ABOUT THE UNIT
The Community Outreach (CO)Research Unit collaboratively develops intervention programmes to promote early detection and improve access to cancer care for patients seeking treatment at Ministry of Health hospitals. The CO together with other research units in CRMY intends to close the gap in cancer care and our current focus is on breast cancer. The reality today is that who you are and where you live could mean the difference in cancer survival. It isn’t fair. But we can change this by developing i) most effective healthcare system changes for improving survival and ii) innovative and cost-effective tools for enabling early detection of cancer in B40 communities.
SCOPE / PURPOSE OF JOB
The role of the Project Manager encompasses two critical components: Firstly, it involves spearheading Primary Care Implementation Science Research for Early Detection of Breast Cancer, where responsibilities include designing and overseeing research projects to assess innovative breast cancer detection strategies' effectiveness, feasibility, and scalability. Secondly, the role focuses on Primary Healthcare Professional Engagement & Capacity Development, entailing the creation and delivery of comprehensive training programs for primary care professionals on breast cancer awareness, screening guidelines, and rapid referral protocols collaborating with experts, conducting training sessions, and providing ongoing support aimed at bolstering professionals' competency in risk identification and result interpretation. A core responsibility includes monitoring and evaluating training effectiveness& preparing insightful reports that will drive informed decision-making and continuous improvement efforts.
Responsibilities:
Primary Care Implementation Science Research for Early Detection of Cancer
- Assist in designing and overseeing the implementation science research projects aimed at evaluating the effectiveness, feasibility, and scalability of innovative breast cancer detection strategies within primary care
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of researchers, clinicians, community partners, and other stakeholders to develop research protocols, study designs, and data collection instruments aligned with implementation science principles.
- Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of research activities, including participant recruitment, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, to generate actionable insights and evidence-based recommendations.
- Assist in developing and maintaining partnerships with healthcare organizations, clinics, and research institutions to facilitate access to study populations, resources, and infrastructure necessary for successful project implementation.
- Conduct literature reviews, gap analyses, and needs assessments to identify opportunities and barriers related to the adoption and implementation of breast cancer early detection interventions.
- Monitor project timelines, budgets, and deliverables to ensure milestones are met and objectives are achieved in accordance with grant requirements and organizational goals.
Primary Healthcare Professional Engagement & Capacity Development
- Develop and deliver comprehensive training programs for healthcare professionals in primary care settings, including physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, on breast cancer awareness, screening guidelines, and rapid referral protocols.
- Conduct training sessions, workshops, and continuing education programs to enhance healthcare professionals' competency in identifying breast cancer risk factors, performing clinical breast exams, and interpreting screening results.
- Provide ongoing support and guidance to healthcare professionals to ensure the successful implementation of rapid referral processes.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of training programs and project interventions through data collection, analysis, and performance metrics tracking.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and recommendations based on project outcomes to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement efforts.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Educated to a Master’s degree level, with relevant experience in project management
- Proven work experience of at least 5 years (experience in public health, implementation science and/or community outreach would be a strong advantage)
- Strong leadership, decision-making and negotiation skills
- Strategic mindset and ability to foresee upcoming opportunities and threats
- Resourceful and able to form strategic partnership with related stakeholders and businesses
- Can manage remote/distributed team
- Ability to effectively manage people without a formal authority
- Independent and responsible individual, able to multitask and work in fast-paced environment
- Excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to work under pressure
- Proven capability in hands-on problem solving, with the ability to generate ideas and solutions; self-motivated and results-driven; with a genuine interest in implementing innovative strategies in healthcare
- The ability to prioritize own workload and work to deadlines and assume full responsibilities within role
- Transparent, positive, open, friendly and ready to help
About the Company

Cancer Research Malaysia
We are an independent and non-profit cancer research organisation based in Malaysia. Funded by donations and research grants, we conduct research in niche cancers often found in our Asian population.
Cancer — the big ‘C’ — continues to be a stigma, only spoken about in hushed whispers; how it’s bad karma, how much it costs, and that nothing could be done.
Confronting this stigma head on, CRM has been reversing this language of cancer, transforming the big ‘C’ to a little ‘c’, and we plan to develop tools backed by good research to ensure that we can truly fight cancer on all fronts.
We believe that we will reverse the grip of cancer in our lives. We want researchers to win the war against cancer by turning it around with new ways of prevention and cure. We want to empower the public through impactful outreach programmes, with the hopes that Malaysians will respond differently to cancer by coming forward for screenings and going through with treatments.
Our driving force is held together by these goals:
- Improving the survival rates of Asian cancer patients, focusing on neglected areas of research.
- Empowering Asians to have the proper screening and treatment.
- Improving survival rates by being more accessible, focusing on providing existing cures to patients rather than sit on inaction and potentially losing lives.
- Making affordable and timely treatments by repurposing drugs, acknowledging the reality that developing new cures are costly and risky.
- Putting Malaysia in the global spotlight for cancer research by collaborating with top scientists around the world,and working to nurture the next generation of Malaysian cancer researchers.