Scientific Program Leader / Project Manager

Gladstone Companies•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Scientific Program Leader to support the Shipman Lab and the Center for Phage Therapy at the Gladstone Institutes. The Shipman Lab develops molecular biotechnology to help understand and treat disease. Examples include DNA-based recording technologies to understand development and cancer, engineered phages that are used to treat bacterial infections, and sequencing-based assays to measure DNA damage in mitochondrial genomes during aging. New directions in the lab often start as the work of one scientist, but grow into large, team-based projects. The role of Scientific Program Leader is to support the team-based phase of projects, facilitating collaborations, ensuring data standards, distributing reagents, removing logistical hurdles, and ultimately helping to translate success into funding for the next project. An example is the newly launched Gladstone Phage Therapy Center. The Gladstone Phage Therapy Center seeks to address the critical threat of multidrug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens by developing next-generation preclinical assays and computational tools. The overarching goal is to establish a robust, quantitative, and predictive preclinical framework that accelerates the pipeline from phage discovery to clinical application, with a primary focus on Klebsiella pneumoniae. Work spans multiple labs, including phage engineering in the Shipman Lab, capsule typing in the Silas Lab, AI-driven modeling of phage-host interactions in the Pollard Lab, and organoid model development in the Ott Lab. In the context of the Center, the Scientific Program Leader will work closely with Project Director Seth Shipman to help unify the efforts of individuals working on different components and accelerate progress toward antimicrobial therapeutics.

Requirements

PhD and 3+ years postdoc or professional experience
Expertise in biotechnology, phage biology, sequencing, molecular biology, or related fields
Experience managing teams and budgets

Responsibilities

Providing centralized management and communication for scientific projects and cores, including setting schedules, organizing monthly meetings, and tracking progress to promptly address breakthroughs or hurdles
Managing and efficiently deploying resources, including consolidating the purchase of shared reagents or equipment for cost savings, and making real-time budget adjustments when strategy or deliverables shift
Helping to support innovative research through an internal granting program that provides short-term research awards to Gladstone/UCSF or external scientists whose work aligns with the Center’s objectives
Promoting the mission over time by identifying future funding opportunities and coordinating grant applications