Sr Program Manager

LOCATION: This individual must be within driving distance to San Carlos, CA OR Austin, TX - And can come for onsite meetings periodically. POSITION SUMMARY: We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Program Manager of Research to join the Program Management team. This position provides cross-functional program leadership to advance Natera’s research initiatives, improve current products, and launch new products. 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 cross-functional program leadership to launch, support, and deliver on-time for research initiatives.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 research and product development life-cycle process from Pre-Concept to Commercialization, understand Design Control principles, manage gate-keeping, design freezes, design reviews, change control, sign-offs, etc.Lead regular team meetings to monitor progress, track and mitigate risks, resolve/escalate issues, and review action items.Create project plans to deliver products on tight timelines in coordination with cross-functional teams. Provide clear and concise status updates on projects to the executive leadership teamInterface with external partners and facilitate joint R&D efforts.Performs other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelor’s degree in Biology or equivalent. MS or PhD in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, or related technical field preferred.Minimum of 5-8 years of program management or related, relevant experience.Certification or formal training in Program or Project Management and experience using resource management tools a plus.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:Experience leading and collaborating to execute successfully on program directives independently and without direct authority.Experience compiling GANTT charts and project plans.Experience with project management tools (Google, Smartsheet, MS Project, Kira, Confluence)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 with ease.Experience leading cross-functional teams to bring complex initiatives from pre-concept through execution.Experience facilitating design control, risk assessment, and related activities.Advanced genetic diagnostics/molecular biology subject matter expertise.Experience facilitating product and project definition.Experience facilitating risk mitigation, decision making, and issue resolution.Ability to work independently and as part of a team. The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.San Carlos, CA $140,000—$185,000 USDThe pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.Austin, TX$125,000—$165,000 USDOUR OPPORTUNITYNatera is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s 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 world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.WHAT WE OFFERCompetitive 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!For more information, visit .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.If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents. Link: Please be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @natera.com email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.For more information:- BBB announcement on job scams- FBI Cyber Crime resource page