Scientific Project Manager

Turbine

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About The Position

The Scientific Project Manager joins Turbine’s Solutions team to deploy the Virtual Lab (vLab®) with pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners, helping them make better R&D decisions. The role owns deployments end to end, from understanding a partner’s scientific question through delivery of a decision the partner can act on. It leads multidisciplinary teams and represents Solutions in conversations with prospective partners.

The position works closely with translational and computational biologists to shape engagement plans, including Virtual Assays, data requirements, timelines, and deliverables. It also coordinates with modeling, platform development, Product, legal, and finance teams to integrate vLab into partner workflows, improve the platform, and ensure deployments run smoothly. The role contributes to business development through scientific proposals, feasibility assessments, and project scoping, and brings partner needs to Product to help inform the vLab roadmap.

Requirements

• MSc or equivalent in a relevant field, such as life sciences, bioengineering, or medicine.
• Experience in drug discovery or the pharmaceutical industry, or working knowledge of AI/ML methods in predictive modeling in a life science discipline.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects independently, ideally with external partners.
• Excellent stakeholder management, including partner-facing and remote coordination.
• Strong ability to prioritize, organize, and communicate under tight deadlines.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to simplify complex problems.
• High degree of autonomy and sound judgment.
• Fluent English.

Nice To Haves

• PhD in a related field.
• Experience deploying a software or data platform into a customer’s workflows in any B2B setting.
• Experience writing technical specifications or contributing to product roadmaps.
• Alliance or account management experience in an enterprise context.
• Familiarity with quality assurance and quality control processes.

Responsibilities

• Deploy vLab with pharma and biotech partners, from focused evaluation projects to longer-term, multi-program engagements.
• Translate partners’ scientific questions into executable engagement plans, including Virtual Assays, data requirements, timelines, and deliverables, in collaboration with translational and computational biologists.
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams and coordinate with modeling and platform development teams to integrate Turbine’s capabilities into partner workflows or develop new capabilities.
• Manage project scope, timelines, costs, and risks; track decisions and actions; and report progress to partners and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with legal and finance teams to support deployments from contract through close.
• Support business development through scientific proposals, feasibility assessments, and project scoping.
• Bring partner needs to Product and help define requirements and priorities for the vLab roadmap.
• Align project goals with Turbine’s strategic direction and company objectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level