Project Management Expert

Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE; Basel; Sur place; CHF 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE) seeks an experienced Project Management Expert (100%) to strengthen planning and delivery of translational projects and strategic initiatives. This is the first position in BIIE’s Global Translation and Partnership Management (GTPM), reporting to the Director of Administrative Operations and interacting with the Clinical Operations Unit.

Working with scientific and operational leadership, project teams and external partners, you will translate

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences or related field.
• Significant program and/or project management experience in pharma, biotech or academic life-science R&D.
• Experience translating complex objectives into executable project plans.
• Strong planning, risk management, cross-functional leadership and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proven ability to lead through influence in matrix teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills.
• Pragmatic, collaborative, hands-on working style.

Responsabilités

• Establish fit-for-purpose PM approaches, tools and reporting for transparency and delivery.
• Build working practices and records as the institute grows, including joint planning with Clinical Operations.
• Prepare status, risk, scenario and decision materials for readiness-gate reviews.
• Coach and support project contributors and emerging leaders in PM practices.
• Capture learnings and scale PM capabilities across BIIE.
• Contribute to broader strategic and operational initiatives.

Connaissances

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Facilitation

Formation

Advanced degree in Life Sciences or related field

Description du poste

We are seeking an experienced Project Management Expert (100%) to strengthen the planning and delivery of complex translational projects and strategic initiatives across the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering.

The role is the first position in BIIE’s newly established Global Translation and Partnership Management (GTPM), which monitors and coordinates the institute’s translational projects as they progress through its readiness gates. Reporting to the Director of Administrative Operations and working closely with the Clinical Operations Unit, the successful candidate will be the institute’s go-to resource for project management.

Working with scientific and operational leadership, project teams, core services and external partners, the role will translate research, development and clinical activities into coherent, executable plans with clear objectives, deliverables, milestones, dependencies and responsibilities, and ensure that activities and decisions remain aligned with program objectives.

Beyond providing hands-on project management support, the successful candidate will help shape how the GTPM works and, over time, strengthen project and program management capabilities across the institute.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management & Organisational Development

• Establish fit-for-purpose project management approaches, tools and reporting that enable transparency, collaboration and effective delivery without unnecessary administrative complexity.

• Build the GTPM's working practices, interfaces and project records as the institute grows, including joint planning and reporting with the Clinical Operations Unit.

• Prepare project status, risk, scenario and decision materials for project teams and institute leadership including materials for readiness-gate reviews.

• Coach and support project contributors and emerging project leaders in effective project management practices.

• Capture learnings and develop scalable ways of working that can strengthen project and program management capabilities across BIIE as the institute grows.

• Contribute flexibly to broader strategic and operational initiatives where project leadership and structured problem solving can add value.

Planning & Delivery Support

• Support scientific staff in turning objectives into integrated project strategies, plans, milestones, deliverables and decision points in partnership with project teams.

• Develop scenarios and value-building pathways and proactively identify project risks, dependencies and mitigation strategies.

• Coordinate the development of target product profiles with partners in the countries of intended use and keep project plans aligned to them.

• Work with responsible subject-matter experts and external partners to identify and resolve operational bottlenecks affecting project delivery.

• Establish transparency on progress, critical paths, responsibilities and upcoming decisions across multiple workstreams.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Establish clarity around roles, responsibilities, interfaces and decision pathways.

• Identify gaps, conflicting expectations and cross-functional dependencies and facilitate their resolution with the relevant experts.

• Enable effective decision-making by translating complex information, risks and alternatives into clear recommendations and next steps.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences or a related field, with the scientific background required to work effectively with multidisciplinary research and clinical teams.

• Significant program and/or project management experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic research or another complex life-science R&D environment.

• Demonstrated experience translating complex objectives into project strategies, milestones, scenarios and executable plans.

• Strong project planning, risk management, cross-functional leadership and stakeholder-management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and build alignment across multidisciplinary matrix teams.

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills and the ability to challenge assumptions constructively.

• Pragmatic, collaborative and hands-on working style, comfortable moving between strategic questions and operational challenges.

• Excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills.

• Experience with target product profiles, stage-gate governance or product development for global health settings is an advantage.

• Formal project management certification (e.g., PMP®) is an advantage.

• Fluent English; additional languages and experience in international or multicultural environments are an advantage.