Technical Project Manager – Informatics & Research Delivery

Simons Foundation; Village of Pelham (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site NYC offices

Job summary

Simons Foundation’s Informatics group in New York City is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead planning and delivery of high-priority, cross-functional projects. Reporting to the Vice President of Informatics, you will drive initiatives from kickoff to delivery while establishing consistent practices that improve execution and visibility across the portfolio.

You will collaborate with software engineering, product, bioinformatics, scientific and study teams, translating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical, scientific, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing complex technical projects involving software engineering, data systems, or comparable technology environments.
• Experience working with technical teams to develop project plans, manage milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Manage the planning and delivery of Informatics projects from initiation through completion.
• Develop and maintain clear project plans, timelines, milestones, responsibilities, resource needs, and risk strategies.
• Coordinate work across software engineering, product, bioinformatics, scientific, and study teams, plus external partners.
• Translate objectives into actionable execution plans, identifying gaps, open questions, dependencies, and decisions.
• Maintain project documentation, including plans, requirements, decisions, responsibilities, dependencies, risks, questions, and status.
• Track milestones, deliverables, risks, and provide timely status reports to leadership.
• Facilitate planning meetings, maintain PM systems (e.g., Jira, Confluence), and drive follow-through on actions.
• Identify risks and dependencies; work with teams to mitigate and escalate as needed.
• Ensure governance and data requirements are incorporated into planning and delivery.
• Establish and improve consistent planning, tracking, and delivery practices across Informatics.
• Perform other duties or tasks as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Technical fluency

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical, scientific, or related field

Tools

Jira

monday.com

Confluence

Job description

Simons Foundation’s Informatics group in New York City is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead planning and delivery of high-priority, cross-functional projects. Reporting to the Vice President of Informatics, you will drive initiatives from kickoff to delivery while establishing consistent practices that improve execution and visibility across the portfolio.

You will collaborate with software engineering, product, bioinformatics, scientific and study teams, translating