Project Manager - DiffUSE Project

What You'll Do

• Serve as the project manager for The Diffuse Project, ensuring the strategic alignment of teams, academic leaders, and members across the project.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related communications, proactively identifying and resolving risks and issues to minimize impact on project success, and keeping stakeholders informed of progress.
• Help manage project budgets, track expenditures, and allocate resources to ensure progress targets are met.
• Onboard/off-board new team members and collaborators
• Facilitate internal and external events
• Help identify patterns that generalize across DiffUSE workstreams and adjacent Astera projects
• Help execute and monitor comprehensive project plans, including detailed timelines, milestones, and resource allocation, ensuring adherence to project scope and objectives.
• Foster a collaborative and positive team environment, motivating team members to achieve their best work.
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Requirements

• 2-5 years of project management experience
• PhD in biology, chemistry, or a related field is highly preferred
• Working fluency in scientific program management
• High agency and comfort in ambiguity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong operational skills
• Extreme organization
• Clear communication and insight into tone, audience, and what to escalate

Logistics

• Location: in-person at Astera in Emeryville, California
• Full-time role