Coordinating Center Manager

Position Overview

The NIH SOM (Standardized Organoid Modeling) Coordinating Center Manager will oversee and manage the centralized coordination of a national and/or international initiative focused on enabling standardized organoid model systems across research institutions biotech partners and regulatory bodies. This individual will play a pivotal role in coordinating protocols harmonizing data from multiple groups normalization of efforts managing communication and data-sharing frameworks and ensuring operational alignment among stakeholders. The manager will drive operational excellence support strategic planning and oversee implementation of collaborative infrastructure to support reproducibility transparency and scalability of NIH SOM activities. The position emphasizes operational leadership coordination governance and execution in support of scientific leadership provided by the NIH SOM Director and the NIH SOM AI Director.

Key Responsibilities

The Coordinating Center Manager will develop and implement an operational roadmap for organoid to support the organoid model standardization efforts facilitating coordinating and alignment across diverse stakeholders and the manager will support NIH SOM leadership engagement in national and international forums. The manager will oversee coordination of a data repository and portal that supports visibility access and governance of organoid models developed through the NIH SOM center. They will oversee daily operations of the Coordinating Center manage partner engagement and internal communications and ensure governance processes timelines and reporting requirements are consistently followed. This role includes operational organization and logistical support of scientific advisory boards including but not limited to maintaining timelines and deliverables and ensuring compliance with ethical guidelines governance policies and reproducibility standards. The manager will oversee coordination of processes related to the acquisition documentation and ethical compliance of starting biological materialincluding patient-derived cells stem cells or tissue biopsiesused for organoid development. The Manager will ensure traceability of documentation and adherence to established standard operating procedures and ensure that all documentation is maintained according to GDP standards and that it is available for audit or inspection at point. The Manager will oversee coordination of outreach and communications activities of Coordinating Center to support NIH SOM priorities and leadership-defined by scientific needs.

The manager will oversee the development maintenance and continuous improvement of SOPs QC workflows and documentation practices in coordination with scientific and technical addition they will supervise the adoption and integration of digital tools that enable coordination data harmonization protocol sharing version control and performance tracking while working closely with AI/ML teams to align reporting standards. Finally the manager will coordinate external and internal engagements with funding agencies and regulatory partners prepare operational and strategic reports and support dissemination activities such as white papers briefings and symposia in alignment with NIH SOM Scientific leadership.

Required Qualifications

Candidates should possess a Masters degree (MPA MPH MBA MSc or related field) or higher in public administration public health biomedical sciences or a related field. The successful candidate will bring 10 or more years of progressive leadership experience coordinating complex multi-stakeholder programs or consortia within federal academic or national initiatives. Demonstrated expertise is required in:

• Strategic program and project management for large multi-institutional efforts
• Oversight of federally funded programs cooperative agreements or programs including compliance reporting and performance monitoring
• Leading cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams including scientific operational and administrative personnel
• Facilitating consensus-building among diverse stakeholders and translating strategic goals into executable work plans
• Developing and maintaining governance structures standard operating procedures and continuous improvement processes
• Demonstrated experience leading operational coordination program management offices (PMOs) or execution functions for large complex initiatives in regulated environments
• Candidates must possess excellent written and oral communication skills including experience preparing briefings reports and materials for senior leadership advisory boards and external partners.; familiarity with digital platforms data-sharing environments or enterprise systems supporting program coordination; and experience operating within federal or academic compliance frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred candidates will demonstrate one or more of the following:

• Experience supporting or coordinating NIH CDC or other HHS-funded programs centers or consortia

• Proven success managing multimillion-dollar funding portfolios or complex cooperative agreements and programs

• Experience operating at the interface of academia government and external partners (e.g. industry non-profits)

• Familiarity with data governance performance metrics or continuous improvement frameworks used in large public-sector initiatives

• Experience supporting high-visibility time-sensitive or mission-critical initiatives

• Scientific domain expertise in organoid biology or related laboratory research areas is desirable but not required; the position emphasizes coordination governance and operational leadership in support of scientific excellence.