Senior Scientist - Program Manager

Company Description

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Why join the Wyss Institute at Harvard University?

The Wyss Institute’s mission is to transform healthcare and the environment by emulating the way nature builds. We harness the imagination of academia and the focus of industry to translate ground‑breaking technologies into commercial products that solve big problems. We support research that universities, companies, and venture capital firms don’t fund because they view it as too risky. We prefer to use the word “challenging,” and we love challenges.

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About you:

You are a collaborative program manager with significant scientific acumen and experience in meeting program goals on a defined schedule. You have experience working with managing complex research and development grants or contracts, as well as supervising Contract Research Organizations, while ensuring that program reporting requirements, milestones and deliverables are met. You want to be a part of a dynamic team dedicated to tackling an ambitious program in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial-minded environment with resources and support from top‑notch scientific, operations, and administrative professionals.

You enjoy working with highly motivated, diverse teams and leveraging your expertise to create innovations that can change the world.

About this role:

Reporting to the Principal Engineer‑Program Management and working under the scientific direction of the Principal Investigator on the program, you will serve as one of the main contacts with the government agency that funds this program. Working closely with the Principal Investigator and senior scientific staff, you will be responsible for the day‑to‑day oversight, integration, and coordination of all program activities, including technical operations, administrative infrastructure, and reporting requirements to ensure the efficient planning, initiation, implementation, direction, and completion of the program.

This is a position that is based at a Harvard campus location requiring on average 3 days per week on site with some remote work options available.

What you'll do:

Program Leadership:

• Provide high level organizational leadership and scientific support to the Principal Investigator and Senior Staff lead to ensure integrated and efficient execution of the award requirements across all contributing teams
• Serve as one of the primary points of contact with the funding agency for the program of work and all related award activities
• Develop proficiency for managing complex sponsored awards with comprehensive understanding of award mechanisms, engaging with government sponsors, and coordinating appropriate roles with Wyss Research Administration team.
• Oversee development of all award reporting requirements including regular program review presentations as well as monthly, annual, and final written reports per award requirements
• Develop and execute Gantt charts for management of program schedule and/or budget; work with Wyss Research administration to support and fulfill all program budget requirements
• Regularly review and manage budgets in coordination with Wyss Research Administration team
• Ensure good laboratory practices and data management across all teams, serve as a resource and contact for the Institute’s lab and data management teams
• Oversee and organize all relevant IACUC, IRB, COMS, and ESCRO protocols, in partnership with Clinical team
• Maintain a list of all MTA, NDAs, and points of contact with industrial, investor, foundation, and government collaborators relevant to the award; ensure all are up to date and in place when needed
• Ensure compliance of Wyss team and subcontractors with all relevant sponsor requirements as well as manage Quality Assurance and Data Management Plans
• Manage transfer of data files,…