Scientific Project Manager
Turbine
Scientific Project Manager
Turbine
Cell-simulation platform for oncology drug discovery
Turbine · Budapest, Hungary (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-06
Workplace: remote
Department: Solutions
Join our Solutions team as a Scientific Project Manager and help pharma partners make better R&D decisions using Turbine's Virtual Lab (vLab®).
vLab® lets scientists test hypotheses in Virtual Assays across millions of biological conditions, far beyond traditional lab throughput. The Solutions team - translational scientists, computational biologists and project managers - deploys vLab® into our partners' discovery workflows.
As a Scientific Project Manager, you'll also work with our modeling, product and wet-lab teams to expand and improve vLab and the underlying virtual cell technology.
About Turbine
A lab without limits, built for biopharma. Turbine’s Virtual Lab (vLab®) enables scientists to run Virtual Assays across millions of biological conditions far beyond traditional laboratory throughput. Instead of narrowing hypotheses to fit experimental constraints, scientists can explore the broader biological search space computationally before deciding what to validate in the wet lab. Turbine doesn’t replace the wet lab. It makes every experiment count. Through an integrated lab-in-the-loop workflow, virtual findings become testable hypotheses, with validation results feeding back to strengthen subsequent predictions within the workflow.
In deployed programs, Turbine has reduced decision timelines from 12-18 months to approximately two months while cutting wet-lab experiments by more than 50%.
Working with scientists at leading biopharma like MSD (Merck & Co.), AstraZeneca and Bayer, Turbine’s virtual assays have rationalized experiments across more than 30 discovery programs.
Backed by leading tech and industry investors like Accel, MSD Global Health Innovation Fund, Interactive Venture Partners and Beiersdorf, Turbine is turning biology into an engineering discipline.
The role
You will own vLab deployment projects end to end, from a partner's scientific question to a decision they can act on. You lead each deployment with a multidisciplinary team of scientists, and represent Solutions directly in conversations with prospective partners.
What you'll do
Deploy vLab with pharma and biotech partners, from focused evaluation projects to longer-term, multi-program engagements
Translate a partner's scientific question into executable engagement plans - Virtual Assays, data requirements, timelines and deliverables - together with our translational and computational biologists
Lead a cross-functional delivery team, and coordinate with modeling and platform development teams to integrate Turbine's capabilities into partner workflows, or develop new ones
Manage scope, timelines, costs, risks; keep track of decisions and actions, and report progress to partners and internal stakeholders. Work with our legal and finance teams so deployments run smoothly from contract to close
Support business development through scientific proposals, feasibility assessments and project scoping
Bring partner needs back to Product, helping define requirements and priorities for the vLab roadmap
Align project goals with Turbine's strategic direction and company objectives
What you bring
You're a great candidate if you've worked as a translational or computational biologist in biopharma or biotech and took on project leadership along the way.
MSc (or equivalent) in a relevant field, e.g. life sciences, bioengineering or medicine
Experience in drug discovery or the pharmaceutical industry, OR working knowledge of AI/ML methods in predictive modeling in a life science discipline
Proven experience leading complex projects independently, ideally with external partners
Excellent stakeholder management, including partner-facing and remote coordination
Strong ability to prioritize, organize and communicate under tight deadlines
A collaborative mindset and the ability to simplify complex problems
A high degree of autonomy and sound judgment
Fluent English
Nice to have
PhD in a related field
Experience deploying a software or data platform into a customer's workflows, in any B2B setting
Experience writing technical specifications or contributing to product roadmaps
Alliance or account management in an enterprise context
Familiarity with quality assurance and quality control processes
You are a Turbiner if:
You are self-aware and committed to personal growth
You seek out feedback, learn from mistakes and apply what you learned
You take responsibility and focus on outcomes over tasks
You focus on shared success and challenge others respectfully to get the best outcome
You are in it for the long haul and share our passion for the mission
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Turbine AI builds a cell simulation platform that uses machine learning to model how human cells behave and how cancer treatments may work. Their core product, Simulated Cells, runs virtual experiments to predict which drugs or targets are most likely to be effective and which patients may respond best. The platform helps pharmaceutical teams explore ideas, de-risk development, and potentially cut time and cost in bringing therapies to market. They offer a Virtual Lab to let potential clients test the technology on oncology challenges, including drug resistance in blood cancers. Turbine AI differentiates itself by combining ML-based cell simulations with targeted collaboration with pharma companies (like AstraZeneca) to apply simulations to real drug development problems and identify promising targets and patient populations that traditional lab work might miss.
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