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.

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.