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Scientific/Research Project Manager
Position Overview:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Scientific Project Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management within the biopharma industry, coupled with a deep understanding of early discovery, preclinical, and early development activities, as well as regulatory workflows. A highly organized and detail-oriented individual with a passion for scientific research and project management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the entire project lifecycle from initiation to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
- Have a good understanding around drug discovery/development to know where and how to accelerate timelines.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external (CRO) stakeholders.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
- Monitor project progress and identify potential risks or issues, implementing corrective and acceleration actions as needed.
- Foster effective communication and collaboration among team members and external partners.
- Maintain data quality and optimize operational efficiency.
- Create and manage comprehensive project documentation.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications:
- BS in life sciences or a related field; an MS or PhD is preferred.
- At least 5 years of project management experience in the biopharma industry.
- Experience working with and managing CROs.
- In-depth knowledge of the scientific project workflows relative to discovery and preclinical activities, processing, analysis, results delivery, and communications.
- Strong understanding of laboratory information systems (LIMS) and associated data infrastructure.
- Expertise in databases to streamline data collection.
- Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with professionals at all levels, both within and outside the company.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, analyze workflows, and manage time effectively. Can multitask across multiple projects and programs.
- Strong decision-making, presentation, and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills to manage stakeholders’ expectations.
- Proven ability to influence internal teams and external service providers to achieve project objectives.
- Comfortable and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced start-up environment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
Salary Ranges:
- Scientific/Research Project Manager: $112,500 to $150,000
- Senior Scientific/Research Project Manager: $133,500 to $178,000
Moonwalk Biosciences is pioneering a new class of precision epigenetic medicines. Its novel platform technology provides a complete view of the epigenome in health and disease, with the most advanced AI prediction of epigenetic targets, and the broadest set of epigenetic engineering tools. Moonwalk was Co-founded by Alex Aravanis, M.D., Ph.D., former CTO of Illumina, world-renowned scientist Feng Zhang, Ph.D. of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and a distinguished set of industry leaders and company builders. It has raised $57 million led by Alpha Wave Ventures, and joined by other leading life sciences investors ARCH Venture Partners, Future Ventures, GV, Khosla Ventures and YK Bioventures.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Moonwalk Biosciences provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Salary : $112,500 - $150,000