Project Manager IIISenior

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation HIV/AIDS prevention immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the worlds leading cancer infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology infusion radiation proton therapy and related services and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the worlds deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration compassion determination excellence innovation integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity dignity and inherent value of each employee patient community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The laboratoryof Dr. Gavin Ha ( has a Research Project Manager position open in the Herbold Computational BiologyProgramof the Public Health Sciences and Human Biology areseekinga highly motivated individual whowill bringprojectmanagement skills and an understandingofcancer biology toour computational team. Candidates whoare excited aboutsupporting success inmulti-disciplinarylarge/complex omics cancergenomics andliquid biopsy researchprojectsare encouraged toapply. The position has a competitive salary and great benefits.

The Ha Lab develops computational approaches tostudy cancer genomes from tumors and liquid biopsies such as circulating tumor DNA. Their goals are touncover mechanismsof treatment resistance toidentifyblood-based genetic biomarkers and totranslate these findings tohelp improve clinical lab is supported by the National Institutesof Health (NIH) and DoD/CDMRP including receiving funding from the NIH Directors New Innovator Award theProstate Cancer Foundation and the V Foundation.

We work in an interdisciplinary team environment with many local and external experts. Allourprojects involve partnering with investigators whohave diverseexpertisein molecular and experimental biology cancer biology and clinical research. The successful candidate will have theopportunity tosupporttransformative and leading-edge researchproblems in cancer research:

Cancer Genome Analysis study tumor evolution non-coding genome alterations genome rearrangements and chromatinorganization cell plasticity metastatic disease
Liquid Biopsy Analysis and Methods Development develop new computational methodologies for exploiting liquid biopsies tostudy cancer and toadvance precisiononcology
Prenatal diagnostics and Pregnancy disorders studyof prenatal cell-free DNA tostudy pregnancy disorders such as preeclampsia including developmentof new methodologies for early detection monitoring.
Multi-omicData Integration using genome transcriptome methylome and chromatin/epigenetic data modalities tostudy cancer subtypes phenotypes heterogeneity and resistance totherapy.

For examples of recent studies seePMID:;PMID:;PMID:;PMID:;PMID:;PMID: ;PMID:; See the lab website for more details:// an in-person position based at the Fred Hutch Steam Plantin South Lake Union.

A cover letter is required when applying to this role

ResearchProjectManagement

• Collaborate with PI andcoordinate withadministrativeteamtoensureprojectsremainin scopeon time and within budget.
• Manage tasks milestones andoutcomes across multiple simultaneous long-term scientific researchprojects.
• Facilitatemeetinglogisticssetagendasand document follow-up action items.
• Managemaintain and continually improvelabtask managementsystem labwiki andprojectand task dashboards.
• Drive early adoptionof AI tools for improved efficiency through theprojectmanagement lifecycle and for continuedprocess improvement.
• Workclosely withprojectleaders collaborators and service vendors toinitiateandmanagecontractedexperimentalprojects such asspecimenprocessing next-genand long-readsequencing.
• Work closely withPIanddivisionadministrativeteam todevelop and implement Data Management and Sharing Plans(DMSP)during grant preparation.
• Track and ensure compliancetoMTAs DUAs and IRBfiles.

Data Management

• Overseegenomic dataon premiseand in cloud environmentsthroughout the data management lifecycleincluding:
  
  • Coordinate with sequencing vendorstodownload anddocument newsequencingdatasets
  • Managedataprocurement andaccesspolicies
  • Implement metadatatagging anddatasetdocumentation
  • Overseeon premiseand clouddatastorage/computechargeback cost allocations
  • Interfacewith Fred Hutch ScientificComputingand IT
• Ensuregenomic datasets are managed incompliance withassociatedDMSPsDUAsand IRBfiles.

Scientific Leadership

• Provide guidance toteam members for study designanalytical approachesscientificinterpretationacrossprojects.
• Advisenew memberson how tonavigate theHa Lab andFredHutch culture resourcesandcomputingenvironments andfacilitateconnectionswith peopleor groups throughout theCenter.
• Support grant and manuscript preparation specificallytechnical scientific writingdraftinglaboratorymethodsandfigure preparation.
• Promoteandsustaina supportive collaborative labenvironmentthatencouragesprofessionalgrowthandnurturesthe individualstrengthsof Ha Lab team members.

A cover letter isrequiredwhen applyingtothis role.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Project Manager III:

• Minimum of 5 years post-masters or 5 years post-bachelors related project/study management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong supervisory skills and budgeting experience.
• Ability to relate to and coordinate with multidisciplinary and culturally diverse research technical and management staff.

Project Manager Sr:

• Mminimum BS degree in related scientific field with 5 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum3yearsofexperienceingenomicsand/oroncologyresearchenvironment.
• Projectmanagement certificationor minimumof 2 yearsofprofessionalprojectmanagementexperience preferablyinacomputational biology environment.
• Experience withtask andprojectmanagementplatformssuch asAtlassian Confluenceand Jira.
• Prior experience withdata managementand cloud computing environments.
• Authorshiponpeer-reviewedscientific publicationorequivalent record toshowcasescientificexperience.
• Exemplaryorganizational skills attention todetailand serviceorientation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD preferred
• Experience with GitHub.
• Demonstrated ability toincorporate understandingof scientific concepts ingenomicsoncologyand computational biologysufficient toassistinprojectplanningmanagement and grant/manuscript writing.
• Knowledgein genomics laboratory techniquestooverseedesignofwet-lab experiments performed in-house with collaboratorsor contracted by vendorsandtomanage large-scale sequencingprojects.
• Knowledgetoenableappropriate adoptionof AI-based tools inaresearch setting

A cover letter is required when applying to this role.

Project Manager III: The annual base salary range for this position is from $97822 to $146682 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Project Manager Sr: The annual base salary range for this position is from $104458 to $165090 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Although Fred Hutch is not sponsoring most H-1B visas at this time candidates who already hold an H-1B sponsored by another organization and are currently in the U.S. may be eligible for this position.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health well-being and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision dental flexible spending accounts life disability retirement family life support employee assistance program onsite health clinic tuition reimbursement paid vacation (12-22 days per year) paid sick leave (12-25 days per year) paid holidays (13 days per year) and paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).