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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