Senior Scientific Project Manager, Biotherapeutics

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 77,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY seeks a Scientific Senior Project Coordinator to support a dynamic, fast-paced research environment with multiple active projects and partners.

You will blend project management with scientific collaboration, partnering with leadership and project teams, translating complex discussions into clear insights, and ensuring initiatives stay aligned, informed, and advancing efficiently.

Qualifications

• Scientific background (e.g., research experience, or significant exposure to scientific environments).
• Ability to understand scientific terminology and contribute meaningfully to project discussions.
• Proven ability to ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions, and operate as a partner.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with Principal Investigators and collaborators to assist with project requests, billing activities, and necessary materials
• Coordinate and manage every phase of multiple concurrent projects, including timelines, deliverables, budgets, meetings, and documentation to ensure smooth and timely progression
• Organize and facilitate meetings with internal and external collaborators; prepare agendas, capture clear summaries, and track action items through completion
• Serve as a central point of communication across collaborators, aligning teams, resolving issues, and maintaining momentum across initiatives
• Translate complex discussions into concise insights, summaries, and next steps to keep all partners informed and accountable
• Coordinate billing workflows by gathering project details, clarifying needs with PIs, collaborating with internal teams and external partners/vendors, and ensuring accurate documentation and follow-through
• Act as a partner to project leadership by identifying risks, anticipating changes, and recommending solutions to improve workflow, efficiency, and project outcomes
• Support tracking and analysis of project-related data; develop reports, presentations, and summaries as needed

Skills

Scientific background

Terminology comprehension

Collaborative partner

Tools

Billing management

Job description

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY seeks a Scientific Senior Project Coordinator to support a dynamic, fast-paced research environment with multiple active projects and partners.

You will blend project management with scientific collaboration, partnering with leadership and project teams, translating complex discussions into clear insights, and ensuring initiatives stay aligned, informed, and advancing efficiently.