Research Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Work with project lead on multi-disciplinary project teams ensuring successful implementation, management, and completion of research programs.
• Work with program lead to provide guidance to research teams through the effective development, management approval and execution of strategic plans, including timeline development, identification of project risks, and effective communications.
• Participate in annual Research Goal Setting process and establish formal meeting cadence to identify areas of risk. Encourage collaboration and jointly develop solutions to mitigate issues and enable successful goal attainment.
• Work with Scientific Team Leads to develop and maintain timelines, including project milestones and deliverables.
• Oversee the planning of meetings including presentation materials, logistics, venue, etc.
• Ensure that team meetings have structure, including agendas and clear objectives. Facilitate meetings effectively and clearly document decisions, action items, and next steps. Maintain efficient record keeping of all meetings.
• Actively address and resolve any conflicts and issues within the teams.
• Manage established research alliances ensuring that both internal and external commitments are being met as described in the executed agreements.
• Act as point of contact for research alliances with academic collaborators.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering, or Life Sciences. (PhD Preferred)
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in pharmaceutical drug development or related role/expertise (biotech or cell therapy preferred) with at least 1-3 years of experience in a management role.
• Strong ability to plan ahead and identify challenges to projects.
• Previous project and/or alliance management experience (PMP preferred)
• Experience in the planning, implementation, and management of pre-clinical to early clinical development.
• Excellent computer skills with experience using Microsoft suite of products, particularly Microsoft Project or similar program. Experience with Visio and OnePager preferred.
• Pre-clinical product development experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• Ability to relate project details to larger divisional/corporate strategies to provide context to teams.
• Effective interpersonal skills; able to establish good working relationships and collaborate with networks of employees of all levels; able to foster cooperation in others; creative problem-solver.
• Experience working in a small, fast-paced environment.
• Able to work collaboratively with others both internally and externally.
• Strong scientific acumen and ability to independently keep up to date on the latest advances in the field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to rapidly pivot between projects.
• Level will be based on experience.

Preferred Experience:

• Previous experience with regulatory submissions and knowledge of regulatory documentation processes.
• Strong working knowledge of myeloid cells, immunology, and/or in vivo studies.
• Sound understanding of early drug development process.
• Previous alliance management experience with both academic and industrial collaborators.
• Strong working knowledge of document management systems.
• Strong working knowledge of SharePoint.
• PMP certification.