Project Manager - Automation & R&D delivery

Relation
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Organizational skills","Written and verbal communication","Stakeholder management","Ownership","Resilience"]

Own delivery for an automated R&D program supporting MORGAN, translating scientific and strategic objectives into actionable project plans across wet and dry lab, ML research, data science, and engineering. Coordinate a matrix team, manage cross-team dependencies, milestones, budgets, risks, and governance forums, and maintain decision logs and reporting standard for a multi-year, partnered effort.

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Project Manager - Automation & R&D delivery

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Job Summary

Own delivery for an automated R&D program supporting MORGAN, translating scientific and strategic objectives into actionable project plans across wet and dry lab, ML research, data science, and engineering. Coordinate a matrix team, manage cross-team dependencies, milestones, budgets, risks, and governance forums, and maintain decision logs and reporting standard for a multi-year, partnered effort.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Translate scientific and strategic objectives into integrated project plans, timelines, and milestones.
  • •Orchestrate a matrix team across wet lab, lab automation, ML research, data science, and engineering; own cross-team dependencies and prioritisation.
  • •Proactively manage project plan, budget, risks, and issues, escalating to senior management when appropriate.
  • •Establish governance and decision-making forums (steering committee, working groups, technical committees), including agendas, materials, minutes, and follow-ups.
  • •Maintain project documentation, decision logs, and operational hygiene, and embed improvements to project operations as the work evolves.

Key Requirements

  • •A degree in life sciences, project management, or a related field (advanced degree or equivalent industry experience welcome).
  • •Significant project or project management experience in biotech, pharma, or comparable scientific R&D settings for a major, multi-year effort.
  • •Scientific literacy to engage credibly across wet lab biology, single-cell omics, and machine learning discussions.
  • •Fluency with modern project management methodologies, artifacts, and tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Asana, Jira, plus Gantt and RAID logs.
  • •Strong organizational skills managing complex, interdependent workstreams in matrixed environments.
Experience:BiotechPharmaScientific R&D
Education:Bachelor's in Life sciences
Skills:Organizational skillsWritten and verbal communicationStakeholder managementOwnershipResilience
Tech Stack:MS ProjectSmartsheetAsanaJiraGanttRAID logsMachine learning

Company Brief

Relation
Relation (Relation Therapeutics) is a UK-based, technology-enabled biopharmaceutical company that combines single-cell multi-omics, patient-derived tissue, functional assays and machine learning to discover and develop novel therapeutics across immunology, metabolic and bone diseases.
Industry: Biotech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 100M to 250M
Funding: Seed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2019
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