Project Manager - MULTITUDES (Neuro-Memory and Aging Center)
Full Time (86405BR)
Job Summary
**This is a full-time, limited appointment scheduled to end one year from the date of hire
The Multitudes Project Manager will serve as a key operational leader for UCSF’s statewide initiative focused on early literacy and dyslexia screening, bridging neuroscience and public education. This full-time, fixed-term role (with potential for renewal) is responsible for managing complex project planning, coordinating across functional areas, and implementing technical solutions in partnership with the California Department of Education, UC campuses, public schools, and technology vendors.
Reporting to the COO and collaborating closely with product, research, engineering, and outreach teams, the Project Manager will ensure timely delivery of project work, alignment with stakeholder goals, and long-term sustainability of the Multitudes platform. The role demands strong project management experience—ideally in education, healthcare, or academic environments—along with excellent operational skills and fluency in working with technical teams. Responsibilities include tracking milestones, managing vendor relationships, maintaining quality standards, and ensuring effective communication across a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic and evolving setting.
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.
Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
The salary range for this position is $80,200 - $120,300 (Annual Rate).
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Department Description
Learn about UCSF MULTITUDES
The UCSF Dyslexia Center developed and continues to maintain and innovate a digital platform, called Multitudes. Free for all California public schools, this platform aids in the early identification of kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students who may face challenges learning to read. Early identification can lead to early intervention. With the right support, more California students can learn to read, leading to more equitable educational and health outcomes.
Multitudes and the UCSF Dyslexia Center are part of the ALBA Language Neurobiology laboratory, directed by Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini. Located in the UCSF Neurology Department’s Memory and Aging Center, the ALBA Lab studies how language is organized into brain networks across the lifespan. Our group researches how language skills and brain regions are impacted by neurological conditions and how they reorganize in response. Our multidisciplinary team correlates behavioral research with multimodal neuroimaging techniques to understand the neural underpinning of higher cognitive functions such as speech, language, and memory. In particular, we research two syndromes: Primary Progressive Aphasia and Dyslexia. Dr. Gorno Tempini is also co-director of the UCSF|UC Berkeley Schwab Center for Dyslexia and Cognitive Diversity. Together with the UCSF Dyslexia Center, these centers aim to eliminate the debilitating effects of developmental dyslexia while supporting the relative strengths of each individual. We develop best practice protocols to assess and diagnose children with dyslexia and other learning differences through a multimodal cognitive and neuroimaging program. We work closely with schools and educators to develop early interventions and educational strategies to help children with dyslexia thrive.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in relevant field such as education, neuroscience, public health, or public policy.
- Minimum three years managing operations or programs in research, education, healthcare, or technology settings and minimum three years of experience r equivalent combination of experience/education.
- At least 2 years working with technical teams (developers, product managers, data engineers).
- Proven experience managing cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders across institutions or public-sector agencies.
- Skilled in project management tools (e.g., Asana, Jira, Smartsheet) and collaboration platforms (e.g., Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, GitHub).
- Experience managing budgets and vendor contracts.
- Exceptional organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Comfortable leading and actively participating in meetings, including agenda creation, recaps, and follow-up.
- Ability to work independently and manage priorities in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
- Professionalism and enthusiasm for collaborating with a diverse team.
- Fluency in English.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree or PhD in in relevant fields such as education, neuroscience, public health, or public policy.
- Certifications like Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Experience in K–12 or higher education, education policy, and/or educational technology.
- Knowledge of accessibility compliance (e.g., WCAG), data privacy, and education interoperability standards (e.g., Ed-Fi, 1EdTech).
- Experience managing programs funded by government grants or philanthropic foundations.
- Familiarity with dyslexia, learning differences, and/or neurodiversity in educational contexts.
- Prior experience working across UC campuses or large academic institutions.
Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neurodevelopmental Disorders & Language Neurobiology
The ALBA Language Neurobiology Laboratory at UCSF is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study neurodevelopmental disorders affecting language and mathematics.
Job Summary
The selected candidate will participate in projects that focus on establishing MRI protocols with cutting-edge methodologies and applying advanced neuroimaging techniques to a wide range of neurological diseases and conditions.The candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in a translational research project and work closely with the current members of the team, and contribute to our empirical efforts to further our understanding of the neurobiology of language.
Research Focus
Develop and implement mutimodal MRI approaches to map brain development.
Use advanced analysis techniques (tractography, graph theory, machine learning) to uncover neural signatures of disorders such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and ADHD.
Work within a multidisciplinary team to connect brain data with behavioral and genetic markers, advancing both science and potential interventions.
This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a growing field and advance our understanding of atypical brain development in children and young adults.
Department Description
The UCSF Department of Neurology brings together world-class researchers and physicians to solve some of the most complex challenges in the human brain. The Department’ mission is to deliver superb patient care, to apply state-of-the-art translational research methods to discover the causes of and treatments for human nervous system disorders, and to educate each generation of medical students, neurology residents and postdoctoral fellows. By fostering cross-disciplinary interactions among scientists around the world, we accelerate the pace of discovery and champion the University's global health initiatives.
Laboratory Description
The ALBA Language Neurobiology laboratory is located in the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. The laboratory aims to provide world-class clinical care while performing cutting-edge research on the cognitive and neural correlates of language and related cognitive functions across the life span. Our multidisciplinary team correlates behavioral research with multimodal neuroimaging techniques to understand the neural underpinning of higher cognitive functions such as speech, language, mathematics and memory. Neurodegenerative as well as neurodevelopmental disorders including frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, dyslexia and dyscalculia are used as clinical models.
Required qualifications:
PhD in a related science area such as neurology, radiology, neuroscience, cognitive science, biomedical engineering or a related discipline.
Previous work experience with MRI data collection and analysis.
Familiarity with existing neuroimaging tools such as SPM, Freesurfer, AFNI, FSL
Familiarity with at least one programming or scripting language such as Python, Matlab, R and C/C++.
Preferred qualifications:
Familiarity and experience with any of the following will be a plus: connectomics, diffusion-weighted MRI, tractography, functional MRI, MRI data harmonization, machine/deep learning, graph theory, dementia studies, mathematical modeling.
Strong writing skills demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based environment.
To apply, please send a cover letter describing interests and relevant prior experience, a CV, and 3 names of potential references to [email protected] and [email protected]
Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Job Summary
Under the supervision of a Clinical Research Supervisor or Principal Investigator (PI), the Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator will perform entry-level duties related to the support and coordination of clinical studies in the Dyslexia Center, and may receive training and development to prepare and advance for journey-level work at the next level within the series.
May be responsible for the coordination of one or more single or multi-site, active or follow-up trials; help prepare protocols for study initiation; help design flow sheets, data forms and source documents; gather and interpret medical, surgical and laboratory data regarding clinical trial subjects; may apply understanding of inclusion/exclusion eligibility criteria for protocols; help recruit, enroll, register, schedule and retain study subjects; record protocol specific treatments and assure collection and shipment of samples; assist research personnel to keep patients on study schedules; complete study forms to submit to sponsors and/or appropriate agencies; collect, enter and clean data into study databases, maintaining data quality; assist with data analysis; assist with preparation of reports and tables; attend team meetings; and perform other duties as assigned.
Department Description
The ALBA Language Neurobiology laboratory in the UCSF Memory and Aging Center studies how language is organized into brain networks across the lifespan. Our group researches how language skills and brain regions are impacted by neurological conditions and how they reorganize in response. Our multidisciplinary team correlates behavioral research with multimodal neuroimaging techniques to understand the neural underpinning of higher cognitive functions such as speech, language and memory. In particular, we research two syndromes: Primary Progressive Aphasia and Dyslexia.
The PI is also co-director of the UCSF Dyslexia Center. The center aims to eliminate the debilitating effects of developmental dyslexia while supporting the relative strengths of each individual. We develop best practice protocols to assess and diagnose children with dyslexia through a multimodal cognitive and neuroimaging program. We work closely with schools and educators to develop early interventions and educational strategies to help children with dyslexia thrive.
Required Qualifications
- HS graduation and sufficient experience and demonstrated skills to successfully perform the assigned duties and responsibilities; and/or equivalent experience/training
- Demonstrated excellence in verbal and written communications and presentation skills; excellent organizational skills; and excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively in a diverse team.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Windows.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-based environment; project management and coordination skills; ability to prioritize tasks and meet multiple deadlines on concurrent projects.
- Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with patients, co-workers, & physicians.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated proficiency with RedCAP, Qualtrics, or other research software
- Experience working with study subjects or other people ages 5 through 18
- Experience working with data collection forms and databases