Project Coordinator, Clinical Memory Research

About the role

The Clinical Memory Research group at Lund University's Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö is recruiting a Project Coordinator for a five-year multicentre project (2026-2031) funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) through a U01 grant. The project, run in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, validates the blood biomarker MTBR-tau243 for Alzheimer's disease, from specialist memory clinics to primary care, and is based on the BioFINDER cohorts. The position may also support coordination of other ongoing projects such as the IHI project AD-RIDDLE.

Key responsibilities

• Keep the project on plan and ensure commitments to the NIH and collaborators are met and documented
• Plan and follow up the project timeline and milestones, and coordinate work between the Swedish and US parties
• Compile reports and funding plans with the Principal Investigator
• Handle meeting invitations, agendas, minutes and follow-up, and act as day-to-day contact for the US parties, NIH and analytical laboratories
• Coordinate drafting, review and signing of agreements, ethics applications and compliance with NIH rules on data sharing, conflicts of interest and human-subjects reporting
• Follow up budget and expenditure with the department's financial officer, and compile data on recruitment, blood sample analyses and similar
• Maintain internal and external communication, the publication overview and document management

Required profile

• Second-cycle degree (Master's or equivalent) in medicine, biomedicine, neuroscience or another relevant field
• Excellent spoken and written English, the project's working language
• Proven, structured approach to documentation, follow-up and reporting
• Documented experience coordinating large externally funded research grants, especially international or multi-party ones (e.g. NIH, EU)
• Structured, meticulous, self-reliant, deadline-driven, with strong collaboration and communication skills in an international setting

Preferred qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field
• Experience coordinating or managing research projects, clinical studies or complex multi-party projects
• Clinical research experience, including familiarity with GCP
• Familiarity with research agreements, data protection and ethics approval processes
• Financial follow-up and reporting to funders
• Knowledge of Alzheimer's disease, biomarker research or neurodegenerative diseases
• Swedish

What we offer

• Permanent full-time position, starting as soon as possible or by agreement, with a possible six-month probation
• Public authority employment with generous annual leave and an occupational pension
• Flexitime agreement

Applications are submitted through the University's recruitment system with a cover letter, CV, degree certificate and other supporting documents, stating salary expectations.