Project Manager, Diakonos Oncology

Diakonos Oncology; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Diakonos Oncology Corp. is seeking an experienced biotech Project Manager to turn cross-functional decisions into coordinated execution.

The role spans clinical, CMC, regulatory, preclinical, and research, with hands-on accountability and clear action ownership. You’ll work to keep milestones, risks, and recovery actions visible via dashboards and status updates, coordinating with CROs, CDMOs, and academic partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or another scientific discipline (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of clinical project management experience.
• Hands-on PM experience in biotech, pharma or a related life-sciences setting.
• The confidence to hold colleagues and senior leaders accountable while keeping working relationships constructive.
• Clear writing and speaking, with sound judgment about when to resolve an issue yourself and when to escalate.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated project plan across clinical, CMC, regulatory, preclinical, and research.
• Turn leadership decisions and meeting outcomes into clear actions with owners and due dates, and follow through until they’re done.
• Identify critical-path activities, dependencies, and tradeoffs, and bring options to leadership.
• Coordinate handoffs with internal teams, CROs, CDMOs, and academic partners.
• Run focused project reviews and keep action and decision logs.
• Keep milestone progress, risks, and recovery actions visible through dashboards and status updates.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or scientific discipline

5+ years of clinical project management experience

Hands-on PM experience in biotech/pharma/life sciences

Tools

Asana

Microsoft 365/SharePoint

Job description

At Diakonos Oncology, we’re developing DOC1021, an autologous dendritic cell vaccine made from each patient’s own immune cells and tumor, for aggressive cancers with high unmet need. DOC1021 holds FDA Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations for glioblastoma and Fast Track designation for pancreatic cancer.

We’re looking for an experienced biotech Project Manager to turn cross‑functional decisions into coordinated execution.

What you’ll do:

• Own the integrated project plan across clinical, CMC, regulatory, preclinical, and research
• Turn leadership decisions and meeting outcomes into clear actions with owners and due dates, and follow through until they’re done
• Identify critical‑path activities, dependencies, and tradeoffs, and bring options to leadership
• Coordinate handoffs with internal teams, CROs, CDMOs, and academic partners
• Run focused project reviews and keep action and decision logs
• Keep milestone progress, risks, and recovery actions visible through dashboards and status updates

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in health care or another scientific discipline (or equivalent)
• 5+ years of clinical project management experience
• Hands‑on PM experience in biotech, pharma or a related life‑sciences setting
• The confidence to hold colleagues and senior leaders accountable while keeping working relationships constructive
• Clear writing and speaking, with sound judgment about when to resolve an issue yourself and when to escape

Preferred: oncology, cell therapy or immunotherapy experience; experience working with CROs, CDMOs and academic partners; Asana and Microsoft 365/SharePoint; experience building a PM process in a growing biotech.

Remote (company based in Houston, TX) | ~20% travel