The Program Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of pharma-partnered programs and projects, specializing in Companion Diagnostics and Advanced Assay development.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
* Lead and deliver complex R&D programs by providing strategic oversight, cross-functional alignment, and direct line management
* Effectively partner with pharma collaborators, internal teams, and business stakeholders to align on co-development milestones alongside the Business Development and alliance management team, ensuring clear, consistent communication of timelines, deliverables, and risks to all stakeholders
* Fully accountable for driving, tracking, and reporting project progress, risks, countermeasures, and issues to pharma partners. Ensure clear alignment between current project status and strategic objectives. Monitor trends in project performance and ensure timely escalation and resolution of issues.
* Provide leadership, mentoring, and coaching to project teams, fostering talent development and building organizational project management capability through training and continuous improvement.
Non-negotiable requirements of the job include:
* Proven track record of ability to deliver projects on time, in full and within budget, through the full project lifecycle, including feasibility, assay design and development, clinical validation and regulatory submission within highly regulated environments.
* Educated to BSc level in a relevant discipline or equivalent
* Relevant experience of working within medical device, class II or class III (or equivalent) and associated regulatory frameworks.
Previous experience in the following would be highly valued:
* PMP/Prince2 certification is preferred
* Managing cross-functional teams across biomarker research, regulatory, clinical operations, and medical affairs.
* Hands-on experience with clinical trial assay implementation, including working with reference labs and centralized testing vendors