Senior Project Manager, Scientific Services

The role is responsible for leading and managing key projects within JAX, ensuring successful planning, execution, and delivery, overseeing project timelines, budgets, and resources while guiding teams to achieve high-quality outcomes. This role may supervise project mangers to coordinate cross-functional efforts, manage risks, and engage with stakeholders to ensure project success. With a focus on operational efficiency and quality, this position plays a crucial role in driving the organization’s objectives and contributing to its overall success.

Key Responsibilities (What you contribute):

• Represent JAX as well as the voice of the customer in delivering customized services to clients and collaborators
• Develop detailed project plans, defining scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for pre-clinical studies involving genetically engineered mice as disease models.
• Lead cross-functional project teams, ensuring the execution of tasks aligns with project milestones and scientific protocols.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including researchers, geneticists, and veterinarians, to gather project requirements and align expectations.
• Provide regular updates on project progress, risks, and challenges to stakeholders, ensuring transparent and clear communication.
• Lead and mentor project teams, fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment that drives scientific discovery.
• Motivate team members to meet project goals and deadlines while maintaining high standards of scientific integrity and animal welfare.
• Identify potential risks and challenges related to the research process and develop proactive mitigation strategies to address them.
• Ensure timely project delivery within budget by adjusting resources and strategies as needed to meet evolving research requirements.
• Implement and enforce strict quality assurance and compliance processes to guarantee the delivery of high-quality, scientifically valid results.
• Conduct regular project reviews, assessing progress, compliance with protocols, and adherence to quality standards to ensure successful project outcomes.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (What you're good at):

• Requires a bachelor's degree and extensive experience as a Senior Project Manager, with at least 10 years in project leadership roles, preferably in scientific or pre-clinical research settings. A combination of education and years of experience will be considered.
• Strong leadership abilities with proven success in managing and guiding cross-functional teams, particularly in research or laboratory environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with scientists, stakeholders, and external collaborators.
• In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies, with experience applying these to complex, scientifically-driven projects in drug discovery and research.
• Proficient in managing project changes, including the application of change management principles to guide teams through adjustments in research objectives, timelines, or resource allocation.
• Ability to communicate and execute change strategies, ensuring project teams and stakeholders are aligned and adaptable to evolving scientific and operational requirements.
• Familiarity with data analysis and performance tracking tools, leveraging these insights to guide decision-making and monitor project success.
• Expertise in creating detailed reports and dashboards that communicate project status, risks, and outcomes, enabling informed decision-making and continual project improvement.
• Strong negotiation skills to resolve conflicts, facilitate team agreements, and manage stakeholder expectations while maintaining productive, collaborative relationships.

Education: Bachelor's Degree Required/Master's Degree Preferred

Experience: 10 Years Required/Preferred

Pay Range: $74772 - $125184

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), 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.