Project Manager (Project Management Office), A*STAR Skin Research Labs

Key Responsibilities

Planning and execution

• Review formal research and collaboration agreements to ensure alignment with project scope, deliverables, timelines, and resource feasibility; and contribute to strengthening project planning approaches.
• Provide targeted support for project planning, scheduling, and timeline management for complex projects.
• Support project closure activities, including consolidation of deliverables and documentation of outcomes.

Project oversight and governance

• Support tracking and reporting of projects via A*STAR's project management system per PMO governance requirements.
• Facilitate regular project review meetings with Principal Investigators and project teams to track progress, mitigate risks, escalate issues, and ensure alignment on objectives and deliverables.
• Assist in project system-related matters arising from system enhancements and evolving organisational structures.

Stakeholder management and reporting

• Serve as a liaison between research teams, institutional support functions, and external partners - including industry collaborators and academic partners - to facilitate coordination, manage expectations, and ensure alignment on deliverables and timelines.
• Coordinate institutional reporting and prepare updates, reports, and materials for governance forums and stakeholder engagement.

Standards and continuous improvement

• Promote awareness and adoption of project management standards and best practices.
• Contribute to the development of SOPs, templates, and tools to strengthen project governance and operational effectiveness.
• Support the standardization of project documentation, tracking, and reporting to enhance transparency across projects.
• Facilitate lessons learned at project closure and channel insights into frameworks and tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Pharmacy, or a related discipline. PhD holders welcome.
• PMP certification required, or demonstrated commitment to obtain within 3 months.
• 2-5 years of project management experience, preferably in biomedical, research, or healthcare environments.
• Strong coordination, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, able to manage and synthesize information across multiple projects.
• Ability to work effectively and independently in a dynamic, cross-functional environment and engage stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience with external partners or in multi-stakeholder environments is advantageous.
• Experience with project tracking tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira) is advantageous.
• Familiarity with formal research and collaboration agreements (e.g., project, collaboration, NDA agreements) is an advantage.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements related to research ethics, biosafety, and therapeutic development is an advantage.