[Remote] Project Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI) is a national nonprofit that develops performance-based assessments and digital microcredentials for verifying practical laboratory skills. The Project Manager will oversee the day-to-day execution of a National Science Foundation-funded project, coordinating stakeholders, managing budgets and deliverables, monitoring requirements, and reporting progress to leadership.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the project plan, timeline, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables
- Coordinate activities across BCSI staff, educational institutions, industry partners, subject-matter experts, contractors, and other project participants
- Lead project meetings and ensure decisions become documented actions with clear owners and deadlines
- Track commitments and follow up with project partners
- Track the project budget, expenditures, invoices, and projected spending with BCSI’s financial team
- Monitor progress against the approved scope of work and NSF requirements
- Maintain organized project records and documentation
- Identify risks, delays, and resource constraints early and develop potential solutions
- Coordinate data and documentation needed for project reporting
- Provide concise project-status updates to BCSI leadership
Skills
- Strong candidates will generally have 3+ years of experience managing or coordinating complex projects, grants, research activities, programs, or similar initiatives involving multiple stakeholders
- Exceptional organization and follow-through
- Strong judgment and independent problem solving
- Experience turning complicated requirements into actionable plans
- Ability to manage deadlines involving people you don't directly supervise
- Comfort working with budgets and financial information
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong documentation practices
- The ability to identify problems before they become emergencies
- Experience with NSF or other federally funded projects, higher education, research, workforce development, biotechnology, life sciences, or nonprofit organizations is valuable but not required
- PMP or CAPM certification is welcomed but not required
Benefits
- 26 paid days off annually
- Remote work
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