JOBS
Program Manager
Location: Boston, MA (Main Campus)
The Program Manager plays a critical role in the operation of a high-impact research program while ensuring the integrity, efficiency, and coordination of all program activities. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management, communication, and organizational skills, with experience in academic or research environments. The Program Manager works closely with the Finance Manager to support operational financial oversight, including budget tracking, expenditure, and alignment with sponsor requirements. As part of the role, overnight travel may be required to accompany the Principal Investigator and/or research staff on visits to subawardee sites across the country, as well as to attend sponsor-mandated events. Travel is typically expected three to five times per year over the duration of the award, depending on the schedule of activities. A valid U.S. driver’s license with a safe driving record and the ability to travel as required are essential. The Program Manager also supports program travel logistics.
Preferred Skills:
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Managing schedules, milestones, risks, and deliverables across internal and external teams.
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Coordinating reporting, budgeting, and documentation with the Financial Manager.
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Ensuring timely invoicing and task completion by sub-award recipients.
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Developing and maintaining reporting and presentation templates in compliance with sponsor guidelines.
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Organizing and documenting meetings, events, and site visits.
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Supporting the PI with travel coordination and stakeholder engagement.
- Facilitating communication between Northeastern University and sub-award partners to integrate and test final deliverables.
Compensation Grade/Pay Type: 112S
Expected Hiring Range:
$99,010.00 - $143,567.50
Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist
Location: Boston, MA (Main Campus)
The Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist will manage communication, branding, and outreach efforts for healthcare cybersecurity and medical device security projects. This role emphasizes developing and executing strategies across web, HubSpot, social media, print, and events to engage academic partners, industry collaborators, government sponsors, and the public. The specialist will collaborate closely with the Multimedia Production Specialist to ensure that messaging and campaigns are supported with engaging video, graphics, and other multimedia content.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Develop and implement communication strategies for research, outreach, and partnership engagement.
- Write, edit, and distribute newsletters, press releases, reports, websitecontent; manage HubSpot and social media with analytics and reporting
- Ensure consistent branding and messaging across communications;coordinate outreach for conferences, workshops, and sponsor interactions
- Collaborate with the Multimedia Production Specialist to align campaignswith multimedia content and explore new opportunities for visibility andengagement
Compensation Grade/Pay Type: 108S
Expected Hiring Range:
$60,315.00 - $85,192.50
Research Fellow
The PATCH Research Fellow position offers an opportunity for experienced professionals from government, industry, or academia to join a mission-driven team advancing healthcare cybersecurity. The PATCH Research Fellow helps build Whole-Hospital Simulations, realistic testbeds that emulate complex healthcare environments, and Vulnerability Mitigation Platforms that safeguard both clinical and non-clinical networks. This work will directly impact patient safety and digital resilience in some of the most vulnerable healthcare settings. Success in this role will help revolutionize the healthcare penetration testing marketplace by shifting the focus from compliance-based checklists to understanding how gracefully a hospital system fails and recovers under attack. The platforms are also expected to drive a paradigm shift in medical device security regulation, moving evaluation away from individual components and toward system-level thinking across vast networks of interacting medical devices.
The role focuses on applied research and experimentation with these platforms to improve the resilience and security of medical devices, hospital networks, and healthcare delivery systems. PATCH Research Fellows will bring their expertise to guide technical research, mentor students, and collaborate with faculty and industry partners on advancing the state of practice in healthcare cybersecurity.
Key Accountabilities & responsibilities :
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Contribute technical expertise to research on hospital-scale cybersecurity simulations and vulnerability mitigation platforms.
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Lead or participate in experimental studies of medical device and healthcare system security, including penetration testing and evaluation of emerging technologies.
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Advise faculty, students, and collaborators on technical approaches, research methodologies, and security strategies.
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Publish or co-author research papers and technical reports, and share findings with academic, industry, and government partners.
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Present research at conferences, workshops, and seminars as appropriate.
Compensation Grade/Pay Type: 107S
Expected Hiring Range:
$53,615.00 - $75,728.75