Senior Program Manager

Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Program Manager provides cross-functional program leadership to launch new products or improve existing ones. They achieve this through the application of project management tools to drive high level collaboration and coordination with various business functions, track progress, and provide detailed status reports to management. Their function is essential to ensuring teams define and achieve the objectives and goals required to complete projects on time and budget.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide cross-functional program leadership to launch new products or improve existing ones with a focus on Design Control and New Product Introduction in a technical setting.
• Drive high level collaboration and coordination with various business functions to facilitate the planning process, setting goals & milestones, and creation of comprehensive timelines taking into account available resources, dependencies, budget, priorities and other constraints.
• Take ownership of tracking overall team progress and provide detailed management status reports, including KPIs.
• Oversight of all phases of the product development life-cycle process from Concept to Commercialization. Understanding of Design Control principles and manage gate-keeping, design freezes, design reviews, change control, sign-offs, etc.
• Organize regular team meetings to monitor progress, track and mitigate risks, resolve/escalate issues, and review action items.
• Generate the necessary documentation and assist teams with creating project plans, protocols, reports etc.
• Take ownership of hands-on management and tracking of overall team progress and provide detailed management status reports and updates.
• Interface with external partners and facilitate joint development efforts.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Biology or equivalent. MS or PhD in Biological Sciences preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of program management experience in biotech space and educational background in molecular biology or genetics testing.
• Certification or formal training in Program or Project Management and experience using a resource management tools is a big plus.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Technical: Evaluates an applicant's acquired knowledge and specific technical skills.
• Behavioral: Evaluates factors related to human characteristics and skills, such as attitude, work approach and collaborative abilities.
• Experience compiling GANTT charts and project plans.
• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project or other.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in addition to having the ability to effectively communicate within the project teams as well as to top level management.
• Excellent organization and time management/multi-tasking skills (comfortable in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment, operating at both strategic and tactical levels).
• Ability to work independently and as part of team.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• This position requires the ability to use a computer keyboard, communicate over the telephone and read printed material. Duties may require working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends) at times.]
• Duties are typically performed in an office setting.
• This position requires the ability to use a computer keyboard, communicate over the telephone and read printed material.
• Duties may require working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends) at times to meet deadlines.