to final data analysis and publication
  • including maintaining training materials and administering training for new researchers and research assistants.
  • Collaborate with other PMs in the assessment and implementation of new technologies to gain efficiencies for study set up and administration, ensuring that new technologies maintain strict compliance with Facebook data privacy and security standards.
  • Assist research teams with user study safety, legal and ethics compliance, including informed consent workflows, hardware and lab safety, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversight compliance.
  • Coordinate logistics for study room bookings and research assistant (RA) assignments.
  • Coordinate IT and networking infrastructure set up, troubleshooting, and network security compliance for research/UX labs.
  • Assist research teams with research participant recruiting and screening, including the maintenance and administration of screening surveys, participant database upkeep, and the implementation of new data handling procedures in response to policy changes.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree Engineering or non-engineering field
  • 3+ years of program management experience
  • Experience defining and driving project progress and schedules.
  • Communication, cross-functional collaboration, relationship building, and leadership skills, with experience motivating people and resolving conflicts.
  • Resourceful, proactive, autonomous, and adaptable.
Preferred Qualifications
  • 2+ years experience in a research environment.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific discipline, user research, or administration.
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, e.g., research, software, and hardware.
  • Experience working with and reporting to an Institutional Review Board
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$101,000/year to $152,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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