Associate Research Project Manager

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🦞 Maine – Remote

🦞 Maine – Remote

💵 $49.2k - $82.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

🔬 Research Analyst

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The Jackson Laboratory

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1929

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

The Jackson Laboratory is a nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops and distributes genetically defined mouse models, cell and computational resources, and preclinical services to accelerate biomedical discovery and translation to the clinic. It provides research platforms, data-science tools, custom model generation, and training and education programs for scientists, clinicians, and students, and partners with industry and academic groups to enable personalized medicine and drug development. JAX combines laboratory research, core services, and education to bridge mouse and human data and support advances in genetics and disease biology.

📋 Description

• Contribute to planning and execution of projects and program operations • Support project planning, tracking, reporting, documentation, and coordination across teams and service areas • Collaborate with management and colleagues to define objectives, develop plans, and implement procedures • Communicate regularly with internal stakeholders and contribute to written project materials • Track milestones, coordinate resources, meetings, and action items, and support onboarding • Understand scientific aims of sponsors and collaborators and keep projects moving forward by identifying blockers, unclear priorities, and resource gaps • Document project objectives, milestones, team roles, commitments, tasks, and timelines • Establish and coordinate project communications, team meetings, breakout meetings, subteam meetings, and daily standups; maintain meeting minutes • Maintain and distribute project status updates to collaborators, sponsors, and stakeholders • Monitor and document research objectives, task priorities, statuses, resources, decision points, and sponsor satisfaction • Perform project accounting activities, including monthly grant accounting and services billing reporting • Facilitate daily meetings, track daily tasks, coordinate routine communications, and maintain operational follow-through • Assist in developing communication plans and maintaining dashboards, reports, and project reporting materials • Support department-wide administrative and operational activities, including financial and service billing reporting, intake and service request processes, and project, vendor, and program records • Coordinate team members associated with assigned projects and operational workflows

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required • Area of Specialization: Life Sciences • Project management certification preferred • Understanding of and experience in project management, particularly agile/iterative project management methods • Understanding of and experience in biological science, particularly genetics, genomics, and the scientific method, is preferred • Understanding of and experience in computer science, particularly software development/engineering, is preferred • Excellent oral, digital, written and listening communication skills • Ability to manage timelines through analytical and problem solving capabilities • Ability to organize, manage and monitor multiple projects to successful completion, adapting to shifting priorities in a high-pressure environment • Ability to work effectively with technical teams and support the coordination and tracking of software development activities and related project tasks is preferred • Ability to track commitments, follow up on outstanding activities, and escalate delays or issues • Ability to identify schedule conflicts, dependencies, missing information, and other issues affecting planned activities • Ability to maintain visibility of assigned activities, priorities, and deadlines and adjust coordination activities • Interpersonal relationship skills sufficient to lead others, develop consensus, and work effectively with diverse individuals and groups • Ability to manage expectations of collaborators and managers and motivate team members to execute and deliver