Program Manager (Remote)

Why join Freenome?

Freenome is a high-growth biotech company on a mission since 2014 to create tools that empower everyone to prevent, detect, and treat their disease. 

To achieve this mission, Freenome is developing next-generation blood tests to detect cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages using our multiomics platform and machine learning techniques. Our first blood test will detect early-stage colorectal cancer and advanced adenomas.

To fight the war on cancer, Freenome has raised more than $1.1B from leading investors including a16z, GV (formerly Google Ventures), T. Rowe Price, BainCapital, Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital Management, Roche, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, and the American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Ventures. 

Are you ready for the fight? A ‘Freenomer’ is a mission-driven employee who is fueled by the opportunity to make a positive impact on patients' lives, who thrive in a culture of respect and cross collaboration, and whose work makes a significant impact on the company and their career. Freenomers are determined, patient-centric, and outcomes-driven. We build teams around divergent expertise, allowing us to solve problems and ascertain opportunities in unique ways. We are dedicated to advancing healthcare, one breakthrough at a time.

About this opportunity:

The Program Manager will be responsible for planning and driving the execution of various programs within research, clinical product development, R&D initiatives, lab operations projects, and business-critical initiatives. This role requires you to think holistically across Freenome’s ecosystem and connect all subsystems efficiently and reliably, with inputs from the scientific teams (molecular research, computational research, laboratory), engineering, and leadership. You will work closely with the Technical Product Managers to ensure that the software and infrastructure are established to enable patient data analysis. You will work closely with the Quality and Regulatory team to ensure Design Control processes and metrics are followed and met to allow for successful progression through the FDA. 

You will define and execute a product plan in conjunction with a broader overall product development strategy, gather and prioritize user requirements, facilitate design/implementation discussions, and drive development execution. This role offers the opportunity to understand all subsystems’ complex and pivotal impact on product development in Freenome. Success entails a clear and shared development path that yields indispensable tools for building Freenome’s diagnostic products. This role reports  to the Senior Director, Program Management and can be located at our headquarters in South San Francisco, California, hybrid, or remote with regular travel to the office. 

What you’ll do:

• Actively plan and drive cross-functional project teams to deliver against integrated, detailed plans within budget and timelines by highlighting tradeoffs and co-dependencies to meet overall goals and timelines.
• Enable proactive communication in collaboration with functional directors and managers to ensure integration of project, company, and operational goals towards achieving project milestones and timetables.
• Develop, track, and analyze the project’s key performance indicators (KPIs), including the effectiveness of technical strategies, regulatory pathways, clinical development progress, project execution, product development risks, adherence to schedule, scope, resources, etc., and provide management detailed status updates.
• Organize regular team meetings to drive progress, track and mitigate risks, resolve/escalate issues, and review action items.
• Generate the necessary documentation and assist teams with creating project plans, protocols, reports, etc.

Must haves:

• Undergraduate degree in the life sciences or closely related field, PMP certification is a plus. 
• At least three years of program management experience in IVD, NGS, or closely related industry experience 
• Experience leading development efforts to meet regulated market standards (FDA or CE-mark)
• Direct experience with technical or laboratory operations, medical affairs, or clinical study operations from a diagnostics perspective
• Partnership management experience from diligence and deal-making to integration
• Experience in design control and product development process
• The ability and confidence to plan and propose various scenarios and schedules to ensure success
• Expertise in resource management tools
• Cross-functional leader to guide complex product development and organizational growth.
• Influencer capable of balancing consensus perspectives and cohesive decisions
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