Research Project Manager

About the role

A leading technology research organization is seeking a Research Project Manager to support cutting-edge audio research and development initiatives. This role will help drive spatial audio research projects by managing plans, timelines, resources, reporting, procurement activities, and stakeholder communications across multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate is an organized and proactive project manager who thrives in research and development environments, enjoys working with technical teams, and can balance multiple complex workstreams while maintaining strong communication and operational rigor.

Responsibilities

• Manage research and development projects from planning through completion
• Develop and maintain project plans, sprint schedules, milestones, and task tracking systems
• Monitor project progress and ensure delivery against timelines and objectives
• Identify risks, dependencies, and roadblocks, and facilitate resolution efforts
• Communicate project status, progress, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders and leadership
• Maintain project documentation, meeting notes, trackers, and reporting dashboards
• Support regular project reviews and planning sessions
• Coordinate activities across researchers, engineers, PhD interns, and partner teams
• Support procurement activities for research equipment, vendor services, and operational needs
• Help maintain operational processes that enable efficient project execution
• Ensure project records, artifacts, and deliverables remain organized and accessible
• Provide hands-on operational support as needed to help teams achieve project goals
• Partner with research scientists, software engineers, technical leads, and program teams
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple stakeholders and organizations
• Contribute to team planning, prioritization, and execution activities
• Support continuous improvement of project management processes and team operations
• May have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of project management experience supporting research, engineering, product development, or technical teams
• Experience managing sprint-based project planning, tracking, reporting, and team coordination
• Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder reporting skills
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Audio Engineering, Acoustics, Physics, or related field
• Experience working in research and development or product development environments
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• Experience preparing project documentation, status reports, and risk assessments
• Ability to collaborate effectively with researchers, engineers, technical leads, and leadership
• Familiarity with procurement processes and vendor coordination
• Experience supporting technical programs involving hardware, software, or emerging technologies preferred
• Audio technology, spatial audio, binaural audio, or signal processing experience is a plus
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, Max/MSP, or similar technologies is helpful

Schedule

Duration: 12‑month contract • Hours: 40 hours per week • Location: Onsite, Redmond, WA