Staff Program Manager, Product Development

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Position Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to be a Staff Product Development Program Manager for a variety of Next Generation Sequencing Clinical/IVD projects within Illumina's rapidly growing and cutting-edge Oncology portfolio. The PM will develop budgets/timelines for potential projects as well as execute development projects varying in size and complexity from Concept through Commercialization following lllumina's PDP Phase Gate process. The PM will interface with internal and external partners to achieve project goals, milestones, and timelines. In addition to the criteria below, the ideal candidate must be a skilled team leader with strong negotiation and influencing skills, be able to work independently, handle multiple tasks in parallel, and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Provides management and leadership skills to drives execution on project goals
• Collaborate cross-functionally to create, execute and communicate overall project plans (scope, schedule, staffing plans, quality, risk management, budget, and procurement) and revise them appropriately to meet changing project needs and requirements
• Identify needs for changes to plan and communicate them to the team and stakeholders to ensure program goals are in alignment with business objectives
• Schedule and lead phase gate reviews with an executive approval committee
• Identify and resolve or escalate program issues, facilitate tradeoff decisions, and remove obstacles
• Ensure product development efforts adhere to internal processes and design control standards
• Continuously analyze and manage risks to enable successful project completion
• Define and optimize project management and development processes, methodologies, and tools to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness
• Apply best practices and knowledge of internal/external business challenges to improve products
• Contribute to product development process or PMO function improvement initiatives

Experience/Knowledge Requirements

• Familiar with FDA and CE-IVD regulated product development processes and design controls, preferably in Next Gen Sequencing and/or Oncology
• Familiar with Pharmaceutical development lifecycles and regulatory requirements
• Expert at project scheduling using MS Project, including dependencies and critical path determination and optimization
• Able to develop project/program budget/timeline/scope de novo, develop plans and communicate proposals to leadership
• Expert at project/program resource management, resource scheduling, and budgets
• Ability to identify key issues, motivate and empower others to address them in a way which builds morale, generates ownership and commitment
• Comfortable applying basic principles of Design For Six Sigma to a project
• Familiarity with key business drivers and considerations in the biotech and /or life science industries and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services
• Familiar with most topics in the PM Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• Familiar with molecular assay development, genetic sequencing principles or sequencing devices

Education Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of product development experience with 4 years managing projects. Experience in a regulated industry is required.
• Typically requires a current PMP certification

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The estimated base salary range for this role based in the United States of America is: $124,300 - $186,500. Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, an individual's qualifications, location where the role is to be performed, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Additionally, all employees are eligible for one of our variable cash programs (bonus or commission) and eligible roles may receive equity as part of the compensation package. We offer a wide range of benefits as innovative as our work, including access to genomics sequencing, family planning, health/dental/vision, retirement benefits, and paid time off.

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