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- 533553
- Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
- On Campus
- Staff Full-time
- Grade 82
- UAF Institute of Arctic Biology
The Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism (TRiM) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks a full-time Scientific Program Manager to provide scientific, programmatic, research data-management, and strategic leadership for an NIH-funded biomedical research center.
A primary responsibility of the position is to enhance the scientific productivity, professional development, and progression toward research independence of the Center’s four early-career Research Project Leaders (RPLs). You will be a team player, have a sense of responsibility, and be proactive in a team science environment.
Working closely with the Principal Investigator, RPLs, mentors, Biomedical Data Science Lead, core directors, advisory committees, collaborators, research personnel, and student data stewards, the Program Manager will identify and remove barriers to research progress; coordinate access to scientific and institutional resources; facilitate collaborations; track scientific and career-development milestones; support research data management; and help investigators move research efficiently toward publication and competitive independent funding.
The Program Manager is expected to function primarily as a scientific integrator, facilitator, and problem solver, while also providing hands-on scientific, analytical, writing, data-management, or operational assistance when needed and when appropriate expertise or other support is not readily available. The intent is to prevent important work from stalling while longer-term solutions or specialized resources are identified. The Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism (TRiM) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks a full-time Scientific Program Manager to provide scientific, programmatic, research data-management, and strategic leadership for an NIH-funded biomedical research center.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree and two years research experience at the postgraduate level in a field relevant to the research (e.g. science, math, business), or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Preferred Skills:
- Soft Skills
- Task Oriented
- Conversational Skills
- Writing proficiency
- Bring energy and positivity to the team
Position Details:
This position is located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in Fairbanks. This is a full-time, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 82, based on education and experience.
Application review will begin immediately. To ensure consideration, you must submit your application by 11:55 PM Alaska Standard Time on Sunday, November 22, 2026.
- ️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Debby Queen, dkqueen@alaska.edu.
- To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.
This position is a term-funded position and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.
The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact the ADA team at ua-ada@alaska.edu.
The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution. The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.
The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.
All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.
- Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.
Access to the reports is available at:
UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu.
UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.
UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.
- 533553
- Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
- On Campus
- Staff Full-time
- Grade 82
- UAF Institute of Arctic Biology
The Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism (TRiM) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks a full-time Scientific Program Manager to provide scientific, programmatic, research data-management, and strategic leadership for an NIH-funded biomedical research center.
A primary responsibility of the position is to enhance the scientific productivity, professional development, and progression toward research independence of the Center’s four early-career Research Project Leaders (RPLs). You will be a team player, have a sense of responsibility, and be proactive in a team science environment.
Working closely with the Principal Investigator, RPLs, mentors, Biomedical Data Science Lead, core directors, advisory committees, collaborators, research personnel, and student data stewards, the Program Manager will identify and remove barriers to research progress; coordinate access to scientific and institutional resources; facilitate collaborations; track scientific and career-development milestones; support research data management; and help investigators move research efficiently toward publication and competitive independent funding.
The Program Manager is expected to function primarily as a scientific integrator, facilitator, and problem solver, while also providing hands-on scientific, analytical, writing, data-management, or operational assistance when needed and when appropriate expertise or other support is not readily available. The intent is to prevent important work from stalling while longer-term solutions or specialized resources are identified. The Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism (TRiM) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks a full-time Scientific Program Manager to provide scientific, programmatic, research data-management, and strategic leadership for an NIH-funded biomedical research center.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree and two years research experience at the postgraduate level in a field relevant to the research (e.g. science, math, business), or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Preferred Skills:
- Soft Skills
- Task Oriented
- Conversational Skills
- Writing proficiency
- Bring energy and positivity to the team
Position Details:
This position is located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in Fairbanks. This is a full-time, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 82, based on education and experience.
Application review will begin immediately. To ensure consideration, you must submit your application by 11:55 PM Alaska Standard Time on Sunday, November 22, 2026.
- ️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Debby Queen, dkqueen@alaska.edu.
- To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.
This position is a term-funded position and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.
The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact the ADA team at ua-ada@alaska.edu.
The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution. The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.
The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.
All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.
- Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.
Access to the reports is available at:
UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu.
UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.
UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.
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The qualifications that appear most often in scientific program manager jobs.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in a life science, public health, or related field
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-phase scientific or clinical programs end to end
- Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams including researchers, regulatory, and finance stakeholders
- Familiarity with Good Clinical Practice, IRB processes, or federal grant compliance requirements
- PMP certification or equivalent program management credential preferred
Tips for Your Scientific Program Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume for scientific scope
Hiring managers want to see the size and complexity of programs you've managed, not just job duties. Quantify milestones, budget responsibility, and cross-functional team size so reviewers can gauge the scale of your work at a glance.
Highlight cross-functional coordination experience
Scientific program manager roles sit at the intersection of science and operations. Your resume needs to show you've aligned lab teams, regulatory affairs, finance, and external partners, not just tracked timelines on a single-team project.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists scientific program manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing without sifting through unrelated postings.
Match your language to the job posting
Job titles vary significantly in this field. If a posting uses 'program manager' versus 'project manager' or 'research program director,' mirror that language in your application materials so your resume clears automated screening before a human ever reads it.
Prepare for scenario-based interview questions
Expect interviewers to ask how you handled a delayed milestone, a budget shortfall, or a disagreement between scientific and business stakeholders. Prepare two or three concrete situations from past roles with specific outcomes you can walk through clearly.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
Many scientific program manager roles carry vague authority over resources and personnel. Before signing, clarify whether you have direct budget control, decision-making authority on vendor contracts, and reporting lines for the scientists or technical staff on your program.
Scientific Program Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most scientific program managers?
The companies hiring the most scientific program managers right now include Axle, Guidehouse, and Booz Allen Hamilton, with the largest share of openings in Maryland, California, and Alaska, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to concentrate in organizations with active R&D pipelines, federal grant portfolios, or multi-site clinical operations.
How many scientific program manager jobs are remote?
About 50% of scientific program manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though availability varies considerably by industry. Grant management, regulatory affairs coordination, and research operations roles tend to have the highest share of remote or hybrid arrangements, while positions tied to active lab environments or clinical sites are more frequently on-site.
How do you become a scientific program manager?
Start by building a foundation in a scientific discipline through a bachelor's or master's degree, then gain hands-on experience coordinating research projects, clinical studies, or grant-funded programs. Developing skills in budgeting, stakeholder communication, and scheduling is essential. Many people move into the role from research coordinator, lab manager, or clinical operations positions, adding formal project management training or certification along the way.
Can you get a scientific program manager job with little experience?
Entry points do exist, particularly in research coordinator or junior program associate roles at universities, nonprofits, and government-funded institutes. Demonstrating that you've owned a deliverable from start to finish, even in a lab or volunteer research context, matters more than a formal title. Certifications in project management, combined with a relevant scientific degree, can offset limited direct program management experience when applying to these earlier-stage openings.
What does the scientific program manager interview process look like?
The process typically begins with a recruiter screen focused on background and role fit, followed by a panel interview with scientific leads and operations stakeholders. Candidates are often asked to walk through a past program they managed, including how they handled obstacles, budget pressures, or cross-team conflicts. Some organizations include a written case study or presentation exercise to assess how you structure a program plan under realistic constraints.
Where can I find and apply to scientific program manager jobs?
You can find and apply to scientific program manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing without having to track down postings across multiple sources.
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