Associate Director, Program Management
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Associate Director leading Program Management at Foresight Diagnostics, driving biopharma partnerships and ensuring program execution. High-impact role requiring strategic thinking and strong leadership capabilities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Program and Project Managers, fostering a high-performance, accountable, and collaborative culture
- Own and oversee the program portfolio, ensuring alignment with company strategy, resource capacity, and organizational priorities
- Directly lead high-impact, cross-functional programs, including biopharma companion diagnostic (CDx) partnerships and other strategic initiatives
- Own and facilitate formal governance processes to communicate program status, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs; escalate issues as needed; and present data-driven recommendations and business proposals to senior leadership to enable timely, informed decision-making
- Enable executive decision-making by presenting clear, data-driven insights, recommendations, and business proposals to senior leadership
- Drive cross-functional alignment and accountability, influencing stakeholders across R&D, laboratory operations, regulatory, quality, clinical, software, and commercial teams
- Partner with Alliance Management to lead external partner engagement, including biopharma collaborations, ensuring alignment on joint plans, deliverables, timelines, and contractual commitments
- Ensure consistent, high-quality program execution across the portfolio, driving predictability in delivery of key milestones
- Identify, assess, and mitigate portfolio-level risks, proactively managing dependencies and escalating issues as needed
- Champion continuous improvement, scaling program management tools, processes, and best practices to support organizational growth
- Ensure alignment with regulated processes, including design controls, quality systems, and compliance requirements
- Develop and maintain program roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and securing stakeholder buy-in
- Extract and refine user needs and requirements from stakeholders and lead teams to focus on the most valuable deliverables.
- Lead risk and issue management, proactively identifying, mitigating, and resolving complex technical and operational challenges
- Ensure adherence to regulated processes, including design controls, change management, and quality system requirements (FDA, CAP/CLIA)
- Drive cross-functional accountability, influencing without direct authority to ensure alignment, ownership, and timely execution
- Partner with Alliance Management and external stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of joint programs and delivery commitments
- Champion continuous improvement throughout the organization, identifying and acting on opportunities to enhance operational efficiency
- Cultivate, build and maintain positive and collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams
Requirements:
- 7–12+ years of experience in program management, product development, or related roles in biotechnology, diagnostics, or life sciences
- People management experience, leading and developing high-performing teams
- Background in molecular diagnostics, including assay and software components (MRD experience preferred)
- PMP or equivalent certification (strongly preferred)
- Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional programs and portfolios in regulated environments
- Experience supporting or leading companion diagnostics (CDx) partnerships or external biopharma collaborations
- Strong familiarity with regulated product development, including FDA, CAP/CLIA, and design control processes (ISO 13485)
- Experience establishing and operating program governance frameworks and executive reporting structures
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and drive alignment across highly matrixed organizations
- Strong strategic thinking combined with operational execution capabilities
- Excellent executive communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging across technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience scaling processes and building program management capabilities in growing organizations
- Proficiency with program management and collaboration tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira, Office Timeline, etc.)
- Situational awareness, coupled with facilitation, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills to drive cross-functional decision-making
- This position may be required to work across time zones as needed to support project schedules.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible PTO and paid holidays
- Parental leave
- 401(k) with company match
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