Project Manager II - Research

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City seeks a Project Manager for R&D programs to coordinate diagnostic test development and validation projects. You will oversee timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional collaboration with scientific staff and medical directors, ensuring milestones are met and documentation remains up to date.

The role requires fostering collaboration, communicating risks, and maintaining project dashboards for leadership.

Qualifications

• PhD in STEM or related field (preferred).
• Two years managing complex multi-department projects (Masters).
• Four years managing complex projects (Bachelor in STEM).
• Experience with PMI standards and regulatory requirements.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages ARUP research projects, including timelines and deliverables.
• Coordinates with Scientific Managers, Scientists and Medical Directors.
• Translates requirements into defined scope and documents it.
• Creates project charters and plans; revises as needed.
• Gains technical understanding of project backgrounds and risks.
• Produces dashboards for progress communication to leadership.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Biology or related field

Master's Degree in Biology or related field

PhD in Biology or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Project

Jira

Visio

Microsoft Office

Job description

Schedule:
Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Department: R&D Program Management - 239

Primary Purpose:

The PM-Research supports diagnostic test development, validation, research, and other innovation projects by acting as a central support figure throughout the project lifecycle. This position requires fostering collaboration, documenting progress and ensuring the success of large-scale and complex initiatives. The Project Manager collaborates closely with Scientific Management, scientific staff, and Medical Directors, vendors and external sponsors to ensure scope is communicated and project milestones and deliverables are completed successfully and on schedule. The PM serves as a liaison between technical and non-technical departments to ensure all targets and requirements are met. This position demands a proactive approach to managing projects across various scientific disciplines.

About ARUP:

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions:

Manages ARUP research projects, including developing and monitoring project timelines, deliverables, communications, overseeing project scope, and other project requirements.

Supports Scientific Managers, Scientists and Medical Directors as a member of project leadership.

Accountable for organizing project requirements, translating them into defined scope, and ensuring the documentation and communication of project scope are well-maintained.

Creates and executes project charters and other project plan documents and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.

Gains a comprehensive technical understanding of the project background.

Communicates risks and issues to stakeholders, including impacts to timelines, and facilitates troubleshooting efforts to address them.

Coordinates project milestones and deliverables to ensure timely completion.

Guide projects from initiation to successful completion, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

Produces and maintains project dashboards for communication of progress to leadership and project stakeholders.

Understands and ensures adherence to diagnostic test validation policies and procedures, where applicable

Maintains professional relationships with sponsors, stakeholders, team members, vendors, and consultants.

Serves as a liaison between technical and non-technical departments ensuring alignment with targets and requirements.

Act as a central support figure throughout the project lifecycle, focusing on fostering collaboration and ensuring the success of large-scale and complex initiatives.

Collaborates with other departments within ARUP to facilitate test transfer between departments.

Establishes and maintains communication as required with the stakeholders, including leading meetings and hosting stakeholder visits as necessary.

Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client, project sponsor, or stakeholder.

Maintains a comprehensive understanding of project status and uses strong problem-solving, communication and leadership skills to keep projects on track.

Independently or in collaboration with Scientific managers identifies resources needed and assigns responsibilities for a project.

Understands the business challenge proposed by the scientific project team and contributes to resolution.

Analyzes project return on investment, profitability, revenue, and utilization using Business Value Models (BVMs).

Manages project budget, including creating the budget, tracking expenses, and invoicing, as needed.

Follows project management methodologies as defined and outlined by Project Management Institute (PMI) and ARUP policies and procedures.

Manages day-to-day operational aspects of projects and their scope.

Minimizes exposure and risk on project.

Works with minimal oversight from Manager, and mentors junior Project Managers and other supporting team members.

Independently identifies project management requirements.

Oversees project management for an entire project portfolio.

Thorough understanding of ARUP test validation policies and procedures and ensures implementation for relevant projects.

Other duties as assigned.

Physical and Other Requirements:

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Communicate: Frequently communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or better in Biology or related field.
• Master's Degree or better in Biology or related field.
• PhD or better in Biology or related field.

Experience

Required

• PhD in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) related field, Bioinformatics or Data Science
• Or Masters in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) related field, Bioinformatics or Data Science and two years of demonstrated experience managing complex, multi departmental projects
• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) related field, Medical Laboratory Science, Bioinformatics or Data Science, and four years of demonstrated experience managing complex, multi departmental projects
• Or a Bachelor’s degree in a non-STEM field with two years relevant clinical laboratory experience and four years of demonstrated experience managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrated organizational, problem solving, troubleshooting, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of the technical and administrative aspects of all phases of project management, as defined by PMI
• Demonstrated working knowledge of regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated technical acumen

Preferred

• PhD in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics, Proteomics, Life Science, Medical Laboratory Science, or related field
• Demonstrated experience in diagnostic test development and validation
• MBA or MA in Project Management
• PMI PMP certification
• Lean Six Sigma
• Experience in various software applications including the following: o Smartsheet, MS Project, Jira or other Project Management Software o MS Office including Visio, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint and PowerPoint o Computer aided simulation, process modeling software o Enterprise software solutions
• Experience managing projects in an Agile development environment

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

• Project Management Prof

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