Research Project Manager

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $94K - $145K 💻 Project Management 🗓️ April 9th, 2026

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Rutgers University is hiring a Research Project Manager for the Center for State Health Policy (CSHP) within the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. The position involves managing research grants and contracts, leading community-based interventions to support autistic individuals, overseeing IRB submissions and compliance, and developing innovative cross-system funding initiatives and proposals to advance research on autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Highlights

Manage research activities for funded projects and prioritize future funding opportunities.
Oversee submission and compliance of IRB protocols related to human subjects research.
Lead community-based interventions focusing on criminal justice diversion, system navigation, and equity practices for autistic individuals.
Provide faculty support with grant applications, regulatory documentation, and federal, state, and foundation policy guidance.
Identify and develop grant proposals for local, state, and national funding on multi-system involvement of disabilities.
Produce technical reports, innovative deliverables, and scholarly manuscripts aligned with funding priorities.
Maintain collaborations with experts and policymakers at various levels to strengthen research initiatives.
Bachelor’s degree in a related scientific field and a minimum of five years relevant professional experience required.
Preferred qualifications include a Master’s degree in social science or education and knowledge of autism or developmental disability policy.
Salary range from $94,492 to $144,715 with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, retirement plans, and educational benefits.