Scientific Review Manager

Knowesis Inc.; Frederick (MD); Remote; USD 155,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Basic Life Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Voluntary Benefits

Job summary

Knowesis Inc. is hiring a Scientific Review Manager to oversee peer review activities for assigned programs.

The role is remote with occasional travel and requires coordinating with Government Program Managers and stakeholders to establish milestones, schedules, and review strategies. You will mentor Scientific Review Officers, ensure consistent application of review criteria, confidentiality, and conflict-of-interest policies, and monitor performance across panels.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in biomedical, clinical, or related field; doctoral preferred.
• Extensive experience in scientific peer review or program management.
• Experience leading scientific professionals and managing complex review activities.
• Knowledge of review criteria, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, scoring, and QA.

Responsibilities

• Manage scientific peer review activities for assigned programs.
• Serve as scientific review contact for Government Program Managers.
• Support IPT meetings and establish milestones, requirements, schedules, and review strategies.
• Assign, oversee, mentor, and support SROs responsible for peer review panels.
• Oversee panel planning, reviewer assignments, readiness, and execution.
• Ensure adherence to government-approved review criteria and confidentiality.
• Monitor schedules, workload, quality, risks, and performance.
• Provide guidance and resolve/escalate issues.

Skills

Scientific peer review

Program management

Staff mentoring

Communication skills

Leadership

Conflict of interest

Education

Advanced degree in biomedical/clinical

PhD/MD preferred

Job description

Brief Description Position: Scientific Review Manager Location: MD, USA Work Environment: Remote; occasional travel may be required Clearance Required: Public Trust Status: Contingent upon contract award Salary Range: $155,000 - $165,000 Knowesis is currently seeking exceptional Scientific Review Managers to join our team and provide invaluable support to the Biomedical Research Application Evaluation and Support (BRAES) program. A Scientific Review Manager manages scientific peer review activities for assigned research programs and Program Task Orders and may support one large or complex research program or multiple smaller programs based on workload, review volume, complexity, and schedule. Scientific Review Managers report to the Lead Scientific Review Manager. The Job Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Manage scientific peer review activities for assigned research programs and Program Task Orders.
• Serve as the scientific review point of contact for assigned Government Program Managers and other designated stakeholders.
• Participate in Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings and support establishment of peer review milestones, requirements, schedules, and review strategies.
• Assign, oversee, mentor, and support Scientific Review Officers (SROs) responsible for individual peer review panels.
• Oversee panel planning and configuration, reviewer expertise requirements, reviewer assignments, review readiness, and peer review execution.
• Ensure consistent application of Government-approved review criteria, scoring procedures, confidentiality requirements, conflict-of-interest requirements, and peer review policies.
• Monitor peer review schedules, workload, quality, risks, and performance across assigned programs and panels.
• Provide guidance and resolve or escalated scientific, reviewer, panel, schedule, or quality issues.
• Oversee scientific quality of peer review outputs and deliverables, including Summary Statements and other required scientific review documentation.
• Coordinate with Consumer Review, reviewer engagement, program support, peer review system support, quality, and other functional teams.
• Monitor reviewer and SRO performance and identify needs for coaching, remediation, replacement, or escalation.
• Identify lessons learned and opportunities to improve scientific review quality, efficiency, and consistency.
• Escalate significant scientific, performance, capacity, or cross-program issues to the Lead Scientific Review Manager.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a biomedical, clinical, scientific, or closely related discipline; doctoral degree strongly preferred.
• Extensive professional experience in scientific peer review, biomedical research evaluation, research program management, or a closely related field.
• Experience managing complex scientific peer review activities or research portfolios.
• Experience leading or overseeing scientific or technical professionals.
• Strong knowledge of scientific peer review principles, reviewer qualifications, panel composition, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, scoring, and quality-control requirements.
• Strong Government/client communication, scientific judgment, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and time-sensitive review activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD, MD, DVM, or equivalent doctoral degree.
• Direct Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) peer review experience.
• Experience managing multiple Scientific Review Officers and concurrent peer review panels.
• Department of Defense (DoD) or other Federal biomedical research peer review experience.

Benefits

• Health (PPO & HDHP) Insurance, Dental, Vision, Short-Term Disability (STD) & Long-Term Disability (LTD), Basic Life Insurance, 401(k) Company Match, & Voluntary Products.

Knowesis is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on merit and qualifications. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment as required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other applicable federal laws. Our company values all applicants and employees and fosters a work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity.