Health Scientist/Project Manager

9 Foundations, Inc.; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave (12 weeks)

Flexible work hours

Fully remote work environment

Retirement savings plan

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

9 Foundations, Inc. is seeking a Health Scientist/Project Manager to oversee client projects and relationships on a small, fast-paced team. You will work across the company to support initiatives and deliver key client materials, reports, and presentations.

The role emphasizes managing multiple workstreams, coordinating timelines, and translating scientific information for diverse audiences while maintaining rigorous standards in a fully remote environment.

Qualifications

• Master of Public Health preferred, environmental/occupational health focus
• 4–6 years' professional experience in public health, environmental health, or related field
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, and deadlines
• Highly organized, detail oriented, able to prioritize in a fast pace environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication; translate science for diverse audiences
• Experience in healthy buildings, sustainability, or indoor environmental quality is a plus

Responsibilities

• Manage client projects and relationships from kickoff through delivery
• Coordinate meetings, track actions, timelines, and deliverables
• Communicate with clients to address questions and needs
• Develop scientific reports and memoranda
• Create educational materials and presentations
• Coordinate indoor environmental quality monitoring programs

Skills

Project management

Client relations

Scientific writing

Verbal communication

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Education

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Tools

MS Office

Statistical software (R/SPSS)

Job description

9 Foundations, Inc. believes in the power of healthy buildings to improve worker health and productivity. 9F provides strategic healthy buildings solutions to the world’s best companies in major sectors of the economy, including finance, biotech, higher education, healthcare, commercial real estate, technology, and the arts. We are passionate about our work, serious about our role in protecting and enhancing the lives of people in the buildings of the clients we serve, committed to scientific rigor without compromise, and focused on delivering for our clients.

We are seeking outstanding talent - technical excellence, a positive attitude, strong interpersonal skills, and the proven ability to collaborate within a startup/remote environment and build trusting relationships.

What You’ll Do

As a Health Scientist/Project Manager, you will manage client projects and relationships and contribute to the development of key client deliverables. You will work across the company to support several initiatives on our small, fast paced, dedicated team.

Specifically, you will support the following areas:

• Manage client relationships, projects, and workstreams from project kickoff through delivery, including coordinating meetings, tracking action items, managing timelines, and ensuring deliverables stay on schedule
• Communicate directly with clients to address questions, coordinate activities, and proactively identify project needs
• Develop written materials including scientific reports and memoranda
• Develop educational materials and presentations
• Coordinate indoor environmental quality monitoring programs and indoor environmental quality sampling efforts
• Support teams in meeting deadlines for reports, presentations, and other projects

Key Qualifications

• Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, preferably with a concentration in environmental health, occupational health, or a related field
• 4-6 years professional experience in public health, environmental health, occupational health, environmental science, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects or workstreams, including coordinating stakeholders, managing schedules and deliverables, and communicating directly with clients
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to independently manage priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to translate technical or scientific information to diverse audiences
• Preferred Experience/Qualifications/Interests
• Experience in healthy buildings, sustainability, facility management, engineering, architecture, or related fields
• Technical experience in indoor air quality/indoor environmental quality work
• Experience in a consulting or other client-service environment

Compensation and benefits:

• 12-week paid parental leave
• Flexible work hours & paid time off
• Fully remote work environment
• Retirement savings plan with company match
• Opportunity to join a collaborative and passionate team that is shaping the healthy building movement

Location

• This remote position requires being based in the Greater Boston, DC, or New York City metropolitan area
• Up to 25% travel outside of home region may be required

About the 9F Team

9F values a diversity of experiences and approaches to problem solving. We work hard, support each other, communicate openly and proactively, and collaborate on all projects. We strive to continuously learn, provide constructive feedback, learn from each other, and grow individually and professionally. Our core focus is to provide healthy building solutions and lead the global healthy building movement based on the best scientific evidence. More information about our firm can be found at www.9foundations.com

Anti-Discrimination

9F provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.