Manager - Companion Diagnostics Projects
Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?
The Manager - Companion Diagnostics Projects oversees companion diagnostic projects for Tempus’ Life Sciences collaborations. This position manages the day-to-day client relationships and internal coordination amongst the Tempus team. The position supports relationships with Tempus’ Laboratory, Regulatory, Bioinformatics, R&D, Product, Engineering, and Medical Affairs teams, as well as Life Sciences partner companies’ project teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead project manager for companion diagnostic programs across multiple customers, including:
- Go-to contact at Tempus for clients
- Manages all projects from beginning to end, including kick-off meetings, weekly meetings with customers, steering committee meetings, and close-out meetings
- Lead client meetings, ensure decisions and action items are clearly documented and tracked to completion
- Drive escalation and resolution of critical project related issues
- Report out metrics to clients on a bi-weekly basis
- Coordinate, in partnership with the internal sequencing operations lead, to ensure samples are moving appropriately through the lab and flagging samples at risk as appropriate
- Monitor project health through the effective use of project dashboards and management tools
- Coordinate with internal Tempus team on program completion
- Develop project plans and schedules for project development that document project goals and objectives, scope, schedule, budget, risk management plan, and project team resource requirements.
- Ensure internal team member roles and responsibilities are clearly defined to achieve desired results
- Keep internal stakeholders engaged and informed of progress and potential risks
- Manage all communications to the Agency and ensure coordination among Tempus and client teams to respond to Agency in timely manner
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 5+ years of project management experience in a biotech, pharmaceutical, consulting, or Clinical Research Organization (CRO) environment
- Sharp attention to detail and ability to meet long- and short-term deadlines
- Strong cross-functional collaboration
- Strong presentation skills and significant experience presenting in front of external parties
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree
- Experience in clinical oncology trials
- Experience working with bioinformatics and R&D teams on validation studies
- Experience with companion diagnostic programs from the diagnostic or pharma side
- Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality, regulatory-grade written deliverables
- Experience with diagnostic partnerships and strategic alliances
- Genomic data background and experience
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