Project Manager

Yoh covers the diverse talent and workforce management needs in the Aviation, Engineering, Health Care, IT, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment and Telecom industries. You can be confident that we have the right talent and managed solution for you. You need it. Yoh has it!

- The Project Manager, Sample Procurement & Collaborations, oversees all operational aspects of human specimen acquisition from commercial vendors and/or academic collaborations. - Working closely with Scientists in the department, the Project Manager works to refine the project scope, assess feasibility with vendors, and partners with internal functions to execute contracts for procurement and outsourced testing, and ensure samples and data arrive in a timely fashion and meet all quality expectations. - Provide project management support for Scientists for non clinical trial projects involving human specimens e.g. technology evaluations, companion diagnostics development, assay validation, disease biology - Partner with internal stakeholders such as Legal, Contracts, and Procurement for timely execution of contracts - Actively manage multiple projects from initial request through completion by overseeing contracts for specimen receipt, outsourced testing, and final sample and data quality - Manage relationships with external business partners & commercial laboratories/vendors as well as academic collaborators - Maintain working knowledge of current GCP, biobanking, and sample management policies and best practices

**What You Need to Bring to the Table:** - Strong scientific background: life sciences degree, hands-on experience working with human specimens (blood, tissue) and/or assay development - Strong project management skills with ability to prioritize multiple projects with competing timelines Excellent organization and time management skills - Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills: communicates clearly with scientific audiences, and able to adapt message to audiences at varying levels of the organization Able to drive for results with limited instruction and with incomplete information - Experience in alliance management, vendor management, and/or business development - Experience on operational, regulatory and ethical aspects of bio-specimen collection and banking in a drug development setting - Effective negotiation and problem solving skills - Strong scientific background: life sciences degree, hands-on experience working with human specimens (blood, tissue) and/or assay development **The Big Picture - Top Skills You Should Possess:** - Human specimens (blood, tissue) - Assay development - Strong project management skills