Program Management Branch
PMB leads and coordinates technology-related policy, strategic planning, program and project liaison, program and project collaboration, and resource administration for NIAID's biomedical technologies programs. PMB is the intra- and interagency liaison between the NIAID CT Program and Chief Information Officer.
PMB responsibilities include:
- Developing and reviewing NIAID technology planning, programs, and acquisitions to ensure that they conform with technology-related Federal laws, regulations, and policies
- Coordinating the CT program through strategic planning, knowledge management, cyber systems and software engineering, and bioinformatics
- Planning, monitoring, and evaluating requirements and resources management, commitments, negotiation, and resolution of process-related issues in the Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology (OCICB)
- Conducting technology resource planning to ensure compliance with governmental policy and Best Practices
- Administering technology resources for OCICB missions
- Governing and providing oversight for OCICB technology maintenance and licensing agreements
- Coordinating NIAID officials' planning with regard to the design and implementation of CT solutions to meet NIAID's needs
- Performing strategic planning and analyzing resources for future needs by identifying major NIAID bioinformatics issues
- Enhancing professional development of staff through in-service training, professional development activities in the laboratories, and collaboration with interdisciplinary professionals
- Sponsoring collaboration between biomedical researchers and information technologists to meet requirements of NIAID's programs
- Monitoring conformance with technologies, investment review, acquisitions, and evaluation policies
- Providing:
- Quality assurance for programs, performance assessment, and guidance and oversight of reporting
- Guidance and coordination of capital planning for technology
- Systems Security Administration and Management