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The Scientific Project Manager is a Yale University non-tenure track position in the Zebrafish Research Core (established 2019). The Project Manager will provide support and/or assistance to ensure successful experiments by Yale and non-Yale Investigators using zebrafish models in their research programs. The Core is an independent entity with its own research space and a fully equipped and managed zebrafish facility. The Core offers both "assisted" services, i.e., Project Manager leads the project for the Investigator, and "unassisted" services, i.e., Project Manager assists Investigators who have zebrafish experience with their projects. The Project Manager will work within a team on a dedicated portfolio of their own projects.

Major Responsibilities

• Proficiency in designing and leading zebrafish scientific projects, including project scope, study design, implementing experimental plans/protocols, troubleshooting, data analysis/reporting, and zebrafish breeding and colony management
• Identify issues and work with and/or assist team member(s) to resolve issues affecting project scope, quality, effort, risk, and timelines
• Strong managerial skills, including mentoring less experienced Investigators, coordinating personal efforts, ensuring quality work, ensuring that all required compliance requirements and core standards are maintained, and meeting project deadlines, all with the goal of minimizing experimental failures and achieving timely project completion with strong scientific outcomes
• Effectively communicate zebrafish techniques and biology to researchers and clinicians not expert in the field. This includes good scientific writing skills, which will be necessary to assist with grant and manuscript writing.
• Coordinate and be accountable for multiple tasks and/or projects in progress simultaneously
• Ability to work independently and with multidisciplinary teams
• Participate in regularly scheduled project team meetings
• Maintain appropriate and required financial records and generate reports as requested
• Use and maintain databases and records of common resources consistent with existing templates (i.e. zebrafish stocks, standard operating procedures, etc.)
• Participate in the Core's ongoing development, including marketing of services, proposals for Core improvements, implementing new services, and staying abreast of technical and scientific advancements in the zebrafish field

Qualifications

• PhD in a scientific field(s) related to zebrafish biology
• First author publications related to zebrafish projects are preferred
• Excellent technical skills, including maintenance of zebrafish colonies, phenotypic analysis of zebrafish embryos and/or adults, microscopy (conventional confocal, two photon, or light sheet), gene editing strategies (basic cloning, Tol2 transgenesis, CRISPR/Cas9 knock-in/out
• Strong interpersonal and work-ethic skills