Project Manager - Brain Game Center

NU USA Northeastern University; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision & Dental

Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Wellness & Life Benefits

Retirement & Commuting

Job summary

Northeastern University seeks a Project Manager for the Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being in Boston. You will coordinate all phases of research lifecycles, from software development to dissemination, ensuring progress toward scientific aims and grant milestones.

The role requires strong communication, technical writing, and organizational skills, with collaboration across research, administrative, and technical teams, and external collaborators.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of project management experience.
• Strong technical skills and experience with software production processes.
• Strong organizational, multitasking, and analytical skills with the ability to coordinate across disciplines.
• Experience managing multiple, complex academic or scientific projects, ideally within a grant-funded environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor all phases of multiple research project lifecycles, aligning with grant milestones.
• Lead regular project meetings, document decisions, and ensure stakeholders have needed resources.
• Develop and maintain project timelines, roadmaps, and milestone trackers; manage personnel and resources.
• Create and maintain project documentation, workflows, and standard operating procedures for efficient execution.
• Serve as primary contact for stakeholders including research teams at other institutions and funding bodies.

Skills

Project management

Software development processes

Organizational skills

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Job description

About the Opportunity

Job Summary The Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being (BGC) seeks to hire a Project Manager to help streamline processes for developing, validating, documenting, and sharing software aimed at better measuring and training cognitive processes. The Project Manager is responsible for coordinating all phases of multiple project lifecycles - from software development, testing, and validation through dissemination - while ensuring steady progress toward scientific aims and grant-funded milestones. This is a highly collaborative position that requires close partnership with research, administrative, and technical teams, as well as external collaborators. The Project Manager serves as the central hub of coordination and is expected to develop a comprehensive understanding of all active initiatives, anticipate project needs, define and organize next steps, and ensure that each project continues to advance efficiently and on schedule. This includes coordinating with BGC leadership, the software development team, research coordinators, students, postdocs, and outside collaborators. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with project management, including software development, as well as strong communication, technical writing, and organizational skills, and familiarity with project management toolsets.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

1. 1. Project Coordination & Oversight Coordinate and monitor all phases of multiple research project lifecycles, ensuring alignment with grant-funded milestones Maintain a comprehensive understanding of each active project and serve as the central point of coordination Identify next steps, track progress, and ensure timely execution across teams
2. 2. Team Collaboration & Communication Facilitate communication among PIs, researchers, programmers, technicians, and administrative staff Lead regular project meetings, document decisions and action items, and ensure all stakeholders have the information and resources needed to advance their work
3. 3. Timeline, Milestone & Resource Management Develop and maintain project timelines, roadmaps, and milestone trackers Coordinate personnel and other resources across projects, identify risks or delays, and adjust plans or elevate issues as needed Systematically track decisions, deliverables, and action items; proactively follow up with working group members and external collaborators to ensure progress, accountability, and timely completion of tasks
4. 4. Documentation & Process Development Create, organize, and maintain project documentation (e.g., agendas, notes, draft products, reference documents), workflows, and standard operating procedures to support efficient execution and knowledge sharing Support continuous improvement of project management processes within the lab
5. 5. Coordination with Outside Stakeholders Serve as the primary contact for stakeholders including research teams at other institutions, funding bodies, research participants, community members, and other project-relevant stakeholders Support dissemination of project-related resources, typically research software or data Ensure project materials are documented clearly for diverse stakeholder audiences Ensure the project website remains up to date Provide technical support and coordinate interactions with relevant members of the project team

Minimum Qualifications

• Three to five years of project management experience
• Strong technical skills and experience with software production processes
• Strong organizational, multitasking, and analytical skills with the ability to coordinate across disciplines
• Experience managing multiple, complex academic or scientific projects, ideally within a grant-funded environment

Position Type

Research

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer. Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation.

Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Compensation Grade/Pay Type: 108S Expected Hiring Range: $60,315.00 - $85,192.50 With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.

About Northeastern University

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact. Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system - which includes 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide - serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions. The university's residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate degrees are located in Boston, London, and Oakland, California. Our research and graduate campuses are in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant; Arlington, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; Portland, Maine; Seattle; Silicon Valley, California; Toronto; and Vancouver. Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment. Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors - aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.