Tanzeela Rahman
Cambridge,USA
Summary
Results-driven Program Manager specializing in full-cycle operations for large-scale clinical research and healthcare start-ups. Demonstrates strategic planning, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional collaboration, achieving impactful outcomes through effective stakeholder engagement and operational efficiency.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Project Manager
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, USA
09.2023 - 01.2026
- Led full-cycle operations of 5+ large-scale, multi-site research projects, managing start-up to close-out, site activation, enrollment, monitoring, and audits while ensuring GCP compliance and alignment on timelines, budgets, deliverables, and risk mitigation to drive compliant, high-quality outcomes.
- Managed operations for Global Brain Care Coalition, an early-stage healthcare start-up, leading cross-functional collaboration with strategy, branding, fundraising, and social media teams to build company infrastructure, raise visibility, engage stakeholders, and secure funding to launch key initiatives.
- Recruited, onboarded, trained, and mentored high-performing team of coordinators, project managers, and fellows, enhancing operational efficiency and supporting successful study execution.
- Served as the primary liaison between internal teams and external stakeholders—CROs, vendors, investigators, and site staff—ensuring seamless communication and study execution.
- Led strategic project meetings, defined execution plans, and tracked action items, improving stakeholder alignment and accelerating decision-making processes.
- Oversaw study budgets, financial tracking, and resource allocation, maintaining fiscal compliance and ensuring alignment with funding agency requirements and institutional policies.
- Tracked site selection, activation, and enrollment metrics, proactively addressing study challenges to ensure timely progress.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by managing protocol amendments, informed consent forms, and study-related documentation, achieving zero major audit findings.
- Developed and implemented key performance indicator (KPI) dashboards to track and measure project performance, report progress to stakeholders, and enable data-driven decisions and improvements in operational efficiency.
- Developed and maintained study documentation and operational plans, including monitoring plans, CRFs, laboratory manuals, protocols, SOPs, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure compliance and project integrity.
- Collaborated with monitoring and site engagement teams to drive effective site initiation, training, and monitoring activities in adherence with ICH-GCP and FDA regulatory guidelines.
- Prepared and maintained complete Trial Master Files (TMF) and led periodic sponsor-level TMF reviews, maintaining audit-ready documentation and implementing Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) throughout the study lifecycle.
- Collaborated with PIs on successful grant submissions, securing ongoing funding, and expanding research capacity.
- Supported development of grant proposals and publications, contributing to 10+ abstracts and manuscripts, and enhancing research visibility through national and international conferences.
Research Administrator
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, USA
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Streamlined executive calendar management, international travel coordination, and day-to-day office operations, including IT support and equipment procurement.
- Managed end-to-end financial processes-credit reconciliation, purchase orders, and vendor payments-ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Coordinated research team schedules, tracked project timelines, and documented assignments to support efficient task execution.
- Led onboarding initiatives and developed structured procedures to improve the new hire experience and ensure smooth team integration.
- Strengthened cross-departmental collaboration by facilitating regular administrative meetings and optimizing workflows for communication, vendor relations, and meeting logistics.
Research Protocol Scheduler
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, USA
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Coordinated patient visits and scheduling for clinical trials, enhancing resource utilization and prioritizing patient safety.
- Communicated with patients, research teams, and medical staff to deliver accurate, timely information about clinical trial protocols and scheduling.
- Communicated with patients, research teams, and medical staff to deliver accurate, timely information about clinical trial protocols and scheduling.
- Provided logistical support to clinical trial investigators and study coordinators, managing study supply inventory and assisting with data entry and analysis.
- Provided logistical support to clinical trial investigators and study coordinators, managing study supply inventory and assisting with data entry and analysis.
- Identified and reported errors in protocol schedules and data records during quality control initiatives.
Education
MBA - Healthcare Management
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Boston, MABachelor of Science - Healthcare Management
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Boston, MASkills
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Clinical Project Coordination
- Stakeholder Management
- Data Analysis
- Clinical Research
- Regulatory Compliance (IRB, NIH Guidelines)
- GCP, ICH-GCP
- Budget & Resource Management
- Microsoft Office
- KPI Development & Dashboard Reporting
- Digital Communication Strategy
- SPSS
- Tableau
- EPIC
- Clinical Documentation & Quality Assurance
- Protocol & SOP Development
- Healthcare Start-up Program Development
Projects
- Race / Ethnicity, Hypertension and Prevention of VCID and Stroke after Intracerebral Hemorrhage (REACH-ICH), NIH R01NS093870, https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10677746
- ERICH-GENE, NIH 5U01NS069763-09, https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10655629
- American Heart Association Bugher Foundation Projects, https://professional.heart.org/en/research-programs/aha-funded-research/the-bugher-foundation
- An Imaging Repository for the Cerebrovascular Disease Knowledge Portal (iCDKP), NINDS 1U24NS132940-01, https://iadrp.nia.nih.gov/project/imaging-repository-cerebrovascular-disease-knowledge-portal-icdkp
- Brain Care Score (Version 2), https://www.massgeneral.org/neurology/mccance-center/about/brain-care-score
- Global Brain Care Coalition, https://globalbraincare.org/
- Others:
- Improving Organizational Health Literacy for Shared Decision Making in the ICU: Evaluating the impact of a multimodal health information toolkit on time to tracheostomy within the Neusciences ICU.
- The "Savvy for Stroke Survivors" study: Testing a Novel Tool to Help Stroke Survivors Take Their Medication
Languages
- English, Native
- Bengali, Native
- Hindi, Proficient
Timeline
Program Project Manager
Massachusetts General Hospital
09.2023 - 01.2026
Research Administrator
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
01.2022 - 08.2023
Research Protocol Scheduler
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
06.2021 - 01.2022
MBA - Healthcare Management
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Management
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences