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At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We pursue bold ideas, embrace complexity, and keep pushing forward.
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, deliver with excellence, and always find a way.
- We Are Stronger Together: We engage with empathy, align around what's best for Veracyte, and celebrate as one team.
- We Care Deeply: We show up with integrity, kindness, and respect for one another.
The Project Manager will be accountable for the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional projects to ensure business objectives are met and accomplished on time, within budget, and meet operational standards. This role requires a strong understanding of diagnostic product and software development, project management, strong leadership skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop detailed project plans, including scope, objectives, timelines, and resource allocation for research and development, infrastructure, and other prioritized corporate-level initiatives.
- Lead project teams across multiple sites, driving effective stakeholder communication and collaboration to achieve project goals while working closely with business leaders to drive prioritization of business-critical work to success.
- Technical background and understanding of product and software development processes and emerging technologies – experience with NGS technology, CRM, LIMS, AWS, is preferred.
- Monitor and maintain project progress according to key metrics including budget, schedule, resource allocations, issues, risks, and scope changes.
- Prepare and present project status reports, updates, and key milestones to stakeholders and senior management.
- Ensure necessary documentation is complete, current, and stored appropriately.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of project management framework and tools.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the project management team and broader organization.
- Work with business leaders and PMO leadership to align product / program roadmaps to goals, portfolio priorities, budgets, and resource plans.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Minimum of 5 years of project management experience in a life-science environment, ideally in diagnostics, genomics, product development, or similar background.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in life sciences, computer science, engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will also be considered.
- Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools. Jira, Confluence, and Smartsheet knowledge and experience is ideal.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to effectively lead people and drive results through cross-functional engagement.
- Flexibility to manage given changes within projects and the across the broader portfolio.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills with proven ability to present confidently and effectively to audiences at all organizational levels, including executive leadership..
- Experience working with cross-functional teams, including IT, product development, clinical, regulatory, operations, and commercial departments.
- PMP, Agile, Scrum, Six Sigma or equivalent certification preferred.
- You are a good business partner and a good human.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
What We Can Offer You
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About Veracyte
Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).
Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice
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