Projerct Manager/ Senior Project Manager

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Projerct Manager/Senior Project Manager
The candidate will provide managerial support for Research Team Leaders by scheduling and directing internal meetings and teleconferences with external alliance partners, organizing presentation materials, drafting and distributing meeting agendas, recording meeting minutes and action items, including follow-up on action items. Coordinate, track, and organize project-related documents from CROs, research teams and alliance partners and enable distribution as appropriate to internal team members and alliance partners. Serve as a point of contact for both internal research teams and alliance partners to facilitate communication and for coordinating research workplans and timelines. Assist with the development and oversight of project timelines and budgets. Serve as a liaison by identifying, organizing, and communicating material related to intellectual property to Dicerna’s Legal/Intellectual Property Team. Coordinate review of documents written for research projects by: Assisting in general document formatting and word processing as needed; Organizing and maintaining program files on a shared file system; Organizing roundtable and discussion meetings as necessary to ensure team alignment. Assist with preparation of program presentation material (e.g., PowerPoint slides) for presentation to alliance partners. Take ownership for updating and circulating regular project updates and work flow assignments to internal research teams and alliance partners. Work closely with cross functional teams and alliance partner team leaders to ensure ongoing communication and information flows between key stakeholders. Schedule and organize project and sub-team meetings utilizing virtual communication software with members and vendors across multiple time zones. Work with the Administrative Team and corporate travel agency, to coordinate and support off-site meetings related to the programs. MS degree in a relevant scientific discipline (Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, etc.) with a minimum of 4+ years of work experience in a project coordinator/project management role, preferably in a biotechnology research and/or pharmaceutical company setting. Exceptional verbal and written interpersonal communication skills with the ability to develop and maintain strong and effective professional relationships with key stakeholders across the organization and with alliance partners. Advanced time-management and organizational skills with the ability to effectively track project information, correspondence, and details across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and adjust to rapidly shifting priorities as needed. Should possess a high degree of professional responsibility and exhibit impeccable integrity and good judgement with sensitive, proprietary, and/or confidential information. General project management knowledge of concepts and tools. General knowledge of drug discovery research and development processes and activities. Expertise with Microsoft Office required. Advanced degree preferred (PhD/MBA/JD) in a field relevant to biotechnology R&D and/or preclinical drug development preferred. Experience/knowledge of nucleic acid therapeutic drug discovery research and development (e.g. RNAi, ASO, gene therapy) preferred. Knowledge of intellectual property concepts, procedures, and experience generating IP-related documents (e.g., inventor disclosure forms, patent applications, summaries of prior art) preferred. Knowledge of Microsoft Project, think-cell, or other project management, schedule or dashboard-related software preferred.

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