Director, Research Program Management

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Job description

Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

Vaccine verification will be required.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director Research Program Management will drive the planning, resourcing and execution of our research roadmap, will support and grow a successful team-based corporate culture, and will manage a team of Research Program Managers.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure execution of research program deliverables, on time and on budget
• Coordinate with Research Leadership to define program road map and related projects inclusive of goals, objectives, timing, and resource needs
• Lead the detailed planning of research timelines and resource requirements, highlighting tradeoffs and co-dependencies
• Recruit, train, manage and develop a diverse team of Program Managers, who can each lead individual research teams to success and grow within the organization
• Focus on developing high-performing cross-functional teams
• At the individual research program level, work with Program Managers to identify critical path, bottlenecks, dependencies, and major risks to the programs
• Facilitating the technology transfer from research to development teams
• Implement training and best practices for the Research Program Management team
• Track staffing across the Research organization, in conjunction with functional managers
• Identify bottlenecks and risks across the Research organization, which add risk to the overall roadmap
• Communicate the corporate strategy and project priorities across the R&D organization, to ensure alignment of all teams and functions
• Measure and report key performance indicators (KPI) that track progress on the key deliverables, and communicate regularly to senior executive team
• Facilitate research program and process-based process improvements for planning, tracking and reporting research projects.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD or Master's degree in health sciences, including biology, chemistry or engineering
• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Biology or a comparable educational background
• Minimum 8 years of Program Management leadership experience, with track record of success developing highly technical regulated products in the biotech industry, preferably
molecular diagnostics
• Minimum 10 years of experience working within cross-functional scientific/R&D teams
• Experienced and inspiring team leader, with track record of recruiting top talent
• Experienced with project management tools such as MS Project, Smartsheets or equivalent
• PMP certification or equivalent is required
• Strong knowledge of product development processes from concept to launch, including under Design Control.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Excellent interpersonal skills in addition to having the ability to effectively communicate within the project teams
• Clear and persuasive communicator, written and verbal, and careful listener with excellent facilitation skills
• Eagerness to roll up the sleeves and dive into details when necessary
• Very proactive and able to take substantial initiative. Ability to handle multiple complex projects while tracking all details and their completion

• Proven organizational skills and attention to detail

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Duties are typically performed in an office setting. This position requires the ability to use a computer keyboard, communicate over the telephone and read printed material.
• Duties may require working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends) at times.

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Driven by the passion for elevating the science and utility of genetic testing, Natera is committed to helping families identify and manage genetic diseases. Natera is a rapidly-growing diagnostics company with proprietary bioinformatics and molecular technology for analyzing DNA. Our complex technology has been proven clinically and commercially in the prenatal testing space and we are actively researching its applications in the liquid biopsy space for developing products with oncology applications.

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 OFFER

Competitive 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!

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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.