PMO Manager / Consultant

BCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center

Hospital Clinic and Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona

Position: PMO Manager / Consultant: Proactive, effective, dynamic, able to take responsibility and responsive project manager with experience and leadership skills.

BCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center is conducting a new ambitious research project on fetal surgery and therapy to develop an artificial placenta, which involves animal experimentation. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to work as project manager of this new project.

Context

BCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center, directed by Prof. Eduard Gratacós, is a multidisciplinary research centre in fetal and perinatal medicine, recognised as one of the world’s best research teams in the field.

Accredited by the Spanish government as an excellence research centre, it works to find solutions to diseases of prenatal origin. The centre is ranked among the top international research groups in maternal-fetal medicine.

BCNatal-FMRC is the research branch of the BCNatal clinical centre, providing a privileged environment for clinically applicable and translational research.

Conditions

• Full time position
• Salary range depending on the experience of the candidate
• Economic bonuses depending on the objectives achieved
• Starting date: immediately 

Main purpose of the job

Project Management of the BCNatal Artificial Placenta Project.

The Project Manager (PM) is expected to overlook the project as a whole and track the different activities, to ensure compliance with the planned activities and goals, by means of standard methodology (i.e. agile or similar).

The PM is presumed to strengthen the project execution but also, they should sense the project as their own, being involved in several tasks from daily ones to general ones. The PM must keep the project updated not only in the documentation but also in their mind.

This is a transversal position, working directly with the principal investigator, the management group, but also with whole team to monitor the effective timetabling and deadlines accomplishments.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Main responsible of the project follow-up and compliance with deadlines.
• Transfer the goals defined by the steering committee to the team and ensure its compliance (active follow-up).
• Maintain documentation up to date (including Gantt diagram and costs).
• Foresee potential deviations and plan contingencies.
• Write/collaborate on writing of reports (internal and external), additional proposals, presentations, and documentation on regular basis and ad hoc.
• Schedule and organize follow up meetings.
• Oversee and make sure that experiments are properly planned and conducted.
• Assist with the hiring processes and purchases within the project.
• Assist in external relationships, including funders, other scientific partners, and the institutions.
• Oversee, assist in the creation and keep updated and classified the project’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Prepare/collaborate on getting the documentation for the Ethics Committee.
• Develop and maintain an efficient data management system to ensure prompt and accurate processing of the project data.
• Ensure prompt and efficient response to queries (daily trouble shooting), acknowledging all communication, and ensuring efficient flow of information.
• Ensure good practices where applicable, including Data Protection Law, Good Clinical Practice guidelines of 4Rs and ethics involving animals in research.
• Perform other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job description as requested by the Principal Investigator, Scientific Manager or the Scientific Coordinator. This job description reflects the present requirements of the post, and as duties and responsibilities change/develop, the job description will be reviewed and be subject to amendment in consultation with the post holder. The appointee will be expected to carry out any additional duties as may reasonably be required within the general scope and level of the post.