Project Coordinator II, Psychiatric Research & Human Genetics

The Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Project Coordinator II to join the Genetics Project Management team and facilitate the progress and success of both new and existing projects led by Stanley Center Genetics PIs. This individual will be part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary effort to leverage the most advanced technologies for human genetic analysis to understand disease mechanisms, identify potential biomarkers, and drive needed progress in therapeutics. This role is both strategic and tactical, supporting the successful scientific execution of individual projects and integration across teams. This is a unique opportunity to help shape an organization at the forefront of research on severe mental illnesses. This position will provide support for the Stanley Center's research activities and join the project management team that supports active faculty members and their research teams. The position will afford an opportunity to grow in a high-throughput technical environment for a bright, logically minded, experienced scientific project coordinator. The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative and will work well in a team. The candidate must be highly detail-oriented, enjoy working with data systems to record workflow status, and be able to think logically about research processes. The candidate should have a background in clinical or genomics/genetics research and be competent in working with data and databases.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES

• Responsible for project coordination of large-scale multi-site initiatives focusing on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other neuropsychiatric conditions.
• Assists the project management team and scientific leads with the management of active research projects
• Ensures appropriate communication with all project stakeholders on timelines, status, deadlines, data requirements, logistics, and other project-related issues.
• Assists with submitting IRB documentation, material transfer agreements, data access agreements, and other required documentation.
• Facilitates research lab and project meetings to coordinate agendas, document minutes, distribute, and follow up on project-related action items
• Arranges the collection of participant information and the shipment of sample kits.
• Establishes close relationships with key collaborators and platform staff to enhance knowledge flow and data distribution.
• Manages project-specific budgets to ensure expenditures and projections are on target.
• Generates quotes or purchase orders to initiate platform activities and projects.
• Tracks the receipt, processing, and storage of biological samples.
• Works with the project lead and team members to ensure quality data generation and management, to ensure that data is secure and accessible for decision-making
• Assists (or leads) with data processing and data transfer, internally to analysts and externally to collaborators and data sharing repositories (ie, NIMH Data Archive or similar).
• Assists in drafting, editing, and submitting protocols, reports, letters, lecture presentations, email communications, and other written materials as needed.
• May assist in project meeting planning and other administrative tasks as required.

REQUIREMENTS

• An undergraduate degree in biology (related field genetics/genomics) is required.
• BS with 3+ years of related experience
• with at least 1+ year of experience coordinating projects
• Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to effectively work in a matrixed environment, keeping teams, projects, and deliverables on track and evaluating plans and methods, revising as appropriate
• Must possess a demonstrated ability to interact with an interdisciplinary group for both professional staff and academic trainees, including project managers, data analysts, computer scientists, and lab biologists.
• Comfortable learning new software and technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills essential
• Highly organized, with strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience in high-throughput genetic analysis technologies and data management is a plus
• Experience communicating with lab personnel and protocol troubleshooting is a plus
• Experience with Research Compliance is a plus
• Experience with bioinformatics tools and public databases is a plus
• Experience with command-line, basic scripting, and cloud utilities is a plus
• Hybrid office