Research Manager (Cancer Research)

Location: Hybrid position based primarily at the Robert Ho Research Centre and Diamond Health Care Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada; workplace arrangements may change.

Salary: $5,692.25–$8,179.50 CAD monthly

Company

hirify.global's Gynecologic Cancer Initiative is a cross-institutional research effort focused on preventing, detecting, treating, and improving survivorship outcomes for gynecologic cancers across British Columbia.

What you will do

• Manage the planning, implementation, delivery, and administration of the Terry Fox Research Institute Program Project Grant in Endometrial Cancer and related research activities.
• Establish project plans and timelines, track milestones and deliverables, and maintain project management, reporting, dashboard, workflow automation, and AI-enabled productivity systems.
• Coordinate communication, meetings, workshops, advisory committees, investigators, research teams, trainees, patient partners, and external collaborators.
• Coordinate shared research resources, cohorts, data assets, biospecimen collections, and core platforms across interconnected projects.
• Manage grant development and administration, including proposals, submissions, budgets, progress reports, renewals, and liaison with funding agencies and institutional partners.
• Support scientific writing and editing, oversee ethics and regulatory submissions, monitor risks, and provide operational leadership to research personnel.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in scientific English, including experience with scientific writing, proposal development, and research reporting.
• Understanding of the academic research environment and granting agency processes.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to work independently, take initiative, and coordinate diverse teams and collaborators.
• High attention to detail when preparing budgets, research documents, project timelines, reports, records, and communications.
• Ability to exercise judgment, discretion, initiative, and confidentiality while managing competing priorities and operational risks.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives and commitment to developing knowledge and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Nice to have

• Experience in research grant development, project planning, and administration.
• Knowledge of project management principles, budget forecasting, and financial tracking.
• Experience using project management platforms, workflow automation, collaboration software, reporting dashboards, and AI-enabled productivity tools to improve operational efficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid work arrangement based in Vancouver, with the arrangement subject to change.
• Work within a collaborative, cross-institutional research environment involving investigators, clinicians, trainees, patient partners, and knowledge users.
• Staff position in the non-union employee group with a salaried compensation range of $5,692.25–$8,179.50 CAD monthly.
• Position funded through November 30, 2027.
• Provide functional guidance to research staff, trainees, students, and collaborators without formal hiring, disciplinary, or performance-management authority.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM on November 13, 2026.