Sr Program Manager
Sr Program Manager
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$ 155000 - 185000
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Job Description
LOCATION: We are only considering applicants who live near either the Bay Area CA or Austin TX and can come to the office for important meetings.
POSITION SUMMARY:
We have an exciting Senior Program Manager opportunity to join the Program Management team in Research & Development. This position provides crossfunctional program leadership to launch new products and improve existing ones. The successful candidate will utilize project management tools to drive high level collaboration and coordination with various business functions track progress and provide detailed status reports to management. The Senior Program Manager is essential to ensuring teams define and achieve the objectives and goals required to complete projects on time and budget.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide crossfunctional 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 lifecycle process from Concept to Commercialization. Understanding of Design Control principles and manage gatekeeping design freezes design reviews change control signoffs 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 handson 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:
Bachelors 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 resource management tools is a big plus.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Must Have:
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/multitasking skills (comfortable in an ambiguous and fastpaced environment operating at both strategic and tactical levels).
Ability to work independently and as part of team.
San Carlos CA
$155000 $185000 USD
Austin TX
$140400 $170450 USD
OUR OPPORTUNITY
Natera is a global leader in cellfree DNA (cfDNA) testing dedicated to oncology womens health and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer healthier lives.
The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians geneticists doctors laboratory scientists business professionals software engineers and many other professionals from worldclass institutions who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera youll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry youll be stretched and challenged and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.
WHAT WE OFFER
Competitive Benefits Employee benefits include comprehensive medical dental vision life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave 401k benefits commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!
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Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment and welcome people of different backgrounds experiences abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees our community and our patients and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will be considered without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics age veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with applicable laws.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
