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United States, USAfull_timePosted 8 Jun 2026

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<p><strong>Job Title:&nbsp;</strong>Senior Scientific Portfolio Manager</p> <p><strong><br>Position Summary:</strong><br>The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ("the Foundation") is seeking top talent for its Senior Scientific Portfolio Manager position.&nbsp; <span data-contrast="auto">Reporting to the&nbsp;Director&nbsp;of&nbsp;Translational&nbsp;Biomarkers, this position&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="none">develops a scientific strategy&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">for biomarker-focused portfolios spanning discovery, validation, and clinical implementation.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The Senior Scientific Portfolio Manager</span><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;oversees&nbsp;complex portfolios and programs throughout all stages of grant-making and funding, including proposal development, review, contracting, milestone management, and close-out.&nbsp;&nbsp;This role requires&nbsp;shaping&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">impact-driven biomarker agenda—advancing fluid&nbsp;biomarkers to accelerate therapeutic development and improve clinical trial design.&nbsp;This position synthesizes emerging biomarker science to inform funding priorities, collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders, and communicates portfolio strategy and progress to partners and donors.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><br>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Shapes, recommends, and communicates a creative, solutions-focused, value-added scientific agenda/POV within assigned&nbsp;biomarker&nbsp;portfolios and programs,&nbsp;leveraging&nbsp;input from internal team and external advisors and regularly communicates progress</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-prop

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