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Description:

The Bedford Lab at the Fred Hutch is seeking a Program Manager to help lead our efforts in genomic epidemiology, with a focus on project management for the Nextstrain Platform and the implementation of our Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant through the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative.

Responsibilities

Project management for Nextstrain and the Nextstrain Africa PGI Grant

• Building and maintaining partnerships with public health labs and departments of health, both within and outside the Africa PGI consortium, including maintaining a basic CRM (customer relationship management) spreadsheet
• Ensuring that the voice and needs of public health users is brought to Nextstrain team, to ensure development priorities are aligned with needs of public health
• Act as a frontline responder to various partners and Nextstrain users to respond to their needs and answer basic questions
• Grant management and administration for the Africa PGI grant, including managing goals of grant, project timelines, interfacing with funders, and reporting
• Developing and keeping updated a product roadmap specifying development priorities and user stories
• Supporting interviews with public health entities to establish use cases for Nextstrain
• Leading weekly standups with an interdisciplinary team of scientists, researchers, and software developers, and designers
• Assisting in development of documentation and high-level tutorials
• Supporting development of grant applications and funding proposals

General Bedford lab responsibilities

• There are some additional, more general responsibilities to cover work in the Bedford Lab, including organization of lab meetings and purchasing of capital equipment

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• BA in relevant technical field
• Minimum 3 years related experience, or equivalent education, whether in an academic or professional setting
• Experience working with public health departments or labs, and managing relationships with these partners, if possible, in cross-cultural environments
• Experience working on grant-based projects and in grant reporting and administration
• Self-motivation and enthusiasm about taking a hands-on approach to collaborative scientific discovery efforts and software development
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in program or project management
• Willingness to learn basics of software development, particularly using Python, in order to effectively work with Nextstrain software developers and public health partners using Nextstrain

Desired qualifications:

• MPH in Epidemiology or other relevant field
• Experience or interest in genomic epidemiology and/or phylodynamics
• Experience or interest in leveraging software for public health
• Experience building cross-cultural partnerships
• Experience working in software development or with software developers
• Experience with any programming language (e.g., Python, R, etc.) is helpful, but not required

Apply

Please apply at https://careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/18854/it-program-manager-i/job