Federal Funding Program Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
Dartmouth College is seeking a Senior Lab Manager and Technical Program Manager to lead federally funded research programs in healthcare technology and cognitive performance. The role involves managing lab operations, coordinating with funding agencies, and overseeing a multi-disciplinary team to ensure successful program execution.
Responsibilities:
• Program execution and milestone delivery across multiple federally funded research programs in parallel, including milestone planning, dependency mapping, and on-time delivery of technical milestones across the Cluster’s portfolio.
• Day-to-day operations across the Cluster’s lab spaces: team cadence, weekly technical and operations reviews, reporting discipline, risk register, change-control log, decision tracker, and oversight of lab equipment lifecycle in coordination with internal Dartmouth procurement and finance teams.
• Subaward, industry partner, consultant, and vendor management, including statement-of-work alignment, milestone payment events, deliverable acceptance, and risk escalation.
• Funding agency interface, including program reviews, demo days, site visits, and reporting packages with federal program managers and contracts officers.
• Recruiting and onboarding support for postdocs, engineers, and research staff funded under these programs, and contribution to follow-on grant and contract proposals.
• Demonstrates professionalism and collegiality through actions, interactions, and communications with others appropriate to an environment that is welcoming to all.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree plus 7+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Existing or prior role as Lab Manager, Program Manager, Technical Program Manager, Director of Engineering, or equivalent in a wearable, medical device, BCI, or biomedical research laboratory; experience managing federally funded research programs (e.g., DARPA, ARPA-H, or comparable agencies).
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple federally funded research programs in parallel.
• Strong multi-project program management discipline: milestone planning, dependency tracking, subaward and vendor management, structured risk and change management.
• Hands-on technical fluency across at least two of: wearable sensing hardware, analog front-ends, embedded firmware, biosignal processing, biological or organoid computing platforms, applied ML for biosignals, or integrated HW-FW-SW system delivery.
• Demonstrated experience having built or managed a real system progressed beyond a lab demonstrator to clinical, field, or production deployment.
• Results-oriented operating style with quantified outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to brief program managers, partner PIs, and university leadership.
Preferred:
• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely related field strongly preferred.
• PMP certification or equivalent formal program management credential.
• Experience with milestone-payment contracts, OTAs, cooperative agreements, federal compliance requirements.
• Experience with regulatory pathways for digital health (FDA design controls, IRB, clinical trial coordination).
• Prior experience working with academic, industry, and clinical partners in parallel.
• Familiarity with biology lab operations relevant to cell-based platforms.
Company:
Dartmouth College is a member of the Ivy League and consistently ranks among the world's academic institutions. Founded in 1769, the company is headquartered in Hanover, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.