Project Manager: Precision Medicine

2 days ago


Cape Town, South Africa South African Medical Research Council Full time

**Job Reference Number**: R860A
**Department**: Grants Innovation and Product Development Directorate
**Business Unit**:
**Industry**: Research

**Job Type**: Contract
**Positions Available**: 1
**Salary**: Market Related
The main objective of this position is to manage a portfolio of projects / grant awards funded by the SAMRC and to support the implementation of the South African National Genome Program.

The main objective of this position is to manage a portfolio of projects / grant awards funded by the SAMRC and to support the implementation of the South African National Genome Program. The former includes running RFAs, coordinating the program budgets, portfolio development, and reporting under the supervision of a Program Manager, and liaison with strategic partners generally independently but under the overall supervision of a Program Manager. The incumbent will report to a Senior Program Manager (Precision Medicine).

**Responsibilities**:

- Project Execution and Management
- Program Coordination
- Compliance & Ethical Data Governance
- Stakeholder Liaison

**Duration of the contract**:
3 years

**Remuneration**

R 826 446 per annum (cost-to-company)

Job Requirements

**Requirements**:

- 4-year tertiary qualification or 3-year degree with Honours, preferably in the specific science disciplines of genetics, bioinformatics, data science and/or molecular biology.
- 2-3 years of relevant experience coordinating/ managing multi-stakeholder projects preferably within an Omics workflow and research environment and preferably with experience in data and grant/project management.

**Advantageous**:

- MSc Genetics, Bioinformatics, Data Science and/or Molecular Biology with relevant knowledge obtained in the field
- Experience in a public funding research environment and/or industry, preferably managing Omics projects and/or workflows
- Demonstrated experience managing grants for a funder or at a research organization as a project manager of multiple grants with reporting to different funders
- Experience in Genomics/ Bioinformatics with knowledge on working with databases and handling complex genomic data in various formats
- Experience in contracts management and program budgets
- Demonstrated experience in working across academia, government departments and industry

**Closing Date**

26 September 2025


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