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MD Anderson Cancer Center · 3 hours ago

Scientific Project Director

United States, Texas, Houston, Houston (TX Med Ctr)

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$95K/yr - $142K/yr

6+ years exp

MD Anderson Cancer Center is a leading institution focused on innovative cancer therapies. The Scientific Project Director will oversee the strategic development and management of research programs, collaborating with internal and external partners to advance therapeutic initiatives.

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Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Participate in and enable external collaborations within TDD by providing scientific and budgetary support, including for corporate partnerships, philanthropic, licensing, and entrepreneurial opportunities

Develop, maintain, and update tools and approaches for actively managing the scientific, administrative, and financial aspects of the internal and external TDD therapeutics portfolio

Support the development and management of scientific program budgets as well as the overall TDD annual budget

Actively manage and maintain relationships with institutional collaborators to support internal and external portfolio efforts

Act as Alliance and Program Manager on behalf of MDACC for TDD corporate partnerships, working closely with legal, SIV, compliance, finance, regulatory, and other institutional groups to ensure execution of contractual and administrative matters, research plans, financial items, and relevant clinical trial activities

Work with project leadership to ensure that internal and collaboration research and activities align with TDD priorities, needs, goals, and opportunities

Ensure that research, development, and strategic plans for collaboration activities are developed in coordination with partners and executed effectively and efficiently

Support development and review of scientific research plans, presentations, reports, and other documents, including providing strategic guidance to enable execution

Manage the scheduling, develop agendas, and write minutes for internal TDD meetings, meetings with external partners, and other meetings as needed

Assist in TDD competitive intelligence strategy as needed

Manage and update TDD organizational charts and pipeline summaries

Support other TDD administrative activities as needed

Qualification

Research program managementBiotechnology experiencePharmaceutical experienceClinical research experienceBudget managementStrategic planningCollaboration skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

Master's Degree

Six years in biotechnology/pharmaceutical/academic research or clinical research setting to include three years research program/project management experience

Preferred

PhD

Four years in biotechnology/pharmaceutical/academic research or clinical research setting to include one year of research program/project management experience with preferred degree