Science Technical Project Manager II in United States of America

Description

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Within Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., operator of the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, the Clinical Monitoring Research Program Directorate (CMRPD) provides high-quality comprehensive and strategic operational support to high-profile domestic and international clinical research initiatives sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and several other institutes within NIH.  CMRPD's ability to provide rapid responses and high-quality solutions, and to recruit and retain experts with a variety of backgrounds, allows the directorate to facilitate strategic support to the growing clinical research portfolios of NCI, NIAID, and other NIH divisions/offices/centers. CMRPD's support services are aligned with the program's mission to provide comprehensive clinical trials operations and program/project management services to advance scientific clinical research that complies with applicable regulations and guidelines, maintains data integrity, and protects human subjects. CMRPD services include clinical trials monitoring, regulatory affairs support, clinical safety oversight, protocol navigation/protocol development, and programmatic and project management support to facilitate the conduct of more than 400 Phase I, II, and III domestic and international trials annually. These trials investigate the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, influenza, HIV, infectious diseases and emerging health challenges like Ebola virus and COVID-19, heart, lung, and blood disorders, parasitic infections, and rare and neglected diseases. CMRPD's collaborative approach to clinical research support and the expertise and dedication of staff to the continuation and success of CMRPD's mission has contributed to improving the overall standards of public health on a global scale.

The Clinical Monitoring Research Program Directorate (CMRPD) provides support to the NHLBI BioData Catalyst which is a cloud-based ecosystem providing access to NHLBI data sets and supporting tools, applications, and workflows to produce state-of-the-art, data-driven biomedical research. By increasing access to NHLBI datasets and innovative data analysis capabilities, BioData Catalyst accelerates efficient biomedical research that drives discovery and scientific advancement, leading to novel diagnostic tools, therapeutics, and prevention strategies for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.

Though the primary goal of the BioData Catalyst project is to build a data science ecosystem, at its core, this is a people-centric endeavor. BioData Catalyst is also building a community of practice working collaboratively to solve technical and scientific challenges.

BioData Catalyst allows researchers to find, access, share, store, and compute on large scale datasets. In this ecosystem, researchers can:

• Utilize the many “out of the box” tools available on BioData Catalyst to ease the burden of designing and testing individual tools.
• Establish and use secure workspaces for collaborative analysis of NHLBI datasets and HLBS research by taking advantage of an ecosystem that brings the computation to the data, not the data to the computation.
• Design and test tools that search and analyze the unique characteristics of NHLBI datasets, and that also group data based on certain shared characteristics so that researchers can test hypotheses.
• Leverage a powerful and scalable infrastructure to share workflows, tools, datasets, and results for re-use by others. Construct and enhance annotated metadata for NHLBI datasets that comply with FAIR data principles.

KEY ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works closely with the NHLBI Scientific Program Director, provides program management support for BioData Catalyst by leading project management planning, execution, reporting, and close out activities as necessary to ensure the program meets approved strategies, milestones, and deliverables
• Works closely with government officials, both scientific and administrative, at varying levels of leadership and coordinates strategic vision, program support, and logistical activities for the assigned projects/programs
• Provides coordination, management, and oversight of project management activities for the BioData Catalyst team in a matrixed, cross-functional environment
• Assists with preparing, reviewing, and monitoring program financial budgets program operations and development
• Serves as direct program liaison with other Managers
• Ensures program compliance with all policies and procedures related to project management, contract relations, purchasing, and fiscal planning
• Assists in the preparation of program reports, including monthly updates and quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports or ad hoc reports as needed
• Coordinates meeting management support for the assigned projects and programs, including drafting agendas, taking meeting notes/minutes, and recording and monitoring action items for initiative committees, sub-committees, awardee consortia, peer review panels, external advisory panels, scrum teams, program reviews, and other stakeholders as needed
• Convenes scientific panels, webinars, distribute proposals, and drafts review panel summary statements
• Performs other related duties as assigned by a responsible authority
• Communicates effectively with senior-level managers within CMRPD and NHLBI to compose both business and scientific documents and ensure smooth operations of the Program
• This position is remote. There are expectations for onsite meetings from time to time to support customer expectations

**THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING APPROVAL**

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• Possession of Master's degree in a technical field including project management, health, life sciences, computing, or data science from an accredited college/university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or six (6) years relevant experience in lieu of degree. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency  
• In addition to education requirement, a minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in program/project management experience in a scientific or technical environment
  • Progressively responsible experience must demonstrate increased independence and overall responsibility for more complex projects at a program/directorate level
• Experience with all aspects of project management from planning through execution, including scope, finances, resources, subcontracts, communications, and stakeholder management
• Experience with budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, and reporting
• Experience leading successful collaborative efforts involving multiple stakeholders
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:

• Possession of Ph.D. in a technical field including project management, health, life sciences, computing, or data science
• PMP Certification
• In addition to educational requirements, a minimum of six (6) years of project management experience in a scientific or technical environment and a minimum of six (4) years in a supervisory role
• Project management experience with multiple government agencies
• Familiarity with high performance computing systems and AI
• Experience working in a matrix-management environment
• Experience developing scientific collaborations

EXPECTED COMPETENCIES

• Ability to work with ease in a fast paced, agile environment
• Self-motivated and results-oriented, able to effectively handle multiple projects concurrently
• Ability to multi-task in complex/dynamic operating environment
• Ability to identify issues and apply problem solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Must be a team player