Consortium Project Manager: MANIFEST

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

An exciting Consortium Project Manager position is available for MANIFEST, a newly formed ambitious multi-stakeholder consortium involving academic, industry and NHS partners to deliver deep multi-momic profiling for patients with cancer undergoing immunotherapy. The MANIFEST consortium represents a diverse group of UK-wide experts in cancer research and clinical care comprising major NHS trusts, academic institutes and universities, and industry partners. This grant is funded by the UK Office of Life Sciences (OLS) and the Medical Research Council (MRC).

The Consortium Project Manager will play a critical role, working with all consortium partners, to deliver on its goals and milestones. The role is most suited to someone who has experience of of managing complex grants or projects, preferably within the scientific or pharmaceutical industry. The post will be based at the Crick in London, and will involve working closely with consortium partners throughout the UK.

The post is offered full-time (36 hours per week), on a fixed-term basis for 48 months.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as programme manager for the MANIFEST consortium overseeing all day-to-day activities.
• Act as the central point of communication for all academic, industry and NHS hospital partners and operational staff to ensure the smooth running of the programme.
• Build positive, long-term relationships with all stakeholders including funders and current and future consortium partners.
• Support the programme, providing oversight of project plans, timelines, and milestones to track progress in collaboration with scientists, clinicians and consortium members.
• Identify project risk areas and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• The organisation of annual meetings and workshops in liaison with consortium partners.
• Arrange Steering Committee and Science Advisory Board meetings.
• Lead on effectively monitoring and reporting KPIs and programme outputs per grant requirements. 

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy. 

• If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
• The closing date for applications is 28/08/2024
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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