Project Manager

Overview

We are seeking a Project Manager to support the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH), world renowned National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, MD. Our NIAID professional, technical, and scientific support personnel are part of a preeminent team focused on positively impacting millions of lives around the world with groundbreaking research. Candidates will work at a prominent and vibrant NIAID worksite to directly support exciting ongoing research activities as a contractor team member. Accelerate your career and apply below to help us make a difference.

 

CAMRIS International is a dynamic clinical research and international development firm that achieves innovative solutions to health and development challenges through high-quality, cost-effective programs and research management services. We combine our proven systems with today’s most effective, evidence-based best practices. Our core practice areas include: clinical research; vaccine research, microbiology and infectious disease research, development and production; biodefense; global health security; and HIV/AIDS programs. 

 

Our employees enjoy a collegial environment where individual contributions matter at all levels. At CAMRIS, you will notably improve the lives of people at home and abroad.  

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with process team directors and scientific leads to ensure laboratories are properly equipped to perform desired research and development.
• Create and maintain Process equipment usage guidance documents (e.g., department wikis and/or formal reference documents and SOPs).
• Provide oversight of acquisition process and installation of capital equipment.
• Train and/or coordinate the training of Process laboratory personnel on proper equipment use and troubleshooting.
• Maintain real-time equipment readiness database to ensure laboratory assets are fully available for material generation, data analysis, and/or development studies:
  • Work with VPPL Scientific Operations/Technical Services (SciOps/TS) group and external vendors (if needed) to ensure laboratory equipment is properly maintained.
  • Establish Preventative Maintenance (PM) schedule/calendar of all Process-specific equipment.
• Act as liaison with VPP SciOps/TS group on Process department related matters (e.g., POC for Request for Vendor Services – RVS forms, provide supporting materials and any onsite support for service calls):
  • Coordinate with Process team to complete necessary paperwork (RVS, SSJ/JOFOCS, service contracts) to enable procurement and/or service requests.
  • Coordinate vendor visits, and arrange SME/chaperone, as needed.
  • Responsible for monitoring inventory levels and modeling usage projections and recommending the ordering of common-use material.
• Lead coordination efforts on and implementation of Materials/Supply systems within the Process Team laboratories:
  • Streamline consumable acquisition/storage/retrieval systems (e.g., implementing KANBAN or equivalent) to ensure lab has inventory visibility.
  • Manage inventories of equipment-specific consumables (Wave/SUB bags, AMBR, NOVA supplies, Applikon, filters, tubing).
  • Provide oversight of buffer prep chemical and media supply levels, working with end users to project usage and maintain inventory.
• Serve as safety committee process team liaison (for the purpose of communication-related role, not safety policy enforcement).
• Act as department resource on proper waste disposal, identify where training is needed (e.g., burn box use and disposal, sharps containers, eye-wash station, PPE availability), and coordinate with the VPPL Safety Officer, as needed.
• Prepare and establish a Department Specific Equipment Training Protocol, for bridging On-the-Job (OJT) training requirements with proper execution and documentation. (may include incorporation into the Electronic Document Management System - EDMS).
• Coordinate with SciOps/TS on cleaning schedules for support equipment (BSC, fridges/freezers). Provide vision for lab organizational efforts and lead implementation of 5S initiatives by identifying critical initiatives and directing team efforts of all workstation supplies and consumables storage for labs.
• Perform material generation runs in the downstream process development laboratory to support critical project milestones toward IND-filing efforts, such as toxicology study and/or reference standard materials.
• Provide services in support of VPPL in its contributions towards pursuing the VRC mission.

Qualifications

• M.S. degree in Biochemistry, Chemistry, or related Life Science is required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in biopharma/process development en