Project Manager

JAPCM (Joint Action for Personalised Cancer Medicine) is a large EU-funded collaboration under EU4Health that started in November 2025. Oslo University Hospital (OUS) serves as the Norwegian coordinator. In addition to OUS, the Norwegian partners include the Norwegian Directorate of Health, Haukeland University Hospital and Stavanger University Hospital.

The project brings together 146 partners from 29 European countries and aims to expand both knowledge of and access to precision cancer medicine across Europe. Norway plays a central role in JAPCM and leads the work package focused on treatment, as well as a subproject within diagnostics and reimbursement. Over the project period (2025-2029), JAPCM will establish new clinical trial networks and develop and test new models for data sharing and alternative pricing agreements. The project also plans to pilot diagnostic and treatment platforms. These activities will contribute to a sustainable roadmap for implementing precision cancer medicine across Europe.

JAPCM builds on national and European initiatives, including the EU4Health projects PCM4EU and CanHeal as well as the EU Cancer Mission project PRIME-ROSE led by Kjetil Taskén at OUS. In recent years, Norway has invested substantially in precision cancer medicine through national infrastructures and initiatives such as InPreD (precision diagnostics), the national trial IMPRESS-Norway, CONNECT and MATRIX. These efforts have strengthened Norway’s expertise and capacity in precision oncology both nationally and internationally. It is on this solid foundation that OUS has been assigned the task of leading parts of the large JAPCM initiative.

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Position overview

Oslo University Hospital (OUS) is recruiting a Project Manager to support our participation in JAPCM. The project manager will have primary responsibility for the work package focusing on precision medicine and treatment (Work package 8: Treatment) and will also coordinate the sub-project tasks for diagnostics and reimbursement (Work package 7: Diagnostics, Task 7.4 and Work package 13: Reimbursement, Task 13.4, respectively). The role is part of the management team for these sub-projects at both the international consortium level and within the Norwegian project team.
The project coordinator will be based in the Division of Cancer Medicine and will join an active project environment that includes PRIME-ROSE, EUnetCCC, eCAN Plus, DigiCore and JANE2.

Key responsibilities include planning and delivery of the activities that form the network around precision oncology and treatment:

• Organize a European clinical trial network for precision cancer medicine for all interested parties, including harmonization and standardization of endpoints and data.
  
• Organize the establishment and management of a joint European data repository for data collected from the trials as well as from molecular tumor boards and off-label treatment.
  
• Facilitate pricing and reimbursement agreements that enable early introduction of precision medicines into clinical practice alongside robust data collection.
  
• Provide project management and coordination for the larger consortium activities led by OUS, including liaison with partners, monitoring progress, reporting and risk management.

Qualification requirements

• Relevant experience for the role, including experience from clinical trials, diagnostics and documentation and implementation in health services.
  
• Relevant higher education at master’s or PhD level.
  
• Practical experience with project work is required.
  
• Experience with EU-funded projects is desirable.
  
• Excellent written and oral English skills are required.
  
• Knowledge of local, regional and international healthcare systems and organizational structures is an advantage.

Personal qualities

• Structured, independent and solution oriented.
  
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
  
• Flexible and service minded.
  
• Proactive, reliable and with a proven track record of delivering results.

We offer

• An engaged, multidisciplinary working environment with high professional expertise
  
• Meaningful tasks connected to an important societal mission.
  
• Collaboration with leading research environments at Oslo University Hospital and with partner institutions.
  
• A challenging, varied and stimulating working day in an organization undergoing continuous development.
  
• Good opportunities for professional and personal development.
  
• Salary according to agreement.
• Possibility for extension.