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Role Description

As a Senior Scientific Program Manager at Sage, you’ll be a key member of the Alzheimer’s Disease Translational Research Team. Our team serves as the administrative and data coordination center for several large, multidisciplinary Alzheimer’s disease research projects funded by the National Institute on Aging. You will apply your skill as a Senior Scientific Program Manager by enabling fluid collaboration across a multi-institution Center aimed at developing new medicines for Alzheimer’s disease, engaging in data coordination and open dissemination through public-facing websites and data portals, and in outreach to the broader research community for uptake of resources.

What you’ll do:

• Scientific Program Execution: Leads execution of complex programs with multiple projects, aligning execution to program objectives.
• Collaboration, Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitates high-stakes multi-institutional collaboration and resolves complex alignment issues.
• Project Planning, Documentation & Reporting: Designs program-level planning and reporting frameworks across multiple projects.
• Risk, Issue, and Dependency Management: Anticipates and mitigates cross-project and partner risks through structured reviews.
• Scientific and Technical Literacy: Uses deep scientific and technical context to guide program design and trade-offs.
• Program Management Excellence & Innovation: Evaluates and scales best practices and emerging methods, including AI-enabled approaches.

How you’ll do it:

• 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 that will ensure timely and effective completion of their work.
• Develop and manage a monitoring system so that the administrative team can perform effective strategic oversight and decision-making regarding resource allocation, identification of strategic partners, and project trajectories across the Center’s Cores and Project Teams.
• Lead reporting activities for 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 the Center 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, or 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, biotechnology, with 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.

Skill Baseline

• 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.

Job Functions and Physical Requirements

• Physical Demands:
  • Extended periods of sitting at a desk and using a computer.
  • Repeated wrist, hand, and finger movements.
  • Requires clear vision for tasks like data analysis, transcribing, computer use, and reading.
  • Occasionally lifting or moving objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Cognitive Demands:
  • Able to work effectively under deadlines.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Flexibility to adapt to changing environments, priorities and multitask.

Additional Functions

• Travel two times per year for on-site events in Seattle, WA.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Works well in a team and maintains professionalism.
• Follows company policies, procedures, and relevant laws and regulations.

Compensation & Total Rewards

• Job Level: Senior
• Annual Salary Range: $107,500 - $141,200
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  • Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and long-term disability.
  • Future Security: Robust retirement plan and flexible spending accounts (FSA).
  • Work-Life Harmony: Paid time off and flexible work arrangements.

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion

Sage Bionetworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Modern Hiring & Responsible AI

We value your talent and your time. To ensure a fair and inclusive experience, we operate with the following principles:

• Responsible AI in Recruiting: To help us find the best talent, we may utilize AI tools within our recruiting platforms.
• Work from (Almost) Anywhere: We are a distributed workforce and support remote or hybrid arrangements within the United States.
• Virtual-First Interviews: All interviews are conducted virtually to ensure accessibility and flexibility for all candidates.