Program Manager, Colorado River Indigenous Partnerships
The Nature Conservancy
Staff R&D Program Manager, NGS – New Product Development
Thermo Fisher Scientific
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $113,000 - $151,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
PMP
About the role
- Lead the development and commercialization of RUO and regulated Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) instrument and assay solutions
- Serve as Core Team Lead for multiple New Product Introductions and Sustaining programs
- Proactively identify risks and mitigations
- Develop and control program timelines with internal functions and external partners
- Build, monitor, and control budgets with Finance and vendors
- Conduct internal and external team meetings
- Present and communicate to senior leadership at Product Approval Committee (PAC) checkpoint meetings
- Ensure compliance to company Product Commercialization Process (PCP) and Quality Management Systems (QMS) for developing RUO and regulated products
Requirements
- BS in Molecular Biology, Genetics, or Engineering
- Masters, MBA, and/or Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
- 7 plus years program management experience including principles, tools and applications (i.e., timeline management, prioritization, cost estimation, risks analysis, and core team leadership)
- Led multiple product development programs to completion
- Experience with regulated medical devices developed under 21 CFR Part 820 Subpart C - Design Controls (or other regulated product development such as drugs or biologics)
- Proficiency with Project Management software to lead intricate program timelines and resources
- Outstanding written and verbal presentation skills: Assertively and effectively articulates sophisticated concepts and ideas to broad audiences
- Confident communication: Interacts with all levels of management, stays focused and on-point, and able to raise problems or challenges in productive manner
- Financial competence: Leads all aspects of program budgets and reports into Profit & Loss (P&L) statements
- Outstanding influencing skills: Gets things done and drives decisions without formal authority
- Strong interpersonal skills: Champions relationships across the matrixed organization to resolve discord thoughtfully
Benefits
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)program managementtimeline managementcost estimationrisk analysiscore team leadershipproduct developmentregulatory compliancedesign controlsProject Management software
Soft skills
written communicationverbal communicationconfident communicationinfluencing skillsinterpersonal skillsproblem-solvingpresentation skillsrelationship managementassertivenessfocus
Certifications
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)MBA
