Project Manager, Clinical Research, Research Scientist

Do you want to work for a world-renowned research institute that pushes the boundaries of biomedical science and health research? Right here in Montreal! At the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), you can be part of an organization focused on scientific discovery and innovation in patient-centered medicine. Join us today and make a difference!

Job Description

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MUHC
The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is a world-renowned biomedical and hospital research centre. Located in Montreal, Quebec, the Institute is the research arm of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. The RI-MUHC is supported in part by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS).

Position summary
Department / Research Program:
Department of Medicine / MeDic program

Our laboratory conducts biomedical and translational research in endocrinology, oncology, bone biology, and tumor-host interactions. Areas of research include PTHrP/PTHLH/PTH1R biology, hypercalcemia of malignancy, skeletal metastasis, pancreatic cancer/cachexia, breast cancer bone metastasis, and related therapeutic and biomarker programs.
We are seeking a Project Manager to support research initiatives within our laboratory. The incumbent will work directly under the supervison of the co-directors of the Liquid Biopsay center Dr Richard Kremer and Dr Catalin incumbent will coordinate research activities across academic, clinical, institutional, and external collaborators, supporting project operations, research administration, scientific writing, knowledge dissemination, grant-funded program management, and team coordination.
The role requires strong organizational and communication skills, experience working in a collaborative healthcare or research environment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced academic laboratory. The core function of the position is to help the PIs stay focused on high-level scientific leadership by ensuring that operational, administrative, manuscript, grant, reporting, and follow-up tasks are executed.

General Duties
Project Planning & Coordination

• Support and coordinate day-to-day operations of research projects, lab activities, and strategic initiatives.

• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, dashboards, and action trackers for active research programs.

• Track project progress and identify risks, delays, bottlenecks, resource constraints, or missing inputs before they affect deadlines.

• Facilitate internal and external meetings, prepare agendas, document action items, and follow up on deliverables.

• Support cross-functional collaboration among researchers, clinicians, research staff, trainees, administrators, consultants, and external partners.

• Maintain organized documentation and records related to research activities, project management, protocols, reports, and deliverables.
Scientific Writing, Grants & Publications

• Support grant and funding application coordination, including timelines, submission requirements, institutional forms, letters of support, budgets, attachments, and final submission packages.

• Assist with drafting, editing, formatting, assembling, and submitting grants, progress reports, abstracts, research summaries, presentations, and scientific narratives.

• Support research publications, reports, manuscripts, and knowledge dissemination activities.

• Coordinate manuscript planning, including literature review support, reference management, author follow-up, figure/table coordination, journal formatting, submission packages, revisions, and responses to reviewers.

• Maintain a grant and publication calendar covering CIHR, FRQS, CQDM, foundation, philanthropic, industry, and other relevant opportunities.

• Help transform the PI’s scientific direction, notes, and draft concepts into polished, organized, submission-ready materials.
Research Administration, Compliance & Reporting

• Monitor project budgets, expenditures, invoices, purchases, reimbursements, and reporting obligations in collaboration with RI-MUHC/McGill…