69 research development jobs found in Cambridge

General information Location Cambridge, MA Ref # 43998 Job Family Research Workplace On-Site Date published 04/10/2026 Time Type Full time Pay Range $58,000.00/yr - $80,667.00/yr Description & Requirements Embedded within the Broad Institute, the Center for the Development of Therapeutics (CDoT) is a highly collaborative organization of professional drug discovery scientists. Our mission is to translate cutting-edge biological insights originating from the Broad community into impactful drug discovery projects. We partner with faculty from MIT, Harvard, and the Harvard teaching hospitals, along with industry partners in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and venture capital firms to validate druggable targets and identify leads. We combine our deep expertise in drug discovery with the knowledge and unique capabilities of the Broad Institute to address a wide range of disease areas (including oncology,...

School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area: Dumbarton Oaks Position Description Dumbarton Oaks invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Plant Humanities to further the goals of the Plant Humanities Lab , an open-access digital tool that features peer reviewed cultural histories of plants from the perspectives of the humanities, arts, and sciences. Dumbarton Oaks is committed to ongoing development and enhancement of the tool as an Open Education Resource for faculty and students in 'plants and people' courses, and for a broad audience. As part of the Plant Humanities team, the Postdoctoral Fellow will focus on three main areas: Research, Content Creation, Editing, and Project Management The Fellow will research and produce new plant narratives for the Plant Humanities Lab , using the rare book collection at Dumbarton Oaks and other special collections, as well as large digital repositories such as...

Summary The Volpe Center seeks senior-level General Engineers to serve as Principal Technical Advisors leading multi-disciplinary programs to solve the nation's highest-priority transportation safety, security, and resiliency challenges. You will provide expert consultation to high-ranking officials on emerging technologies and present complex findings to national and international forums. You will also lead research efforts and develop novel engineering solutions. Responsibilities The General Engineer: Evaluates proposed technologies for programs and identifies future trends and risks in emerging technologies. Uses multi-disciplinary engineering expertise to significantly improve the safety, security, and resiliency of transportation infrastructure. Provides expert technical skill in applying advanced engineering theories and processes to evaluate proposed technologies and identify future trends and risks in emerging technologies. Serves as senior program manager of multiple...

Project Management Consultant- R&D Pharmaceutical Facilities Projects onsite in Cambridge, MA Job ID 265447 Posted 17-Mar-2026 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest Project Management Location(s) Cambridge - Massachusetts - United States of America About the Role: This role will support the Project Management function for a large pharmaceutical client covering facilities projects for about 5 Boston/ Cambridge sites. They are responsible for the management of projects from initiation through completion as well as all related paperwork. Expenses covered to travel to Branford, CT site once or twice per month. This is an onsite role in Cambridge Monday-Friday. What You'll Do: Supporting Research & Development Engineering Services, this role will perform all areas of construction management for Life science Research & Development Lab...

Overview: Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com. Job Description Summary: Supports Program Manager(s) and/or Director(s) in the completion of administrative and managerial assignments contributing to the execution of projects/programs of various size and complexity. Job Description: Duties and Responsibilities: Assists in the development and maintenance of project/program documentation to include project/program plans, Integrated...

School: Harvard Medical School Department/Area: *** Position Description The Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) seeks an accomplished and collaborative scientist to serve as Lecturer of Cell Biology and Director of the Core for Imaging Technology & Education (CITE). The successful candidate will lead a state-of-the-art light microscopy core facility that provides advanced imaging expertise, training, and strategic scientific support to the HMS research community. Key Responsibilities Scientific Leadership, Training, and Research Support Provide expert consultation and training to faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students on experimental design, sample preparation, acquisition strategies, quantitative imaging, data validation, and image analysis Advise on imaging approaches across a wide range of biological and biomedical applications and specimen types, from single molecules to whole...

School: Harvard School of Dental Medicine Department/Area: Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology Position Description We are seeking a research Data Analyst in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology (OHPE). This position will work with Dr. Hawazin Elani and her team which undertakes a range of health policy projects focused on disparities in oral health. Specific responsibilities of this position include manage various datasets, estimate statistical models, report formats and other analysis considerations, determine and write statistical considerations and algorithms for protocol documents according to study design and appropriate statistical methods, manage and maintain documentation of files and analyses. This person will summarize and present findings as reports, tables, graphs, and models, and will collaborate on manuscripts, abstracts, and other publications documenting study findings. The person will be...

School: Harvard School of Dental Medicine Department/Area: Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology Position Description We are seeking a research Data Analyst in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology (OHPE). This position will work with Dr. Hawazin Elani and her team which undertakes a range of health policy projects focused on disparities in oral health. Specific responsibilities of this position include manage various datasets, estimate statistical models, report formats and other analysis considerations, determine and write statistical considerations and algorithms for protocol documents according to study design and appropriate statistical methods, manage and maintain documentation of files and analyses. This person will summarize and present findings as reports, tables, graphs, and models, and will collaborate on manuscripts, abstracts, and other publications documenting study findings. The person will be...

Posting Date: 4/10/26 Department: DHSP - Youth Programs Job Code: M699 (ID# 1679) Sequence #: 701 Number of Hours Per Week: 37.5 Additional Work Hours Information: Union Affiliation: Non Union # of openings: 1 Type of Employment: Regular Civil Service Type: None ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT: The Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) creates and coordinates services that enhance the quality of life for Cambridge residents. Driven by the needs of residents, DHSP’s extensive services and programs touch almost every sector in the city: from newborns to senior citizens, from school-aged children to homeless families, from non-profit organizations to local employers. ABOUT THE ROLE: The Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) seeks a Division Head with the vision and experience to lead the Cambridge Youth Programs in providing high-quality out-of-school-time programs to children and youth...

Summary This position has a primary responsibility to support BHEX but also provides long-term institutional programmatic leadership in support of SAO’s spaceflight portfolio. Learn more about this agency This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarification from the agency This Merit Promotion position is open to Current Federal Employees and Former Federal Employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply, such as Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A), former Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Vista volunteers; certain Military Spouses, or individuals eligible under various programs for Veterans (VRA, VEOA, 30% disabled). Duties 1. Serves as the overall Program Manager for the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) mission at SAO, with full responsibility for cost, schedule, technical...

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us . The Immunology and Cardiovascular Thematic Research Center (ICV TRC) at...

Overview: Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com. Job Description Summary: Within the Operations division, the Master Scheduler is critical to managing Draper production operations. This role is responsible for owning and driving our integrated production schedules. This is a hands-on role supporting manufacturing operations and is based onsite at our Cambridge, MA facility to enable close collaboration with production teams. In this...

Kensho is S&P Global's hub for AI innovation and transformation. With expertise in machine learning, natural language processing, and data discovery, we develop and deploy novel solutions to innovate and drive progress at S&P Global and its customers worldwide. Kensho's solutions and research focus on business and financial generative AI applications, agents, data retrieval APIs, data extraction, and much more. At Kensho, we hire talented people and give them the autonomy and support needed to build amazing technology and products. We collaborate using our teammates' diverse perspectives to solve hard problems. Our communication with one another is open, honest, and efficient. We dedicate time and resources to explore new ideas, but always rooted in engineering best practices. As a result, we can innovate rapidly to produce technology that is scalable, robust, and useful. Role Overview We are seeking experienced Investment Banking professionals to serve as domain...

School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area: Economics Position Description The Economics Department in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is currently seeking a full-time Pre-Doctoral Fellow to contribute to a research project related to informal urban transportation in Kampala, Uganda. The project involves primary data collection and a planned randomized experiment. The fellow will be involved in data cleaning, data analysis, design of the experiment, academic and policy writing. The candidate will work under the supervision of Principal Investigators, Dr. Gabriel Kreindler (Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics) and Dr. Carole Turley Voulgaris (Graduate School of Design, Department of Urban Planning and Design). Part of the funding for this position is from a grant from Harvard University's Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa. Duties and Responsibilities: The individual will...

General information Location Cambridge, MA Ref # 43957 Job Family Research Date published 04/09/2026 Time Type Full time Pay Range $88,000.00/yr - $124,000.00/yr Description & Requirements Embedded within the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, the Center for the Development of Therapeutics (CDoT) is a highly collaborative organization of professional drug discovery scientists. Our mission is to translate the deep biological insights emerging from the Broad community into new therapeutics. To accomplish this mission, we partner with faculty from MIT, Harvard, and the Harvard teaching hospitals together with industry professionals in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and venture capital firms and advance cutting-edge drug discovery projects. We create new technologies and work to apply the unique capabilities of the Broad Institute to enable new therapeutic approaches that will broadly benefit the scientific community....

job summary: The Oncology Forecasting Lead will be a team member in the Global Oncology Forecasting function. The Global Oncology Forecasting team is part of the Global Oncology Products, Pipeline and Strategy (GOPPS) group, a strategic advisory group that drives global strategic decisions and planning for in-line and pipeline products. The individual's primary objective is to contribute to the success of the global forecasting function through working with a global cross-functional team to assess commercial potential of inline brands. The individual will lead the development and refinement of forecasting capabilities, owning and communicating the short-, medium- and long-term outlook and for inline brands. Lastly the team member will support the generation of content with other members of the GOPPS and global marketing teams to drive effective decision making.   location: Cambridge, Massachusetts job type: Contract salary: $120.00 - 130.20 per hour work hours: 9 to 5...

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us . Patent Counsel...

The Role This is a summer internship opportunity in Cambridge, MA from July 13th, 2026 – Dec 11th, 2026. Applicants must be available for the entire duration of the internship. The Co-op in this role will support Moderna’s Platform Biology Integration team by contributing to the design, generation, and optimization of cell lines to enable high-impact research and development programs. This role is ideal for a highly motivated student eager to gain hands-on experience in a cutting-edge biotech environment focused on cell and molecular biology. Working closely with experienced scientists, you will assist in executing experiments, maintaining engineered cell lines, and supporting core research activities that directly impact the progress of programs across Moderna’s pipeline. You will gain hands-on experience in cell line development, explore innovative technologies such as CRISPR and synthetic biology, and contribute to process optimization efforts to improve throughput and...

School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area: Center for Race, Inequality and Social Equity Studies (CRISES) Position Description The core mission of the Center for Race, Inequality and Social Equity Studies (CRISES) is the scholarly analysis of contemporary ethno-racial inequality, especially as articulated with class-based and gendered social conditions, through rigorous methodologies, theory-driven insights, and empirically grounded research. The social scientific research conducted by CRISES will inform the vision and attainment of a world without invidious social distinctions that are rooted in historical, institutional, and systemic ethno-racial, gender, and economic inequality. Through its research, collaborations across FAS and Harvard, and convenings of scholars, activists and students, CRISES envisions collective healing and a genuinely democratic society. We are accepting applications for a one-year...

Description OPENING DATE: April 8, 2026 CLOSING DATE: May 8, 2026 SERIES/GRADE: PROGRAM MANAGER IS-340-14 TYPE OF POSITION: Trust Indefinite (Non-Federal) DIVISION: Central Engineering LOCATION: Cambridge, MA AREA OF CONSIDERATION: This position requires access to export-controlled work. The candidate must be a U.S. person (citizen, permanent resident, approved asylee, or refugee) or a national of a country eligible to be approved for an export license who is eligible to work in the US. SAO is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position What are Trust Fund Positions? Trust Fund positions are unique to the Smithsonian. They are paid for from a variety of sources, including the Smithsonian endowment, revenue from our business activities, donations, grants and contracts. Trust employees are not part of the civil service, nor does trust fund employment lead to Federal status. The salary ranges for trust positions are generally the...

School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Position Description For the academic year 2026­-2027, the Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Harvard University seeks postdoctoral fellows in Social Sciences and Humanities to serve as Writing Specialists in Harvard Griffin GSAS's Fellowships & Writing Center. Discipline-specific writing specialists will assist students with all genres of academic writing, including fellowship proposals. FWC postdoctoral fellows will work as members of a team reporting to the Center's executive director and working closely with the associate director and the Academic Programs team in Harvard Griffin GSAS. Responsibilities will include providing feedback and offering individual consultations to Harvard Griffin GSAS students on papers, theses, dissertations, fellowship proposals, presentations, talks, and other modes of...

The Multicultural Arts Center seeks a dynamic candidate who brings a passion to wield the power of the arts to activate social change. We are a small, dedicated team and the Program & Finance Coordinator will be an important member of it! The Program & Finance Coordinator will serve as a vital link between our internal financial health and our external community impact. This person is responsible for the completion of financial and administrative tasks as well as for supporting community and artistic programs and events. If you have experience with non-profit administration and executive support, we want to hear from you! To apply, send a cover letter, resume and references to jobs@multiculturalartscenter.org by May 15, 2026. The Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge is a non-profit arts center focused on fostering cultural and creative equity through the visual and performing arts. We value dedication, inclusion, integrity, creativity and advocacy through individual...

School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Position Description For the academic year 2026­-2027, the Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Harvard University seeks either a full-time postdoctoral fellow or a half-time postdoctoral fellow in a STEM field to serve as a Writing Specialist in Harvard Griffin GSAS's Fellowships & Writing Center. The STEM postdoctoral fellow will assist students with all genres of academic writing, including fellowship proposals, as well as presentation skills and science communication skills. FWC postdoctoral fellows in humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields will work as members of a team reporting to the Center's executive director and working closely with the associate director and the Academic Programs team in Harvard Griffin GSAS. Responsibilities will include providing feedback and offering individual...

General information Location Cambridge, MA Ref # 43959 Job Family Research Workplace On-Site Date published 04/07/2026 Time Type Full time Pay Range $70,000.00/yr - $92,666.67/yr Description & Requirements Overview: The Getz Lab (at the Broad Institute and MGH) is a world-leading laboratory for cancer genome analysis. We develop highly innovative, robust, and widely-used computational methods to study the molecular basis of cancer, including genomic alterations that drive primary and resistant tumors, cell-of-origin, premalignant lesions, mutational processes, activity of different pathways, and microenvironmental changes. We then follow up key findings experimentally. While the comprehensive analysis of cancer genomes is ongoing, major barriers still exist in converting this information to patient benefit and achieving the goal of personalized medicine. Our work stands at the forefront of cancer genome...