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Job Description

Reporting Structure:

Full-time permanent reporting to the Director of Research and Innovation Operations

Job Scope:

The Project Manager, Research and Innovation, is a collaborative member of the Research and Innovation (R&I) team and works seamlessly across the organization. The R&I portfolio includes projects within the Health and Agrifood & Natural Resources (ANR) units. You are responsible for the project management activities of assigned R&I projects. This includes being one of the main points of contact at Genome BC for funded project teams and responsible for internal Genome BC project-related processes. In addition, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting and contributing to project management processes, activities, and standardization at Genome BC.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives related to project management and R&I operations.
• Performing other project management duties as necessary.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Project management of assigned R&I projects throughout the project’s entire life cycle.
• Launch new research projects by completing project start-up activities.
• Monitor project reporting activities.
• Ensure completion of all project close-out activities.
• Liaise with the assigned Genome BC R&I Manager on respective projects and contribute to the timely completion of all internal Genome BC project management-related processes.
• Support the standardized development, launch, and governance of project management processes throughout the project life cycle.
• Proactively engage the organization’s internal stakeholders when developing, launching and/or improving processes.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to resolve project management issues for funded research projects.
• Proactively log and assess project management issues using a continuous improvement lens.
• Serve as a point of contact for reporting templates, PM documentation, and training materials for Genome BC projects.
• Responsible for the consistency of the use of reporting templates, project management documents and training materials.
• Support project management training that is appropriate to internal stakeholders as required.
• Provide additional R&I operations support as needed.

Education and Experience OR Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:

• Minimum of three years of previous experience leading project management initiatives, and/or process improvement initiatives.