Hybrid Brain Health Project & Alliance Lead

ClearCompany Talent Management Software; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

The Allen Institute is inviting applications for a Scientific Project and Alliance Manager – Brain Health in Seattle. You will work within the Brain Health accelerator to manage cross-disciplinary projects and coordinate with scientific leads and external collaborators.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Scientific Program Management, you will help plan, track, and fund complex initiatives, ensuring milestones and deliverables are met in a collaborative, open-science environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in biological sciences or equivalent combination of degree and experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of project management experience in a scientific/technical environment.
• Proficient in use of project management, collaboration management and efficiency software tools and best practices.
• Experience with fiscal management of projects.

Responsibilities

• In partnership with scientific co-leads for one to several projects, serve as the Project Manager to ensure the successful execution of project deliverables.
• Support cross-functional teams throughout the project life cycle (planning and execution).
• Plan and organize internal and external project meetings with clear agendas, expected outcomes, and follow-up on project-related actions.
• Plan and organize virtual and face-to-face meetings with external collaborators.
• Create, maintain, and disseminate project deliverables and timelines using project management best practices and tools.
• Contribute to fiscal management of the project, including budget planning, resource forecasting, expenditure monitoring.
• Implement communication plans to promote effective dialogue among all team members.
• Ensure appropriate communication with all project stakeholders regarding timelines and status, deadlines, data requirements, and other project-related matters.
• Keep project milestones/deliverables on track, monitoring and identifying at-risk deliverables.
• Transparently communicate issues, and work with team members to identify options and implement mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate and support preparation for internal and external project reviews.
• Partner with scientific staff to develop competitive external funding applications (Federal and Private), including applications of significant complexity (multiple parties and administrative coordination). Ensure that Grants Management best practices are followed.
• Support post-award execution of externally funded efforts in audit-compliant fashion including contracts, sub-awardees, budget tracking/variance reporting, prior approval requests, carry forward requests and agency reporting.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Grants management

Neuroscience knowledge

Education

PhD in biological sciences

PMP certification desirable

Tools

Project management software

Job description

The Allen Institute is inviting applications for a Scientific Project and Alliance Manager – Brain Health in Seattle. You will work within the Brain Health accelerator to manage cross-disciplinary projects and coordinate with scientific leads and external collaborators.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Scientific Program Management, you will help plan, track, and fund complex initiatives, ensuring milestones and deliverables are met in a collaborative, open-science environment.