Data Science Initiatives Project Manager

Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., addresses critical biomedical challenges including cancer and infectious diseases. The Data Science Initiatives Project Manager supports the NHLBI BioData Catalyst project by leading project management activities, coordinating with government officials, and ensuring program compliance to advance data-driven biomedical research. This role involves managing cross-functional teams, overseeing budgets, mitigating risks, and facilitating communication to support clinical research initiatives.

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 a direct program liaison with other Managers
• Ensures program compliance with all policies and procedures related to project management, contract relations, Other Transaction Agreements, purchasing, and fiscal planning
• Accountable for the preparation of program reports, including PMO monthly updates, risk management summaries, and quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports or ad hoc reports as needed
• Responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks across the program lifecycle, including developing and maintaining risk registers, conducting regular risk assessments, and implementing proactive mitigation strategies to minimize program/project disruptions
• 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

Requirements:

• Possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college/university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in project management, health, life sciences, computing, data science or related field, or six (6) years equivalent experience in the appropriate field in lieu of degree. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for US equivalency
• In addition to educational requirements, a minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in program/project management in a scientific or technical environment
• Experience with all aspects of program/project management from planning through closeout, including scope, schedule, finances, resources, subcontracts, communications, risk management, 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
• Possession of a Ph.D. in a technical field including project management, health, life sciences, computing, or data science
• PMP Certification
• Eight (8) years of program/project management experience in a scientific or technical environment
• Project management experience with multiple government agencies
• Experience working with government Other Transaction Authority funding mechanisms
• Familiarity with high performance computing systems and AI
• Experience working in a matrix-management environment
• Experience developing scientific collaborations