{"id":99795,"date":"2024-09-21T17:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T21:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=99795"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:51:56","slug":"project-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/professional-development\/career-exploration-transition\/project-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Introductory Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bu.vault.com\/professions\/project-managers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Managers<\/a> &#8211; general description, skills&#8230;, BU Vault.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcsstaffing.com\/blogs\/2024-7\/how-to-become-a-project-manager-in-life-sciences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to become a project manager in the life sciences<\/a>, QCS Staffing (5-min read, July 2024).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phdcareerstories.com\/search?q=project+manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhD Stories from PhDs who became Project Managers<\/a>, PhD Career Stories.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.precisionformedicine.com\/blog\/inside-a-cro-what-does-a-clinical-project-manager-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Key roles and responsibilities of Clinical Project Managers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proclinical.com\/blogs\/2015-12\/how-to-get-a-clinical-project-manager-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">career transition advice towards becoming a clinical project manager<\/a>, ProClinical.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Venturing further in this career area<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/embl-fellows-career-service\/info-resources\/exploration\/project-management\/#vf-tabs__section-0e516856-67d5-40f7-8a48-9fb56f3d4d9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cross-functional project management<\/a> &#8211; detailed overview of skills needed, career entry and progression from a PhD to a cross-functional project manager role, etc., EMBL Career pages.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gSyLZAGi51s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scientific Project and Program Management<\/a>, 1-hour career panel with PhDs.<\/li>\n<li>The PhD Progression program provides PhD students at BU with self-paced online modules &#8211; upon completion of a module, students get a digital badge that can be shared on LinkedIn. If you are interested in gaining project management badges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pdpa\/for-doctoral-students\/phd-progression\/phd-pathways-subscription\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">register for the project management pathways here<\/a> and check out and complete <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.badgr.com\/public\/pathway\/63569b3cee92705bced9a9e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modules on project planning, tracking, and management tools and approaches (including some used in industry)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Analyze <a href=\"https:\/\/questromfeld.bu.edu\/labor-market-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">labor market insights<\/a> &#8211; Choose the &#8220;By filtering for industry and occupation&#8221; and then &#8220;Health Sciences&#8221; for Industry and &#8220;Natural Science Managers&#8221; for occupation; you will then see salaries, key skills, hiring companies project managers, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Learning by doing job-related tasks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Job Simulations are job-related tasks that can be completed in a few hours, to help you assess how enjoyable and how much of a good fit a specific job could be for you. <a href=\"https:\/\/intersectjobsims.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intersect Job Simulations<\/a> have been created by PhDs for PhDs, to support their career transitions into a wide range of careers. To make the most of job simulations, please set up <a href=\"https:\/\/intersectjobsims.com\/smart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SMART Goals<\/a> to perform each simulation in a reasonable timeline. When you have completed the task, fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/intersectjobsims.com\/reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Self-Reflection Sheet<\/a>, which will help you reflect on what you enjoyed (or did not enjoy) about the simulation, and how it can help inform your career exploration efforts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Project Management Job Simulation &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/intersectjobsims.com\/library\/scope-of-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creating a Scope of Work<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Project Management Job Simulation &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/intersectjobsims.com\/library\/setting-a-meeting-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Setting a Meeting Agenda<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theforage.com\/simulations\/cbre\/project-management-x2vz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Management Virtual Job Simulation<\/a> with CBRE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Preparing your transition into this career area<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-019-01332-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Focus on your skills<\/a>, Nature article.<\/li>\n<li>Explore and connect with members of the following professional societies and institutes:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Management Institute<\/a> (PMI).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ipma.world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Project Management Association<\/a> (IPMA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Growing your network and <a href=\"https:\/\/intersectjobsims.com\/infointerviewguide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">having informational interviews<\/a> with PhDs who have transitioned into careers of interest to you will enable you to learn more about the job&#8217;s daily responsibilities, hiring process, career progression, etc., and the sector as a whole.\n<ul>\n<li>Look for and join relevant thematic groups on LinkedIn, online communities, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Look for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/professional-life\/advising-mentoring\/alumni-mentoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GMS Alumni<\/a> who have transitioned into this career area.<\/li>\n<li>Consider learning more about and joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/pmclub\/about-bu-pmc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Project Management Club (PMC)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mymedia.bu.edu\/playlist\/dedicated\/207936103\/1_9emp2sqk\/1_2lldbf4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Analyze job descriptions<\/a> to learn more about what institutions and organizations are currently looking for.<\/li>\n<li>Study company websites, follow them on social media and YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introductory Resources Project Managers &#8211; general description, skills&#8230;, BU Vault. How to become a project manager in the life sciences, QCS Staffing (5-min read, July 2024). PhD Stories from PhDs who became Project Managers, PhD Career Stories. Key roles and responsibilities of Clinical Project Managers, and career transition advice towards becoming a clinical project manager, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20577,"featured_media":0,"parent":99331,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99795"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105357,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99795\/revisions\/105357"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}