Senior Scientific Project Lead - BloodCounts AI

CAMBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Competitive salary

Job summary

Cambridge CARES in Singapore seeks a Scientific Project Manager to coordinate the BloodCounts! project across Cambridge and Singapore partners. You will oversee leadership, interdisciplinary teams, and administration in a complex international setting.

You will manage detailed project plans, milestones, and reporting, liaising with stakeholders and ensuring timely, budget-conscious progress. A research background and strong communication are essential, as is experience in large-scale consortia.

Qualifications

• Strong background in coordinating large, multi-institution research projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of the BloodCounts! project across multiple partners and work packages.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, and reporting frameworks.
• Monitor project progress, ensuring deliverables, budgets, and timelines are met.
• An excellent, efficient and organised project manager who has a research background and has previously managed large-scale scientific projects or consortia.
• A team player who is flexible to changing demands through the project.
• An excellent communicator who can liaise with many stakeholders on a large project.
• Leading the annual grant status report for the NRF.
• Horizon scanning for future funding opportunities.
• Identifying external collaborative opportunities and synergies with other scientific programmes.
• Line management experience.
• Coordination of the work packages in this project to ensure efficiencies are identified and monitor status.
• Work closely with the research teams to understand and communicate technical progress and needs.
• Assist in the preparation of research publications, presentations, and grant applications.
• Act as the primary contact point between the Cambridge CARES leadership, Cambridge researchers, Singapore partner institutions, the BloodCounts! consortium and funding bodies.
• Lead scientific coordination for workshops, meetings, and consortium events to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange.
• Support the development of future research initiatives and external collaborations.
• Manage project budgets, procurement processes, and financial reporting.
• Ensure compliance with CARES, NRF, and CREATE programme requirements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Leadership & line-management

Communication

Budgeting & reporting

Grant thinking & fundraising

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Cambridge CARES in Singapore seeks a Scientific Project Manager to coordinate the BloodCounts! project across Cambridge and Singapore partners. You will oversee leadership, interdisciplinary teams, and administration in a complex international setting.

You will manage detailed project plans, milestones, and reporting, liaising with stakeholders and ensuring timely, budget-conscious progress. A research background and strong communication are essential, as is experience in large-scale consortia.