Sage Bionetworks is looking for a Senior Scientific Program Manager to join our Alzheimer’s Disease Translational Research Team. You will be a key member enabling fluid collaboration across a multi-institution Center aimed at developing new medicines for Alzheimer’s disease. In this role, you will engage in data coordination and open dissemination, and conduct outreach to the broader research community.
What You'll Do
- Lead execution of complex programs with multiple projects, aligning execution to program objectives.
- Facilitate high-stakes multi-institutional collaboration and resolve complex alignment issues.
- Design program-level planning and reporting frameworks across multiple projects.
- Anticipate and mitigate cross-project and partner risks through structured reviews.
- Use deep scientific and technical context to guide program design and trade-offs.
- Evaluate and scale best practices and emerging methods, including AI-enabled approaches.
- Establish and lead program management processes to ensure seamless collaboration across Center Cores at multiple academic institutions to meet project milestones.
- Create, maintain, and disseminate project deliverables and timelines to monitor across Project Teams.
- Develop and manage a monitoring system for effective strategic oversight and decision-making regarding resource allocation and project trajectories.
- Lead reporting activities for the Center, including tracking progress toward annual milestones and writing progress reports.
- Lead within- and cross-team meetings, including scheduling, setting agendas, taking minutes, defining action items.
- Support external communications efforts for the Center with the development of materials and identification of communication opportunities.
- Facilitate open data sharing by developing framework and process for data sharing and tracking regular data contribution from Cores.
- Act as liaison between data contributors and internal data engineering staff to define requirements for data hosting and curation.
- Identify opportunities to seek supplemental funding to meet project goals.
- Assist with grant and other technical writing.
- Help with planning and logistics of workshops, symposiums, and educational outreach activities.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in scientific program management, biomedical research coordination, or drug development projects.
- Experience leading highly collaborative, multi-stakeholder projects, ideally in research, life sciences, or biotechnology.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage large-scale, high impact projects.
- Proven success in stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and process improvement.
- Exceptional communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence across teams and technical levels.
- Experience developing and tracking project success metrics.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, proactively and with agility in a complex, matrixed environment, building internal and external alignment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical content, for diverse audiences.
- Proficiency in project management tools (Smartsheet, Jira, Google Workspace, MS Office Suite), and dashboard/reporting tools.
- Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Familiarity with drug development pipelines.
- Familiarity with NIH reporting requirements.
- Experience with alliance management, outreach, establishing partnerships.
Nice to Have
- Experience with project management software.
Technical Stack
- Smartsheet
- Jira
- Google Workspace
- MS Office Suite
- Dashboard/reporting tools
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Alzheimer’s Disease Translational Research Team, which serves as the administrative and data coordination center for several large, multidisciplinary Alzheimer’s disease research projects.
Sage Bionetworks believes in the power of open science and interdisciplinary collaboration to transform human health. We turn complex biomedical data into actionable insights through responsible sharing, strong governance, and innovative tools like AI. Our agile team thrives at the intersection of 'what is' and 'what if,' embracing curiosity, diverse perspectives, and experimentation.
