Job Summary
The Senior Program Manager plays a pivotal role in overseeing and directing strategic initiatives, program development, and collaboration across diverse projects within the Jackson Laboratories (JAX). This position involves spearheading multifaceted programs, fostering relationships, and contributing to the advancement of JAX's objectives. The incumbent will demonstrate a capacity for handling intricate stakeholder interactions with professionalism, discretion, and a focus on achieving overarching organizational goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the conceptualization, refinement, and expansion of programs/initiatives, assessing their impact and scalability within the organization.
- Cultivate and maintain strategic partnerships, both internally and externally, fostering collaborative efforts for program success.
- Collaborate with relevant teams to identify and propose solutions by leveraging data analysis, aiming to enhance services or products in line with organizational objectives.
- Oversee the development, implementation, and execution of specialized workflows tailored to specific program needs, ensuring seamless operations and measurable outcomes.
- Provide leadership and guidance to teams, offering expertise and support to ensure effective workflow improvements and team development.
- Represent JAX at relevant industry events, strategic meetings, and forums, playing a moderating role and contributing to discussions.
- Oversee the creation of resources, including but not limited to materials directed towards stakeholders or the public, supporting the dissemination of program-related information.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proven ability to cultivate and sustain meaningful relationships both within and outside the organization.
- Advanced interpersonal skills necessary for engaging and collaborating with diverse individuals, encompassing various cultures, disciplines, and levels of expertise.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and successfully implementing programs/initiatives, showcasing strategic decision-making capabilities.
- Strong leadership acumen, showcasing the ability to nurture staff development and achieve strategic objectives effectively.
- Willingness and ability to travel as required, up to [Percentage] of the time, based on organizational needs.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Education Required: Master's degree
Preferred Education: Doctorate degree
Minimum Experience Required: 4 years
Preferred Experience: 6 years
Pay Range: $98885 - $165554
About JAX:
The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California, New York, Florida), Japan and China. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.
Founded in 1929, JAX applies over nine decades of expertise in genetics to increase understanding of human disease, advancing treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging and heart disease. It models and interprets genomic complexity, integrates basic research with clinical application, educates current and future scientists, and provides critical data, tools and services to the global biomedical community. For more information, please visit www.jax.org.
EEO Statement:
The Jackson Laboratory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.
Skills Required
- Master's degree
- Doctorate degree
- At least 4 years of experience
- At least 6 years of experience
- Ability to cultivate and sustain meaningful internal and external relationships
- Advanced interpersonal skills for collaborating with diverse individuals across cultures, disciplines, and expertise levels
- Experience developing and implementing programs or initiatives
- Strategic decision-making capabilities
- Leadership skills, including staff development and achievement of strategic objectives
- Willingness and ability to travel as required
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The Jackson Laboratory Insights
What We Do
Cancer. Diabetes. Alzheimer’s. Heart Disease. Parkinson’s. The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) leads the search to cure diseases rooted in our DNA. Founded in 1929, we are an NCI-designated Cancer Center since 1983 and an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit research organization with over 90 years of experience in genetics and genomics research. JAX blends the brightest minds with state-of-the-art resources to accelerate discovery. Areas of Discovery (75+ Principal Investigators, >250 Ph.D.s, M.D.s, and D.V.M.s): • Cancer: We are a National Cancer Institute designated Cancer Center focusing on cancer initiation, progression, prevention and therapies. • Developmental/reproductive biology: birth defects, Down syndrome, osteoporosis, fertility • Immunology: HIV-AIDS, anemia, autoimmunity, cancer immunology, immune disorders, lupus, transplant rejection • Metabolic diseases: atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, microbiome • Neurobiology: blindness, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, deafness, epilepsy, glaucoma, macular degeneration, neurodegenerative diseases • Neurobehavioral disorders: autism, addiction, depression Supporting Global Research: • The JAX Mouse Repository and Scientific Services are among the premier resources available for biomedical research. Committed to Education: • Summer Student Program (undergrad & high school) • Teaching the Genome Generation Short Course • Ph.D. programs: U. Maine, Tufts University and U. Connecticut • Courses, Conferences and Workshops
