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3 Programme 8:00 8:30 Registration I 8:30 10:15 Workshops on Project Management "Project Management in EU-funded projects" (Dr. Susan Kentner, DKFZ) "Project Management in Clinical Trials" (Dr. Daniela Schilling & Dr. Claudia Trierweiler, NCT) "Project Management Basic Skills" (Franz Schneider, Tiba Business School) 10:00 10:30 Registration II & Coffee Break 10:30 11:00 Welcome & Introduction 11:00 12:15 Session I Strategy & Science Management Dr. Susanne Weg-Remers (DKFZ) Dr. Antje Keppler (EMBL) Dr. Ruth Wellenreuther (Strategic Alliance DKFZ-Bayer HealthCare) Dr. Alexander Migdoll (DZNE) 12:15 13:00 Discussion with speakers I (coffee round tables) 13:00 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30 14:45 Session II Lab management & Scientific Project Management Dr. Achim Dickmanns (Georg-August-University Göttingen) Dr. Jan Eufinger (DKFZ) Dr. Christiane Jost (Hochschule Geisenheim University) Dr. Anna Shavinskaya (DKFZ) 14:45 15:30 Discussion with speakers II (coffee round tables) 15:30 16:45 Session III Project Management in Industry Dr. Holger Hess-Stumpp (Bayer Pharma AG) Dr. Tilo Senger (Merck Serono) Dr. Christine Käppel (Eurofins Medigenomix GmbH) Dr. Veronika Jahndel (BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH) Dr. Markus Krieger (Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH) 16:45 17:30 Discussion with speakers III (coffee round tables) 17:30 Get-Together December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.2

4 Workshops on Project Management Dr. Susan Kentner, Head of Administrative Project Management, DKFZ Susan Kentner is acting head of the DKFZ department Administrative Project Management. After 20 years experience in medical and scientific publishing, including stints with Springer-Verlag in Heidelberg, VCH-Wiley in Weinheim and 12 years as managing director of her own medical publishing company Palatium Verlag, she joined the Helmholtz Association in 2002 as the Scientific Officer for health research in Brussels, and became head of the Helmholtz Brussels Office, where she worked until June Susan also has a record as a successful trainer in communication skills and has taught workshops and lectured on subjects relating to research management in health and life sciences, EU affairs and collaboration opportunities. Dr. Daniela Schilling, Project Manager Clinical Trials, NCT Dr. Daniela Schilling has worked as a Project Manager for clinical trials at the NCT Trial Center of the DKFZ/NCT since June After finishing her studies in chemistry in 2006, she obtained a PhD from the Technical University Dresden in 2010 for her work on the metastatic process of renal cancer. She then worked as a Postdoc at the DKFZ/NCT in the group of Holger Sültmann, where she was involved in management, conduct and statistical analyses of several projects on prostate cancer mainly including projects on Next Gen Seq. In 2013, she completed a distance study Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs at the DUW Berlin. Dr. Claudia Trierweiler, Project Manager Clinical Trials, NCT Claudia Trierweiler has studied Biology at the University of Göttingen. During this she already found that she was more interested in the medical aspects of biology, and took courses in pharmacology and toxicology at the medical faculty, which were also part of her graduation in After this, she found that she also enjoyed research in the lab very much, and happily took the opportunity to combine her knowledge of molecular biology and a totally medical environment at the University Hospital Freiburg. She achieved her PhD in molecular biology in 2012 for her research on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in mice and humans. After this, she decided to skip working in the lab and to definitely turn towards her previous interest in the field of clinical trials. She is working at the NCT Studienzentrale as a project manager for national and international clinical trials since December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.3

5 Franz Schneider, Team Leader, Key Account Manager, Senior Trainer Project Management, Tiba Business School Franz Schneider studied business administration at the University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim and obtained his diploma in Previously, he completed vocational training as an industrial management assistant. In 2003 he completed the training as "certified project manager (IHK)". He is a member of the GPM and an active member of PMI. Since 2004 he works as an authorized trainer for the persolog Personality Profile (DISC) in staff development with a focus on communication and conflict management in projects. He has international project experience as trainer and consultant within a software company and was involved e.g. in software implementation projects in big banking houses and pharmaceutical companies in Europe. Besides project management training and consulting Franz Schneider additionally focuses on staff- and organizational development and is a lecturer for the topics "Moderation" and "project management practices "at the University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein. Additional information on Project Management Project Management Websites NKS - Nationale Kontaktstelle Lebenswissenschaften CORDIS - Information Service Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) KoWi: Information, Consulting, Training on European research funding, Job search Job market Euraxess jobs, fellowships, events, open Positions on EC projects Association for EU Project managers German Research Foundation Federal Ministry of Education and Research / Research Management Training Project Management Training December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.4

6 Speakers profile Strategy & Science Management Dr. Susanne Weg-Remers, Head of the Cancer Information Service, DKFZ Susanne Weg-Remers is Head of the Cancer Information Service at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg. She holds an MD PhD degree and a Master s degree in Public Administration. After graduation, she worked in internal medicine and in both clinical and basic cancer research. Together with her colleagues at the Institute for Toxicology and Genetics (FZK, Karlsruhe), she worked on alternative splicing in T-lymphocytes. As of 2004 she turned her career towards science management with stations at FZK and as Head of Strategy at DKFZ. Here, she initiated and coordinated several prominent initiatives, among which the National Cohort. As of 2012, Susanne Weg-Remers has taken on the lead of the Cancer Information Service (KID), a unit which offers evidencebased, quality-secured cancer information to patients, relatives and the general public. Dr. Antje Keppler, Head of Imaging Infrastructure Strategy Development, EMBL Antje Keppler is Head of Imaging Infrastructure Strategy Development at the EMBL, and she has been working for the ESFRI research infrastructure project Euro-BioImaging since its start in Before taking this exciting position, she worked as a science manager at the Heidelberg University Hospital and collected experience in science funding, communication, scientific writing and project management. She studied Biochemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum and moved then to Switzerland, where she obtained her PhD in Chemical Biology at the EPFL, Lausanne. In 2004, Antje Keppler came to Heidelberg and carried out postdoctoral research at the EMBL until 2007, when she started her career in scientific management. December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.5

7 Dr. Ruth Wellenreuther, Manager DKFZ-Bayer HealthCare Alliance, DKFZ Ruth Wellenreuther is manager of the strategic DKFZ-Bayer HealthCare alliance since its establishment in She has over nine years experience in scientific coordination, including planning, organization and coordination of scientific conferences, retreats, committee sessions and evaluations. Furthermore, she has an expertise in coordination of strategic initiatives and translational research projects. Ruth Wellenreuther studied Biology at the TH Darmstadt and the University of Bonn, where she also obtained her PhD in the Molecular Genetics field in Afterwards, she joined the DKFZ as a postdoc in the division of Molecular Genome Analysis (Prof. Annemarie Poustka) before taking her step into scientific management. Dr. Alexander Migdoll, Executive Assistant to the Scientific Director, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Alexander Migdoll is the Executive Assistant to the Scientific Director at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn. He completed his studies on Biotechnology at the University of Applied Sciences and at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, where he worked as student assistant and freelance scientist in the field of genomics. Afterwards, he joined the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) in Heidelberg to work on his PhD thesis focusing on the identification of tumor markers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. During his PhD studies, he was an active member within the DKFZ Graduate School e.g. member in the Retreat and also Conference Team as well as elected member of the PhD Student Council. In November 2013, Alexander Migdoll moved to the DZNE in Bonn. December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.6

8 Lab management & Scientific Project Management Dr. Achim Dickmanns, Staff Scientist, Molecular Structural Biology, University of Göttingen Achim Dickmanns holds a position as a staff scientist in the Department of Molecular Structural Biology, University of Göttingen (Prof. Dr. Ralf Ficner). After receiving his Diploma at the University of Bayreuth and working a year as scientist in the Sports medicine in Bayreuth, the Dr. rer. nat. was achieved 4 years later at the Biochemistry Department of the University of Munich on two connected subjects: cell cycle regulation and nucleo-cytoplasmic trafficking. The latter stayed the focus of research for all stations as a PostDoc for the next seven years at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, USA, The Scripps Research Institute in LaJolla, CA, USA, the University in Marburg and the MPI for biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen. His major scientific focus for the last 16 years has been X-ray crystallography. Dr. Jan Eufinger, Scientific Project Manager, DKFZ Jan Eufinger holds a position as scientific project manager and executive assistant to Prof. Roland Eils at the DKFZ. After his diploma and PhD in molecular plant sciences and plant biotechnology at Heidelberg University, he discovered his interest for scientific management and took over the User Coordination function at the university s newly installed BioQuant-center in Soon afterwards, in 2007, he became scientific project manager of the Helmholtz Alliance on Systems Biology at the DKFZ. Since 2011 he is responsible for scientific project management within the research group of Prof. Roland Eils, which consists of the division "Theoretical Bioinformatics" at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the department Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics at the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB, Heidelberg University). Dr. Christiane Jost, Head of Research Affairs and Grant Management, University of Geisenheim Christiane Jost heads the Office of Research Affairs and Grant Management at the University of Geisenheim, where she advises scientists on funding opportunities and supports the application to various funding organizations. Previously, she worked as a scientific project coordinator at the University Hospital Heidelberg. She studied Biochemistry in Frankfurt/ Main and at the University of Bath, after which she moved to Heidelberg to work on her PhD at EMBL. She did a postdoc at the NIH for about two and a half years before returning to Heidelberg in December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.7

9 Dr. Anna Shavinskaya, Postdoctoral Scientist and Scientific Lab Manager, DKFZ Anna Shavinskaya is postdoctoral scientist at the DKFZ and responsible for scientific lab management tasks in the Division of Vascular Oncology and Metastasis headed by Prof. Hellmut Augustin since She began her studies in Microbiology at the Technical University in St. Petersburg and completed her studies in Biology in Heidelberg in 2005, including a semester at Manchester University. She did her PhD in the field of Molecular Virology. During her studies she organized scientific meetings and seminars, and worked as Advisor for study counseling. After finishing her PhD in 2009, she took a position as Project Coordinator for Translational Research in a clinical research company. She coordinated scientific projects and collections of biomaterial from clinical studies. Before she worked in the Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Oncology of solid Tumors at the DKFZ. Besides her scientific project, she coordinated the unit as well as one of the central S2 facilities of the DKFZ. December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.8

10 Project Management in Industry Dr. Holger Hess-Stumpp, Director of the Strategic Alliance Management Oncology/Gynecological Therapy, Global External Innovation & Alliances at the Bayer Pharma AG Holger Hess-Stumpp is Director of the Strategic Alliance Management Oncology/Gynecological Therapy, Global External Innovation & Alliances at the Bayer Pharma AG in Berlin. He holds this position since 2013 and is responsible for strategic collaborations with academic institutions: joint projects in the area of target identification & validation, drug discovery etc.; alliances with the DKFZ, University of Oxford, and Cancer Research UK. Between 1996 and 2013 he held various leading positions in research functions at the Bayer Pharma AG and its predecessor Schering AG and has over 17 years successful experience in the industrial research management. Dr. Hess-Stumpp studied Biology at the University of Mainz. In 1991, he started his Ph.D. in Heidelberg, where he obtained his doctoral degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the DKFZ/Ruprecht-Karls University. From 1994 to 1996 he carried out postdoctoral research at the DKFZ. Dr. Tilo Senger, Chief of Staff & Communications, Global Clinical Operations Office, MERCK / Co-founder and trainer, Beyond Science Trainings Tilo Senger is Chief of Staff & Communications for the Global Clinical Operations office at Merck and co-founder and trainer of Beyond Science Trainings. He did his diploma in Biotechnology in Braunschweig, after which he moved to Heidelberg and acquired his PhD in Virology at the DKFZ. After working for several years as Inhouse Consultant for Merck, he took over the position of the Chief of Staff & Communications for the Global Clinical Operations office at Merck. In parallel he is studying to obtain his MBA in Executive Business Administration at the Business School Mannheim and the ESSES in Paris. December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.9

11 Dr. Christine Käppel, Project Manager Applied Genomics, Eurofins Medigenomix GmbH Christine Käppel is project manager in the Division of Applied Genomics at Eurofins Medigenomix GmbH. She did her diploma in Biology in Würzburg, after which she moved to Heidelberg and acquired her PhD in Gene Therapy at the DKFZ/NCT. After working for 7 months as post doc at the DKFZ/NCT, she started working as project manager at Eurofins Medigenomix GmbH. In this position she manages various projects in food authentication, microbiology and pharma. In parallel, she is responsible for the quality management in the Division of Applied Genomics and supports Eurofins Genomics as internal auditor. Dr. Veronika Jahndel, Project Manager, BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH Veronika Jahndel is a Project Manager for clinical phase I/II trials with cancer immunotherapeutics at BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH in Mainz. She studied Biochemistry at the University of Leipzig, where she also worked as student assistant. She did an internship at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK in At the end of 2009 she moved to Heidelberg where she was awarded a Fellowship from the Helmholtz Society to conduct her PhD at DKFZ, working in the division of Immunogenetics. In 2011 she obtained a Travel Stipend from the Heinrich F. C. Behr Stiftung, Heidelberg. After her PhD and six months as Postdoc at DKFZ, she joined BioNTech, where she has been working for 8 months. Dr. Markus Krieger, Project Manager Recombinant R&D Department, Octapharma GmbH I joined Octapharma in April 2013 as a Project Manager in the Recombinant R&D Department, Heidelberg. My job is to ensure the advancement of the recombinant human Factor VIIa project. To achieve this, I work in close collaboration with our R&D Lines, i.e. High-Throughput Screening, Fermentation, Purification, and Analytics. In the past, I coordinated the Virus & Prion Validation studies for the FDA submission of Nuwiq (rhfviii) which involved our sites in Frankfurt, Stockholm and Vienna. Being a Molecular Biologist by training, I heavily learn from but also complement the expertise of the many Biotechnologists and Engineers in my environment. December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.10

12 Job profile: Dr. Daniela Schilling Job/role: Employer/Sector: Project Manager for clinical trials DKFZ, NCT Trial Center PhD obtained in: 12/2010 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Chemist by training, PhD thesis and Postdoc in the field of oncological research / molecular biology, distance study Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs 3 years What do you do in your current role? The job profile of a Project Manager for clinical trials in academia comprises several tasks: ethical-legal counseling, feasibility and risk analyses, project planning and scheduling, budget planning, contract design and negotiations, preparation of trial documents, regulatory affairs like applications at authorities and ethics committees as well as reporting, definition of supply chains, trial start-up, coordination, and controlling, etc. The project manager is the central interface of all functions and people concerned with the trial and co-ordinates all processes. This makes the business multidisciplinary, diversified and communicative. What do you enjoy most about the job? The job is diversified with a lot of different tasks for the project manager. Since you are involved in every process and communicate to all people involved in a clinical trial, you get the overall picture of a trial from the very beginning up to the final report. What are the challenges you face in your job? Besides keeping track of the whole project and having plan B and C on hand (in case A does not work), you have to deal with several and sometimes challenging personalities and situations. What attracted you to this position? I have worked in a clinical environment since my diploma thesis and wanted to go a little bit more into the clinical field. The position combines many things I m interested in and I enjoyed during my previous positions: being involved in innovative projects, doing content-wise and administrative/regulatory planning and coordination of a trial, and working in an interdisciplinary team. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Organizational, communicative, and team-playing competence as well as training/experience in oncological research and clinical research What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Make familiar with the position and be sure that it is exactly the job you want to do and then go for it. You could contact me via December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.11

13 Job profile: Dr. Claudia Trierweiler Job/role: Employer/Sector: Project Manager for clinical trials DKFZ, NCT Trial Center PhD obtained in: 2012 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Diploma Biology (Genetics and Pharmacology/Toxicology); PhD Molecular Biology None What do you do in your current role? The job profile of a Project Manager for clinical trials at a public institution like the NCT comprises several tasks: Ethical-legal counseling, feasibility and risk analysis, project scheduling, budget planning, contract design and negotiations, preparation of trial documents, regulatory affairs like applications at authorities and ethics committees as well as reporting, definition of supply chains, trial start-up, coordination and controlling etc. The Project Management is the key player for all tasks and people concerned with the trial, with the main function of coordinating all processes. That makes the business multidisciplinary, diversified, and communicative. What do you enjoy most about the job? Mostly that every project is special, with different challenges, different problems, and you have to find individual solutions for everyone and everything. What are the challenges you face in your job? Unrealistic timelines ( Here is my draft of the trial protocol, just a few minor details missing (!!!); so can we start recruitment in 2 weeks? ), managing multiple projects while depending on others to finish their tasks; conflict management between different parties (e.g. PI, Monitor, Sponsor, regulatory authorities ). What attracted you to this position? Working in a multidisciplinary area, this does not get boring, because every trial (and the people involved) presents its own challenges. Also, the possibility to combine scientific background, pharmacological/medical knowledge and communication skills was highly attractive to me. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Quick learning and adapting to new challenges; scientific and medical knowledge, sometimes high frustration tolerance (equal to the one needed in the lab), good communication skills! What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Try to get first- hand experience in the field (e.g. internship), because 1) you might decide that the job of a Project Manager is not what you expected 2) you want to make sure you will not miss the lab too much 3) companies might value it if you have at least previous knowledge when applying as a Project Manager without practical know-how You could contact me via December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.12

14 Job profile: Dr. Susanne Weg-Remers Job/role: Employer/Sector: Administrative Manager DKFZ; Cancer Information Service, KID PhD obtained in: 1998 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: yes 4 years What do you do in your current role? I am heading the German Cancer Information Service at DKFZ. What do you enjoy most about the job? I enjoy most to interact with numerous interesting people. What are the challenges you face in your job? The biggest challenge is to focus the activities of a big team towards a limited number of welldefined aims. What attracted you to this position? To provide evidence-based, quality proved information to cancer patients, the general public and to health professionals is an important task. In addition, I was attracted by the possibility to shape the service according to future needy and developments. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Besides of having the particular professional background (clinical medicine, biomedical sciences and management), I had to be persistent. What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Just start with a beginner s position - I will tell you, how to identify them. If you are doing a good job, the perspectives are excellent. You could contact me via LinkedIn and December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.13

15 Job profile: Dr. Antje Keppler Job/role: Employer/Sector: Head of Imaging Infrastructure Strategy Development EMBL Heidelberg (Life Sciences) PhD obtained in: 04/2004 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Biochemistry, chemical biology, life cell imaging 3 years What do you do in your current role? Development and implementation of a business plan for a new international organization, which will become the pan-european research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging. Currently, we are supporting 12 European countries and EMBL to finalize the legal framework and plan for the headquarters to implement Euro-BioImaging for operation. What do you enjoy most about the job? Interacting with people in all different positions (scientists, infrastructure managers, facility staff, heads of research institutes, funders, EC staff, Members of European Parliament, ) to work on the implementation of an open access imaging infrastructure. What are the challenges you face in your job? It takes years to build this infrastructure and the path towards operation often has to be adapted to the political decisions in the European Member States. What attracted you to this position? The combination of managerial and strategic tasks with knowledge in imaging technologies to enable research in the life sciences. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Being a scientist, knowing the needs of the community, experience in project management in public research, being familiar with national and European funding schemes. Curiosity, analytical skills, enthusiasm. What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Be open-minded, talk to people about their experience, and attend workshops when possible. Most people grow into this field, learning-by-doing. You could contact me via December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.14

16 Job profile: Dr. Ruth Wellenreuther Job/role: Employer/Sector: Alliance Manager DKFZ, academic research institution PhD obtained in: 1998 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Biology, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Genome Analysis 7 years What do you do in your current role? As I coordinate and manage the strategic alliance between the DKFZ and Bayer HealthCare: Coordination of the alliance s joint committees: scheduling of meetings, drafting the agenda, co-moderating, writing of protocols, follow-up of action points, organization of project calls, scouting for novel project proposals Contact person for scientists at DKFZ, who would like to propose a joint project and also for scientists working in a joint project Administration of the joint projects and of the alliance, oversee and track project costs and joint project budget, contributing to the strategic development of the alliance Overseeing timelines for and organization of application process, reporting, progress evaluation of joint projects Organization of events: joint project teams meeting, visits, scientific conferences What do you enjoy most about the job? To learn about novel ideas of targeted cancer therapies and to contribute to translate them into medical application, i.e. make impact for patients (hopefully one day :) To interact with scientists but also with colleagues from various administrative departments, to learn also a bit of IP management, financials, personnel management. To have a clearly defined responsibility area What are the challenges you face in your job? Getting and keeping a knowledge base for the various joint projects, without being an expert on the specific research topics Project administration: Running projects according to industrial project management (timelines, milestones, Go/NoGo decisions) with project-funded, limited employment contracted scientific staff at DKFZ is a constant challenge What attracted you to this position? I was interested to contribute to the translation of scientific knowledge into medical application, to see that cancer research makes an impact for patients and learn more about drug development. I intended to de-specialize and get a more broad qualification. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Being communicative, being organized, good writing skills, thinking across disciplines What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Do an internship to see if you would like it. You could contact me via December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.15

17 Job profile: Dr. Alexander Migdoll Job/role: Employer/Sector: Executive Assistant DZNE, Helmholtz Center PhD obtained in: 06/2013 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Biotechnology, Biology None What do you do in your current role? Communication and documentation, preparation of meetings, interaction/liaising between different people/departments/external partners What do you enjoy most about the job? Exchange with a lot of internal and external people from science, administration and industry; understanding of how a center runs What are the challenges you face in your job? Unexpected/urgent inquiries and request What attracted you to this position? Particular position between science and administration (not only), understand what makes science running (in Germany) What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Knowledge of the German school and research system, understanding of science, problemsolving attitude What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Be aware that you leave science and you have to deal a lot with administrative issues You could contact me via LinkedIn and December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.16

18 Job profile: Dr. Achim Dickmanns Job/role: Employer/Sector: Staff Scientist Georg-August-Universität Göttingen PhD obtained in: 06/1995 Scientific Background: Biology, Biochemistry Postdoc experience: 19 (6) What do you do in your current role? Research, teaching, practical courses, administration What do you enjoy most about the job? Research and writing as well as teaching What are the challenges you face in your job? Coordination of lab, own research and teaching What attracted you to this position? Close contact to students and ability to work at the bench What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Protein biochemistry, multiple analysis methods What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? A long breath December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.17

19 Job profile: Dr. Jan Eufinger Job/role: Employer/Sector: Scientific Project Manager DKFZ, academic research institution PhD obtained in: 2006 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Molecular Plant Science None What do you do in your current role? Academic Project Management Grant co-writing and administration Support for human resources issues Science communication Organization of scientific meetings What do you enjoy most about the job? Direct contact with scientists Giving support for state-of-the-art scientific projects What are the challenges you face in your job? Dependence on political decisions regarding funding opportunities Dealing with temporal limited project-funding and constraints regarding WissZeitVG What attracted you to this position? To work in one of the fastest developing fields in life science at an internationally renowned institution. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Management and Organization Skills combined with scientific background What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Check the mid-term opportunities a new job in research management will provide you with. You could contact me via December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.18

20 Job profile: Dr. Christiane Jost Job/role: Employer/Sector: Head of Office of research affairs and grant management Hochschule Geisenheim University (Academic) PhD obtained in: 10/2006 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Diploma in Biochemistry, PhD in molecular and cellular biology 3 years What do you do in your current role? Advise scientist in what grants to apply for, support the applications process, work on universities research agenda, coordination of international cooperations. What do you enjoy most about the job? Exposure to different areas of science, discussions with scientists, development of projects What are the challenges you face in your job? Balancing demands by different people and prioritizing deadlines What attracted you to this position? Independence in the position and varied challenges and functions What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? A passion for writing and reading What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? It s the right choice if you like science but don t enjoy pipetting You could contact me via LinkedIn December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.19

21 Job profile: Dr. Anna Shavinskaya Job/role: Employer/Sector: Scientific Lab Management DKFZ, academic research institution PhD obtained in: 09/2009 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Biology, Molecular Virology, Molecular Genome Analysis 3 years What do you do in your current role? To improve knowledge continuity by reorganization of scientific documentation and implementation of a LIMS Project leader (biological safety): safety instructions, information and support by genetic engineering work documentation Support by writing applications for animal experiments What do you enjoy most about the job? To communicate and provide solutions at the interface between the laboratory, science and management To provide information and support for scientists To get things moving What are the challenges you face in your job? Quick learning of new scientific fields and meeting different administrative requirements What attracted you to this position? To contribute with my work to the world-class science What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Management and Organization skills Communication skills Good writing skills Broad background in Biology What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Learning by doing You could contact me via December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.20

22 Job profile: Dr. Holger Hess-Stumpp Job/role: Employer/Sector: Director, Strategic Alliance Manager Oncology & Gynecological Therapy Bayer HealthCare PhD obtained in: 05/1994 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Drug Discovery 2 years What do you do in your current role? Managing alliances between BayerHealthCare & academic institutions What do you enjoy most about the job? Regular exchange with people from academic environment, translate innovative ideas into drugs What are the challenges you face in your job? Translate innovative ideas into drugs What attracted you to this position? Strong belief that alliances between academia & industry are of high value What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Long-term experience in science & drug discovery, be open-minded for new ideas & people, organized in daily work but staying flexible What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Experience in science and/or industrial R&D, Interest in Translational Science/Medicine, experience in collaborative activities You could contact me via LinkedIn, ResearchGate and December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.21

23 Job profile: Dr. Tilo Senger Job/role: Employer/Sector: Global Clinical Operations Chief of Staff & Communications Merck Serono Pharma R&D PhD obtained in: 12/2009 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Oncology, Immunology, Virology None What do you do in your current role? Leading cross-functional projects; functional representation in or subject matter expert contribution to cross-functional projects; operational management of head of Global Clinical Operations (i.e. resource planning & tracking; objective setting & tracking; facilitation of management team meetings, etc.) What do you enjoy most about the job? My job requires a lot of interaction with internal and external colleagues with different backgrounds and very diverse capabilities. Working together in very heterogeneous teams and making a contribution to the individuals becoming a high performing entity is what makes my everyday work fun and very rewarding. What are the challenges you face in your job? Ensuring that all stakeholders have the right amount of information at the right time to work as effectively as possible is a very challenging task. It does on the one hand require a very sophisticated insight the ongoing activities and at the same time a high-level overview of how these activities impact several colleagues in the organization. On the other hand, it also requires a very open-minded and adaptable attitude and communication approach. What attracted you to this position? The variety of tasks on a high and visible management level allowing to significantly influence the direction of the business and to develop personally. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? It is very helpful to be known for high-quality work but it is even more important to have a strong network both aspects catalyze each other. What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Start by reflecting on what kind of tasks you enjoy doing and what your strengths are. From there, you can have a discussion on what your career options may be. You might as well be a great scientist finding lots of satisfaction and success in the academic environment. You could contact me via LinkedIn, XING and December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.22

24 Job profile: Dr. Christine Käppel Job/role: Employer/Sector: Project manager Eurofins Medigenomix GmbH Applied Genomics PhD obtained in: 05/2013 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Biology 7 months What do you do in your current role? As project manager I am responsible for internal and external projects in pharma, microbiology and food authentication. Furthermore, I support Eurofins Genomics as internal auditor and quality management representative. What do you enjoy most about the job? I enjoy getting in touch with a lot of people of different scientific and non-scientific background. In addition, it is great to handle different projects with different scope and complexity. What are the challenges you face in your job? As project manager you have to fulfill the customers demands and bring customer and your lab together. You have to be able to set priorities and make decisions. All in all, these challenges make the job interesting and exciting. What attracted you to this position? What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Be organized and self-structured, enjoy communicating with people, able to set priorities and make decisions, be flexible. What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? It might be helpful to perform an internship in this sector or to take part in a project management course. Furthermore, it can be helpful to be in a student initiative to learn how to handle projects and how to deal with responsibility. You could contact me via LinkedIn December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.23

25 Job profile: Dr. Veronika Jahndel Job/role: Employer/Sector: Project Manager Pharmaceuticals, clinical trials PhD obtained in: 10/2013 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Immunology, Biochemistry 6 months What do you do in your current role? Project management for R&D activities and for clinical phase I/II trials with cancer immunotherapeutics. What do you enjoy most about the job? I like that my job covers many different fields, e.g. research, manufacturing, regulatory, which means that as project manager I am not specialized in a certain field or subject. This also means that I need to communicate with people a lot, which is something I really enjoy. What are the challenges you face in your job? In a company as young as BioNTech, there are always new structures and processes to be developed and implemented. This is often challenging, as you do not have the accumulated experience that is available in larger or older companies. However, this also means that you take over responsibility much faster and that there are many opportunities for you to have an impact. What attracted you to this position? After having unsuccessfully applied to similar positions in larger pharmaceutical companies, I realized that working as project manager in a smaller and more dynamic environment may just be the right thing for me. I found it very appealing to take over responsibility quickly, to run my own projects from the very first day, and to cover a wide variety of topics in my project. Especially the latter was important to me, as coming from academia - many of the job offers from larger companies involved specialization in fields I had not yet been in contact with and, thus, did not know whether I would find those interesting or not. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? Very good communication skills are essential. Besides you should be well-organised, able to prioritise your task and work independently. What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Consider doing courses on project management, although this is not essential. For your application documents and job interviews, I strongly recommend to draw a clear picture of the relevant soft-skills and to back these up with examples from your career or private life. You could contact me via LinkedIn or XING December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.24

26 Job profile: Dr. Markus Krieger Job/role: Employer/Sector: Project Manager Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH PhD obtained in: 10/2011 Scientific Background: Postdoc experience: Biology (diploma) None What do you do in your current role? Global coordination of a biopharmaceutical project to develop a recombinant coagulation factor for hemophilia treatment What do you enjoy most about the job? Working in a highly skilled, motivated, and social team. And the broad range of topics, tasks, and interactions this job involves. What are the challenges you face in your job? The close interaction with technical experts from many fields and with colleagues across all levels of hierarchy requires me to constantly view the project from many different perspectives and to communicate about it in many different ways but I actually like this particular challenge. What attracted you to this position? The available opportunity, Octapharma s business model, and the building. What skills have been useful in getting and doing the job? A strong preference for working towards a clear goal, and knowing that I have this preference. Also, I like the personal interactions required in this job. What is your one tip for scientists who might be considering a move to this sector? Keep talking to people in the sector to understand what their job involves at the daily level, what their tasks and challenges are, and towards which goals they work - Then pick a job which you can actually imagine enjoying and try to get it. You could contact me via LinkedIn or XING December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.25

27 The organizing team Project Coordination: Marion Gürth DKFZ Career Service Dr. Timo Kehl V155, PDN! Steering Committee: Dr. Barbara Janssens DKFZ Career Service Dr. Celina Cziepluch DKFZ Advanced Training December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.26

28 Booking Team: Christos Patsis (G100), Dr. Kristin Rattay (D090 / PDN), Helena Schock (C020) Speakers Team: Karin Mössenböck (A170), Jennifer Hüllein (G100), Dr. Anna Shavinskaya (A190 / PDN), Stephanie Neuhaus (A160), Chiara Redaelli (G160), Sadaf Mughal (B080) On-Site Team: Dr. Christian Breunig (B050 / PDN), Sabrina Fehrenbach (G300 / PhD Student Council), Anna-Lena Krause (D015), Iman Meziane (C050) December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.27

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32 The DKFZ PhD Student Council There are over 600 national and international PhD students of the DKFZ Heidelberg. The annually elected Student Council represents the student body and coordinates scientific and nonscientific student life in numerous ways. Devina Mitra, Elias Eckert, Juliane Hafermann, José Manuel Ordóñez Mena, Sabrina Fehrenbach, Tobias Speck 1 in 10 PhD students at the DKFZ volunteers to help shaping student life by being part of a student team, being coordinated by the Student Council. The Welcome Team organizes the procedures around the biannual selection of new PhD students, the Retreat Team sets up two student retreats per year with exciting internal and external speakers, the Conference Team coordinates the Heidelberg Forum for Young Life Scientists, the Communication Team is responsible for the web presence and newsletter of the DKFZ PhD students and the Social Events Team continues to offer students the chance to get together after work by setting up several parties and other events every year. The Student Council represents the DKFZ in the Helmholtz Junior association and functions as bridge from the PhD students to the Graduate Office and Management Board. To further guarantee that student life at the DKFZ is marked by a strong sense of community, the Council holds several exciting outdoor events, such as the annual Football Tournament, Beach Volleyball Cup or hiking trips. Language loving students can contact the council to be set up with language tandem partners within the DKFZ. December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.31

33 Join the DKFZ Career Network on LinkedIn! The group has over 900 members and a subgroup with 350 Alumni. From the career day speakers, you will find 7 profiles in this group, plus 83 who mention to have worked as Project Manager: just search the members list. The advantage is that even without being connected, as a group member you can send messages to group members. All 5 profiles of the non-dkfz speakers are also on LinkedIn! December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.32

34 Next Career Day: Publishing Monday March 9th, 2015 Would you like to gain hands-on project management skills? Organize a career day with us! Call for organizers! There will be a kickoff meeting on Monday, December 15, where teams will be made and a short introduction to Project Management learning goals. For organizers the career day itself is acknowledged as a Handson Project Management Training Day, as part of DKFZ Advanced Training (HCM). A certificate for achieved project management skills can be issued after successful participation and wrap-up evaluation. If you are interested in joining the organizing team, register with careerday@dkfz.de before December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.33

35 What did participants from the 2013 Project Management Career Day say? Some take-home messages: Very interdisciplinary field, no clear job description possible but you have to be highly organized and connect with a lot of people, so communication skills are extremely needed; Either women are the better project managers or men do not like it I am glad that I am not alone. Many of us are facing the same "career doubts". I have already organized many events but I didn't know that it would be helpful to put this into my CV. I would need to speak German. I also learned that you don't have to have a concrete plan for the next 10 years, your career plan is rather influenced by the different jobs and experiences you gain. Put more effort on soft skills during your PhD / Postdoc time! It is a great field and I will definitely do the Project Management course offered by the university. I think PM in academia is way more interesting than I expected. I made up my mind about what kind of project management I would be most interested in (the term is used to describe too many different activities) I don t want to do project management As project manager already, it was good to hear about other possibilities for me on this field and to see the differences between different PM positions. A career path is very personal-there is no magic recipe. Project management position are too ambiguous and heterogenic If you would like to receive the information booklet or slides (SharePoint archive) from the Career Day which took place on March 1, 2013, write to careerday@dkfz.de. Intranet SharePoint: December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.34

36 For your personal notes December 5 th, 2014 DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.35