Research Specialist Preventive Cardiology

About Mass General Brigham

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit organization, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of our community.

About the Role

This position functions independently and under the direction of a principal investigator to perform high-level, complex scientific research experiments. The role is designed for a problem solver who takes the initiative to prioritize tasks, ensuring the smooth and efficient conduct of several projects simultaneously. You will contribute to scientific literature, reports, journals, and presentations, while investigating, creating, and developing new methods and technologies for research advancement.

In this semi-autonomous capacity, you will develop proposals and study plans, coordinating institutional and external reviews. You will be responsible for supervising routine reports of laboratory studies, particularly as stipulated in material transfer agreements or corporate-sponsored research agreements, and distributing them to industry scientific counterparts and academic collaborators. Your day-to-day activities include reporting on work progress at weekly laboratory seminars, writing up experimental work for grant applications, book chapters, and journal publications, and preparing summaries of laboratory studies for meeting presentations. Additionally, you will calculate, transcribe, analyze, and prepare figures of data using advanced statistical techniques, while identifying, interpreting, and applying findings from scientific literature relevant to your projects.

Our Approach to Compensation and Growth

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, taking into account your skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and other essential factors. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums, and bonuses as applicable, alongside recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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Our competency framework defines what effective leadership "looks like" by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. Comprising ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused), these are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.