Research Project Manager Jobs in Maine (NOW HIRING)

Job Profile Summary:

The position is responsible for the full project lifecycle, from initiation to completion, ensuring the delivery and execution of high-quality scientific projects within the Metabolic Phenotyping Core, Center for Biometric Analysis (CBA), and includes projects that utilize mouse models for metabolic diseases. The role routinely manages a high-volume, concurrent project portfolio serving internal and external clients, including JAX faculty, scientists, and postdocs. The position ensures project deliverables are accomplished on time, within budget, and meet CBA and client quality standards, while also managing core operations including scheduling, mouse ordering, consumables/supplies inventory, data uploads, and billing/tracking through iLab.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions (What you contribute):

Project & Portfolio Management

Maintain visibility across a high-volume, concurrent project portfolio, including intake and setup of new studies, project design alignment, and resource planning before execution begins.

Schedule, execute, and manage multiple simultaneous studies (efficacy, dosing, metabolic phenotyping etc) in accordance with approved project design, SOW, and budget.

Track progress through milestone-based QC, hold regular check-in meetings, and use project management tools to stay organized.

Learn and utilize iLab for tracking project activity and managing billing for core services.

Allocate resources efficiently across staff, equipment, and studies to prevent bottlenecks and maintain throughput.

Provide regular status, cost, and timeline reporting to stakeholders, including weekly data/progress updates.

Attend regular management team meetings to stay aligned with the overall goals and priorities of the CBA.

Instrumentation & Equipment Management

Oversee troubleshooting of core instrumentation, coordinating with vendors and internal staff to resolve equipment issues and minimize study downtime.

Manage vendor relationships, including obtaining and reviewing yearly maintenance quotes, service contracts, and equipment updates.

Assist in the development and updating of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and RPs (Research Protocols) outlining equipment setup and use, testing procedures, and maintenance requirements.

Ensure all experimental procedures, environmental controls (HOBOs), and data collection align with approved study design and maintain high data integrity for client deliverables.

Data Management

Maintain and organize project data using Platform for Science (PFS) as the central data repository.

Ensure regular, timely data uploads to PFS to support data integrity, accessibility, and continuity across ongoing and long-running studies.

Coordinate the publishing of finalized datasets and study results in PFS and BOX folder.

Operations, Animal Welfare & Continuous Improvement

Manage core operational needs: scheduling, mouse orders, diets, and consumables/supplies inventory.

Maintain oversight of animal welfare cases, ensuring timely tracking, follow-up, and resolution in accordance with animal welfare regulations.

Maintain daily activity and data logs (e.g., via Microsoft Teams) to strengthen communication, data integrity, and throughput across various on-going studies.

Proactively identify operational risks and implement corrective actions to protect study timelines and data quality.

Contribute to process improvement and system-level workflow development across assays, documentation, and equipment use.

Education Required: Bachelor's Degree
Education Preferred: Doctorate Degree
Experience Required: 6 years
Experience Preferred: 2 years

Pay Range: $65,018 - $101,081, pay is determined by years of experience

About JAX:

The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California),Japan andChina. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.

Founded in 1929, JAX applies over nine decades of expertise in genetics to increase understanding of human disease, advancing treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging and heart disease. It models and interprets genomic complexity, integrates basic research with clinical application, educates current and future scientists, and provides critical data, tools and services to the global biomedical community. For more information, please visitwww.jax.org.

EEO Statement:

The Jackson Laboratory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.