Workshops on Project Management

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December 5 , 2014
DKFZ Career Day: Project Management in Academia and Beyond p.1
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
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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
2014. 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 2013. 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 2008. 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 2012.
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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 1994. 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
www.nks-lebenswissenschaften.de
CORDIS - Information Service Seventh
Framework Programme (FP7)
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html
KoWi: Information, Consulting, Training on
European research funding, Job search
http://www.kowi.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid36/
Job market
http://www.wissenschaftsmanagement-online.de/
Euraxess – jobs, fellowships, events, open
Positions on EC projects
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/
Association for EU Project managers
http://www.ecpma.eu/
German Research Foundation
http://www.dfg.de/en/
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
http://www.bmbf.de/
Research Management Training
http://remat4skills.eu/
Project Management Training
http://tiba.de
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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 2009. 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.
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Dr. Ruth Wellenreuther, Manager DKFZ-Bayer HealthCare Alliance, DKFZ
Ruth Wellenreuther is manager of the strategic DKFZ-Bayer
HealthCare alliance since its establishment in 2008. 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 1998.
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.
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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 2006. 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 2009.
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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 2014. 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.
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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.
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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 2008. 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.
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Job profile: Dr. Daniela Schilling
Job/role:
Project Manager for clinical trials
Employer/Sector:
DKFZ, NCT Trial Center
PhD obtained in:
12/2010
Scientific Background:
Chemist by training, PhD thesis and Postdoc in the field of
oncological research / molecular biology, distance study ‘Clinical
Research and Regulatory Affairs’
Postdoc experience:
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 E-mail:
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Job profile: Dr. Claudia Trierweiler
Job/role:
Project Manager for clinical trials
Employer/Sector:
DKFZ, NCT Trial Center
PhD obtained in:
2012
Diploma Biology (Genetics and Pharmacology/Toxicology); PhD
Molecular Biology
Postdoc experience:
None
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.
Mostly that every project is special, with different challenges, different problems, and you have
to find individual solutions for everyone and everything.
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…).
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.
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!
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
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Job profile: Dr. Susanne Weg-Remers
Job/role:
Administrative Manager
Employer/Sector:
DKFZ; Cancer Information Service, KID
PhD obtained in:
1998
yes
Postdoc experience:
4 years
I am heading the German Cancer Information Service at DKFZ.
I enjoy most to interact with numerous interesting people.
The biggest challenge is to focus the activities of a big team towards a limited number of welldefined aims.
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.
Besides of having the particular professional background (clinical medicine, biomedical
sciences and management), I had to be persistent.
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 E-mail:
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Job profile: Dr. Antje Keppler
Job/role:
Head of Imaging Infrastructure Strategy Development
Employer/Sector:
EMBL Heidelberg (Life Sciences)
PhD obtained in:
04/2004
Biochemistry, chemical biology, life cell imaging
Postdoc experience:
3 years
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.
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.
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.
The combination of managerial and strategic tasks with knowledge in imaging technologies to
enable research in the life sciences.
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.
Be open-minded, talk to people about their experience, and attend workshops when possible.
Most people grow into this field, “learning-by-doing”.
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Job profile: Dr. Ruth Wellenreuther
Job/role:
Alliance Manager
Employer/Sector:
DKFZ, academic research institution
PhD obtained in:
1998
Biology, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Genome Analysis
Postdoc experience:
7 years
As I coordinate and manage the strategic alliance between the DKFZ and Bayer HealthCare:
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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
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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 :)
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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
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Getting and keeping a knowledge base for the various joint projects, without being an
expert on the specific research topics
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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
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.
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Being communicative, being organized, good writing skills, thinking across disciplines
Do an internship to see if you would like it.
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Job profile: Dr. Alexander Migdoll
Job/role:
Executive Assistant
Employer/Sector:
DZNE, Helmholtz Center
PhD obtained in:
06/2013
Biotechnology, Biology
Postdoc experience:
None
Communication and documentation, preparation of meetings, interaction/liaising between
different people/departments/external partners
Exchange with a lot of internal and external people from science, administration and industry;
understanding of how a center runs
Unexpected/urgent inquiries and request
Particular position between science and administration (not only), understand what makes
science running (in Germany)
Knowledge of the German school and research system, understanding of science, problemsolving attitude
Be aware that you leave science and you have to deal a lot with administrative issues
You could contact me via LinkedIn and E-mail:
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Job profile: Dr. Achim Dickmanns
Job/role:
Staff Scientist
Employer/Sector:
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
PhD obtained in:
06/1995
Biology, Biochemistry
Postdoc experience:
19 (6)
Research, teaching, practical courses, administration
Research and writing as well as teaching
Coordination of lab, own research and teaching
Close contact to students and ability to work at the bench
Protein biochemistry, multiple analysis methods
A long breath
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Job profile: Dr. Jan Eufinger
Job/role:
Scientific Project Manager
Employer/Sector:
PhD obtained in:
2006
Molecular Plant Science
Postdoc experience:
None
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Academic Project Management
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Grant co-writing and administration
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Support for human resources issues
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Science communication
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Organization of scientific meetings
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Direct contact with scientists
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Giving support for state-of-the-art scientific projects
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Dependence on political decisions regarding funding opportunities
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Dealing with temporal limited project-funding and constraints regarding WissZeitVG
To work in one of the fastest developing fields in life science at an internationally renowned
institution.
Management and Organization Skills combined with scientific background
Check the mid-term opportunities a new job in research management will provide you with.
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Job profile: Dr. Christiane Jost
Job/role:
Head of Office of research affairs and grant management
Employer/Sector:
Hochschule Geisenheim University (Academic)
PhD obtained in:
10/2006
Diploma in Biochemistry, PhD in molecular and cellular biology
Postdoc experience:
3 years
Advise scientist in what grants to apply for, support the applications process, work on
universities research agenda, coordination of international cooperations.
Exposure to different areas of science, discussions with scientists, development of projects
Balancing demands by different people and prioritizing deadlines
Independence in the position and varied challenges and functions
A passion for writing and reading
It’s the right choice if you like science but don’t enjoy pipetting
You could contact me via LinkedIn
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Job profile: Dr. Anna Shavinskaya
Job/role:
Scientific Lab Management
Employer/Sector:
PhD obtained in:
09/2009
Biology, Molecular Virology, Molecular Genome Analysis
Postdoc experience:
3 years
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To improve knowledge continuity by reorganization of scientific documentation and
implementation of a LIMS
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Project leader (biological safety): safety instructions, information and support by genetic
engineering work documentation
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Support by writing applications for animal experiments
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To communicate and provide solutions at the interface between the laboratory, science
and management
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To provide information and support for scientists
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To get things moving
Quick learning of new scientific fields and meeting different administrative requirements
To contribute with my work to the world-class science
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Management and Organization skills
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Communication skills
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Good writing skills
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Broad background in Biology
Learning by doing
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Job profile: Dr. Holger Hess-Stumpp
Job/role:
Director, Strategic Alliance Manager Oncology & Gynecological
Therapy
Employer/Sector:
Bayer HealthCare
PhD obtained in:
05/1994
Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Drug Discovery
Postdoc experience:
2 years
Managing alliances between BayerHealthCare & academic institutions
Regular exchange with people from academic environment, translate innovative ideas into
drugs
Translate innovative ideas into drugs
Strong belief that alliances between academia & industry are of high value
Long-term experience in science & drug discovery, be open-minded for new ideas & people,
organized in daily work but staying flexible
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 E-mail:
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Job profile: Dr. Tilo Senger
Job/role:
Global Clinical Operations – Chief of Staff & Communications
Employer/Sector:
Merck Serono – Pharma R&D
PhD obtained in:
12/2009
Oncology, Immunology, Virology
Postdoc experience:
None
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.)
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.
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.
The variety of tasks on a high and visible management level allowing to significantly influence
the direction of the business and to develop personally.
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.
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 E-mail:
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Job profile: Dr. Christine Käppel
Job/role:
Project manager
Employer/Sector:
Eurofins Medigenomix GmbH – Applied Genomics
PhD obtained in:
05/2013
Biology
Postdoc experience:
7 months
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.
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.
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.
Be organized and self-structured, enjoy communicating with people, able to set priorities and
make decisions, be flexible.
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
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Job profile: Dr. Veronika Jahndel
Job/role:
Project Manager
Employer/Sector:
Pharmaceuticals, clinical trials
PhD obtained in:
10/2013
Immunology, Biochemistry
Postdoc experience:
6 months
Project management for R&D activities and for clinical phase I/II trials with cancer
immunotherapeutics.
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.
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
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Job profile: Dr. Markus Krieger
Job/role:
Project Manager
Employer/Sector:
Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH
PhD obtained in:
10/2011
Biology (diploma)
Postdoc experience:
None
Global coordination of a biopharmaceutical project to develop a recombinant coagulation factor
for hemophilia treatment
Working in a highly skilled, motivated, and social team. And the broad range of topics, tasks,
and interactions this job involves.
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.
The available opportunity, Octapharma’s business model, and the building.
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.
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
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The organizing team
Project Coordination:
Marion Gürth
DKFZ Career Service
Dr. Timo Kehl
V155, PDN
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Steering Committee:
Dr. Barbara Janssens
DKFZ Career Service
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Dr. Celina Cziepluch
DKFZ Advanced Training
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)
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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.
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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!
www.linkedin.com/groups/DKFZ-Career-Network-4831669
www.linkedin.com/groups/DKFZ-Alumni-6534913
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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 10.12.2014.
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What did participants from the 2013 Project Management Career
Day say?
Some take-home messages:
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• 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: http://intracoop/sites/phd-careers/events
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Sponsors:
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Thank you for joining this event!
YOUR FEEDBACK
is important to us!!
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https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9TQ8Y6Y
Use your mobile device to directly access the survey!
Contact us:
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pdn@dkfz.de
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Workshops on Project Management

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