[Coral-List] Seeking an Experienced Project Manager for new Coral Reef Initiative

[Anne L Cohen]

Seeking an Experienced Project Manager for new Coral Reef Initiative



The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is seeking a full-time qualified Project Manager for our NSF-funded Digital Reefs project. The NSF Convergence Accelerator Program encourages and facilitates collaborations amongst academia, industry and business worlds to create solutions for the Blue Economy. Our user-inspired solution builds the first Coral Reef Digital Twin, exploiting recent advances in computational power and cloud technologies to provide millions of stake-holders universal access to 3-D, intuitive, interactive, actionable data via a universal Visual language. To achieve this goal, a multi-disciplinary, multi-institution team of scientists is collaborating with tech leaders, global conservation organizations, Federal Agencies and local NGOs in the Pacific and Caribbean.



The ideal candidate is an experienced program manager with a background in science and business, with excellent organizational and personnel management skills, and able to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment, across cultures, languages and time-zones. The NSF program includes an intensive curriculum of NSF-led training workshops, multiple NSF deadlines for reports and presentations, site and reverse visits, pitch presentations and EXPO’s, and a 1-year performance review. The team participates in the NSF curriculum in parallel with team meetings, workshops, product development and marketing to achieve the project deliverables.



The candidate should have experience with grant and/or contract reporting and compliance, and other financial and legal instruments and deliverables. The candidate should be flexible and have enough experience and knowledge to jump into the work immediately and generate a work-flow designed to meet deadlines and deliverables. They should have ability to work in a demanding, fast-paced, dynamic environment and with team members bringing different experiences and perspectives. Candidates must have strong written and oral communication skills and attention to detail. Ocean Science experience or interest, and experience managing start-ups is desirable but not required.



The internal working title for this position could be either Project Manager or Senior Project Manager. The final level of the position will be determined commensurate with the selected candidate's level of education & experience. It is a regular full-time position and eligible for benefits. A hybrid in person-remote working environment is available as appropriate.


The start date for this position is ASAP. Please contact Anne Cohen acohen at whoi.edu<mailto:acohen at whoi.edu> for application information.

https://digitalreefs.org/