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Provides support to the Director and Senior Director in all aspects of the scientific review and grants administration. Assists in the development and execution of the grant review and evaluation process and in the generation of reports and other related materials to be presented to funders, review committees, and other stakeholders.

AACR’S Background:   The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 50,000 members residing in 131 countries, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research.  Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers.  The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in the cancer field as well as in related biomedical sciences.  AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 22,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in and reasons for hope in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.   AACR Foundation:   The AACR Foundation was established in 2000. The purpose of the Foundation is to raise funds for cancer research, for AACR’s programs and services, and for the overall promotion of the organization’s mission. The AACR Foundation has the creativity, innovation, and flexibility to support AACR in making significant advances in the prevention and conquest of cancer. With the help of contributors from among the AACR membership, colleagues, and friends in the national and international cancer community, and corporations and foundations, the AACR Foundation is poised to help the AACR achieve important victories in the fight against cancer.   The AACR Foundation was preceded by a Development Division at AACR formed in 1997. During the past twenty three years, the Division grew from a fundraising operation that raised $1.5 million in 1998, to a staff of twenty people raising upwards of $30 million today. Among the AACR Foundation’s current programs are corporate contributions, industry alliances, foundation grants, individual annual giving campaigns, community endurance events, and web-based engagement.   Position Summary:   The Associate Director, Foundation Relations will work to ensure the success of the AACR Foundation’s non-profit and Foundation partnerships. The Associate Director will perform a wide range of responsibilities including fundraising, prospecting, relationship building, proposal writing and management of contracts.

Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world’s first and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research through its mission to prevent and cure all cancers. AACR’s growing membership now includes more than 54,000 laboratory, translational, and clinical researchers, other health care professionals, and patient advocates residing in 130 countries and territories. Through its wide array of programs, this prestigious and dynamic organization leverages the full spectrum of expertise of the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.   The AACR is seeking a candidate to support AACR’s mission and programs that are designed to drive the future scientific agenda of the organization. Specifically, this position will support the Director of Scientific Programs and Strategic Initiatives, who oversees all AACR scientific working groups, AACR scientific achievement awards and lectureships, the Fellows of the AACR Academy, and all annual AACR committee appointments.   Regarding the latter, on an annual basis, various AACR committees are formed to assist with the planning of the AACR Annual Meeting, selection of scientific achievement award and scientific grant recipients, as well as to guide ongoing programs and initiatives dedicated to supporting AACR’s mission to prevent and cure all cancers. One of the primary responsibilities of this position will be to assist with the AACR’s annual committee appointment process by tracking committee-associated appointments, communications, and file repositories. In addition, this position will involve training dedicated to webpage maintenance, construction, and content building.   Secondarily, this position will provide as needed administrative support to AACR’s scientific working groups and AACR scientific achievement awards platform.   AACR scientific working groups function within the framework of the AACR to explore expanded research opportunities and to advance discoveries that lead to greater knowledge and understanding of cancer. There are currently eight AACR scientific working groups dedicated to the following scientific disciplines: cancer evolution, cancer prevention, cancer immunology, chemistry in cancer research, pediatric cancer, population sciences, radiation science and medicine, and the tumor microenvironment.   Additionally, the AACR distributes over 20 annual scientific achievement awards and lectureships to individuals who have made significant contributions to our understanding of the biology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer. Such individuals are selected through a formal nomination and election process and are celebrated throughout the year and primarily in conjunction with the AACR Annual Meeting.   The Program Coordinator, Scientific Programs and Strategic Initiatives position will assist with the general administration of these various AACR programs on an as needed basis and in collaboration with existing Executive Office staff.

The Scientific Program Administrator will be charged with leading the annual execution of all AACR Academy activities, which in addition to the nomination and election of new classes of Fellows includes convening meetings of the AACR Academy to discuss timely and important scientific issues as well as coordinating an annual induction ceremony whereby all newly elected Fellows are formally inducted into the AACR Academy.   The position will also involve collaborating with AACR’s various internal departments to conceptualize and facilitate the generation of media coverage that highlights the scientific achievements of Fellows and how their discoveries have impacted cancer patient care. The position may also involve collaborating with AACR’s Science Policy and Government Affairs Washington, DC Office staff to mobilize AACR Fellows to comment on, support, or reject various governmental issues or proposed legislative initiatives that have implications for the cancer research community.   To accomplish all tasks associated with the position, the Scientific Program Administrator will work closely with the Scientific Programs and Strategic Initiatives team within the AACR’s Executive Office and the AACR Academy’s Steering Committee leadership body that is responsible for assisting with the administration of all relevant programs, activities, and initiatives pertaining to the AACR Academy.

Organizational Profile: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 54,000 members residing in 130 countries, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research. Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers. The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in cancer research as well as in related sciences.  The AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 20,000 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds research fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.   Publishing Division Profile: The AACR Publishing Division is responsible for managing all editorial, production, and marketing activities associated with publication of the AACR’s ten academic peer-reviewed journals. These journals cover the entire spectrum of cancer research, from basic to clinical and molecular to population science. In 2022, the journals published over 2000 original research and review articles, and commentaries.   Position Summary: Under the supervision of Assistant Director, Institutional Sales & Outreach, the Customer Service Coordinator, AACR Journals, is responsible for all aspects of customer service for the journal site licenses, from corresponding with customers/agents to managing the contracts process to overseeing print runs for print journals.  The Customer Service Coordinator, AACR Journals, is also responsible for all reporting for the sales unit. 

Organizational Profile: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 54,000 members residing in 130 countries and territories, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research. Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers. The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in the cancer field as well as in related biomedical sciences. AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 22,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in and reasons for hope in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.   Group Profile:   The Enterprise Platform Services and Data Management Team oversees the software and processes that facilitate the connection and collaboration of the organization’s more than 49,000 members at the forefront of cancer research.  We manage the enterprise Customer Relationship Management (eCRM) solution along with its related systems and customizations that support our Membership, Event Registration, and other business processes. In addition, we are standing up the organization’s Master Data Management (MDM) solution, as well as its enterprise Data Warehouse (DW).  Our group is also responsible for the AACR IT Help Desk and is in the process of building out a more robust customer service offering, for internal and external constituents.    Job Summary:   A Business Analyst is primarily responsible for working with all business units to help implement technology solutions by determining the requirements of a project, and communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators and partners. This role strives to ensure that IT solutions reflect the functionality necessary to address business goals and objectives.   Day-to-day tasks include conducting requirements analysis meetings, developing requirement specifications, process flow diagrams, wireframes, and other functional artifacts. This role is also responsible for developing and coordinating user acceptance testing to confirm that deliverables are correctly aligned with requirements. Finally this role should proactively seek out areas where business processes can be automated or improved using technology and assists with other duties as assigned.

About the Project   AACR Project Genomics, Evidence, Neoplasia, Information, Exchange (GENIE) is a publicly accessible international cancer registry of real-world data assembled through data sharing among an international consortium of leading cancer centers. Through the efforts of strategic partners Sage Bionetworks and cBioPortal, the registry aggregates, harmonizes, and links clinical-grade, next-generation cancer genomic sequencing data with clinical outcomes obtained during routine medical practice from cancer patients treated at these institutions. Learn more at www.aacr.org/genie   Job Summary:   The Project Coordinating Center is seeking an experienced Senior Administrative Coordinator to support the project executive leadership team. The Senior Administrative Coordinator ensures operational efficiency for the project by meeting the needs of the project executive leadership team in a timely fashion. The incumbent executes all tasks in collaboration with other Coordinating Center team members and ensures coordination of activities across all business units. The candidate must be able to work both independently and in a team environment at a rapid pace. The ideal candidate is an experienced, highly organized, and proactive administrative professional, able to collaborate and communicate effectively across all levels of project staff.

Organizational Profile:   The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 55,000 members residing in 132 countries, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research.  Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers.  The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in cancer research as well as in related sciences.  The AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 22,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds research fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.     Summary:   The Meetings Associate organizes and implements meetings logistics for AACR’s meetings, conferences, workshops, and the Annual Meeting to provide support to a Meetings Manager. This person will manage all sign copy, orders and placement for the Annual Meeting, convention center and hotels. Additional functions include, but are not limited to, registration and housing processing, final bill reconciliation, hotel, venue and vendor request for proposals, on-site meeting support, and overall meeting setup responsibilities. The scope of work includes executing the established goals and objectives for all AACR Meetings, conferences, and/or events.

AACR Project Genomics, Evidence, Neoplasia, Information, Exchange (GENIE) is a publiclly accessible international cancer registry of real-world data assembled through data sharing between 18 leading international cancer centers.  Through the efforts of strategic partners Sage Bionetworks and cBioPortal, the registry aggregates, harmonizes and links clinical-grade, next-generation cancer genomic sequencing data with clinical outcomes obtained during routine medical practice from cancer patients treated at these institutions with the goal of improving clinical decision making and catalyzing clinical and translational research (www.aacr.org/genie).   The AACR Project GENIE Coordinating Center (GCC) is seeking a scientist, clinical researcher, or epidemiologist with progaram or project management experience to both develop new, and manage, an existing portfolio of clincial research project using the existing GENIE infrastructure, as well as projects that enhance the GENIE infrastructure.  The ideal candidate is: an experienced project/program manager; highly organized; able to work with individuals ranging from technical experts to senior mangement; functions independtly and in diverse teams; is customer facing; and has a proven track record of meeting deadlines and deliverables.

Organizational Profile:   The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 55,000 members residing in 132 countries, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research.  Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers.  The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in the cancer field as well as in related biomedical sciences.  AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 22,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in and reasons for hope in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.   Job Summary:   The Meetings Manager will provide a high level of meeting management expertise to the Senor Director of Meetings and to the Association overall. This individual will be a mid-level meeting professional with exceptional organizational skills. In addition, the Meetings Manager will be highly detail-oriented, with at least 4-6 years of meetings experience, 1 year of which should be as the manager/coordinator within a meetings department. The Meetings Manager will possess the ability to take charge and work with internal and external customers to produce world-class meetings and events of up to 2,500 attendees.

Organizational Profile: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 54,000 members residing in 130 countries, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research.  Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers.  The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in cancer research as well as in related sciences.  The AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 22,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds research fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.   Summary: The Publishing Division is seeking a marketing professional who will be responsible for the planning, management, and execution of marketing strategies, and tactics supporting AACR’s Journals Publishing Program An organized and proactive self-starter, the Marketing Manager will collaborate with the broader marketing team to draft, review and revise, as needed, the Program’s marketing plans for assigned journals to build awareness, drive submissions, and drive usage. The Manager oversees the implementation of the marketing activities using a variety of channels but with a focus on digital channels. As a data-driven marketer, the Manager will track and report on the analytics and metrics for all campaigns, as well as put forth recommendations to improve metrics.  

AACR is seeking to build its regulatory science and policy team with a Regulatory Science and Policy Analyst. The Regulatory Science and Policy Analyst will play a key role in developing and implementing a range of exciting initiatives designed to optimize the regulatory process and accommodate the fast pace of innovation in science and technology. Interested candidates should have a strong biomedical background with knowledge and interest in development and regulation of new cancer medicine.

The Director of Marketing for the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will  assume leadership in and responsibility for the creation and execution of the AACR’s marketing strategies and tactics. Inherent in this position is the gathering and analysis of member, nonmember end-user, and marketplace data to establish the future direction for marketing and positioning of AACR products and services through a variety of mechanisms for the intended audiences. Such audiences include the diverse worldwide community of cancer scientists, physicians, other health care professionals, members of the public interested in cancer, and policy makers and advocates for cancer research, early detection, treatment, and prevention. This individual will also be responsible for targeted and segmented marketing of AACR to its member and nonmember base, the international cancer community, and the general public, marketing AACR as the most prestigious, unique voice and leader in all subfields of cancer research.   The Director of Marketing will work closely with the Chief Marketing Officer to develop and implement AACR’s comprehensive marketing strategy and will work collaboratively with other AACR divisions/departments to convey and enhance AACR’s position as the world’s premier cancer research association. 

The Associate Director, Scientific Programs will support the Director of Scientific Programs by providing scientific expertise and input into the development of AACR scientific and strategic programs and initiatives.  In addition, the Associate Director will also be responsible for managing the workflow of the department’s projects by developing and implementing SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for the AACR Annual Meeting and other meetings and special programs that are under the purview of the Director.  Reporting to the Director, the Associate Director will be responsible for overseeing and managing the day-to-day operations of the department. Under the leadership of the Director, the Associate Director will manage key aspects related to the planning and execution of the AACR Annual Meeting, which is the largest and most prestigious multidisciplinary cancer research meeting in the world.   This position requires sustained interactions with the CEO, other AACR officers, and leading cancer researchers who are serving on program committees to develop the programmatic goals and objectives, outcomes, and deliverables for scientific programs. The position also requires ongoing collaborations with internal staff across multiple departments (marketing, fundraising, publishing, finance, meeting logistics, CME, etc.) to successfully execute the scientific programs according to AACR’s high standards. 

The Program Administrator, Scientific Programs Department, serves as the project manager for several scientific meetings, conferences, educational workshops, and innovation summits per year. Program Administrators assist leading cancer researchers to develop the scientific content of these programs. This position requires sustained interactions with these scientific leaders to develop the programmatic goals and objectives, outcomes, and deliverables for these scientific programs. The position also requires collaboration with internal staff across multiple departments (marketing, fundraising, publishing, finance, event logistics, CME, etc.) to successfully execute the scientific programs according to AACR’s high standards. The Program Administrator may also be responsible for special projects as needed.

The Scientific Program Administrator, Scientific Programs Department, serves as the project manager for several scientific meetings, conferences, educational workshops, and innovation summits per year. Scientific Program Administrators assist leading cancer researchers to develop the scientific content of these programs. This position requires sustained interactions with these scientific leaders to develop the programmatic goals and objectives, outcomes, and deliverables for these scientific programs. The position also requires collaboration with internal staff across multiple departments (marketing, fundraising, publishing, finance, event logistics, CME, etc.) to successfully execute the scientific programs according to AACR’s high standards.  The Scientific Program Administrator may also be responsible for special projects as needed.

We are seeking a motivated self-starter for a project coordinator position in the AACR Science Policy and Government Affairs Office patient advocacy program. The project administrator will be responsible, among other things, for coordinating program activities, maintaining and updating program platforms, and monitoring online communications.   The project administrator will report to the director of patient advocacy and engagement and assist with planning webcasts, developing in-person events, and preparing e-newsletters. They will be working closely with other programs within SPGA, as well as other AACR departments, so strong communication skills are a must.

Organizational Profile: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 54,000 members residing in 130 countries and territories around the world, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research.  Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers.  The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in the cancer field as well as in related biomedical sciences.  AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 19,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in and reasons for hope in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.   Job Summary: This position provides excellent and comprehensive customer service to members and potential members while supporting the membership application submission and review process, assessing the qualifications of members and candidates to ensure their eligibility in specific membership categories, assisting with provision of overall membership services including fulfillment of member benefits, and entering and maintaining accurate and comprehensive information for members and prospective members in the AACR’s database system of record.

Organizational Profile: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 54,000 members residing in 130 countries and territories, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research.  Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers.  The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in the cancer field as well as in related biomedical sciences.  AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 19,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in and reasons for hope in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.   Job Summary: This position supports the development, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of various programs, awards, and activities organized by AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) and AACR-Women in Cancer Research (WICR), and assists with communications, marketing, engagement, services, and membership management for both association groups. 

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), with more than 54,000 members residing in 130 countries and territories around the world, is the first and largest organization in the world dedicated to advances in all areas of high-quality, innovative cancer research. Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers. The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in the cancer field as well as in related biomedical sciences.  AACR publishes ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 19,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in and reasons for hope in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.   JOB SUMMARY: This position supports and coordinates activities and communications for students, early-career researchers, and early-stage investigators in conjunction with the work of the AACR Science Education and Career Advancement Committee.