Director, Technical Program Management, SciTech, Science

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone.

The Team

CZI supports the science and technology that will make it possible to help scientists cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of this century. While this may seem like an audacious goal, in the last 100 years, biomedical science has made tremendous strides in understanding biological systems, advancing human health, and treating disease. 

Achieving our mission will only be possible if scientists are able to better understand human biology. To that end, we have identified four grand challenges that will unlock the mysteries of the cell and how cells interact within systems — paving the way for new discoveries that will change medicine in the decades that follow:

• Building an AI-based virtual cell model to predict and understand cellular behavior
• Developing state-of-the-art imaging systems to observe living cells in action
• Instrumenting tissues to better understand inflammation, a key driver of many diseases
• Engineering and harnessing the immune system for early detection, prevention, and treatment of disease

CZI’s work in science includes grantmaking programs, open-source software development, and close collaboration with the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network. The CZ Biohub Network includes the San Francisco, Chicago, and New York Biohubs as well as the Chan Zuckerberg Imaging Institute. CZI also collaborates with institutional partners like the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural & Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University. Join us in accelerating science.

The Opportunity

As Director, Technical Program Management (TPM)   in the Science Technology organization, you will  lead a strategic operations function that accelerates our mission to build a software platform that advances and accelerates science . This role will serve a dual-focused purpose: 1/ strategically aligning cross-disciplinary stakeholders across the CZI ecosystem, serving as the strategic thought partners to the Head of Science Technology while 2/ also driving execution by implementing cutting-edge project management tools and practices to ensure transparency, predictability, and scalability in execution. The person in this role will need to be able to influence across CZI at all levels of leadership and within the Science Technology organization, bridging the two through execution of our roadmap.

You will work closely with a collaborative team of product managers, engineers, designers, user researchers, scientists, and computational biologists to create software products that accelerate the pace of biological science. You will also work across the CZI ecosystem, working with our scientific leaders across CZI and driving complex cross-functional projects with our Biohub network. 

What You'll Do

  Strategic Alignment - Lead our strategic planning process in Technology

• Create and maintain strategic alignment between priorities and the needs with stakeholders across Science, including our scientific leaders across the Biohub network
• Be a strategic thought partner for the Head of Technology in Science 
• Facilitate clear and consistent communication of project goals, timelines, and progress to all stakeholders to keep teams aligned and informed on progress
• Facilitate effective collaboration between diverse teams of scientists, engineers, and leadership
• Identify and proactively address potential conflicts or misalignments between different teams or priorities

Execution Excellence - Lead and support overall organizational execution and team culture by designing and directing program management practices and processes that enable our strategic goals, tactical work, and the culture and values we need and desire.

• Establish and maintain standardized project management processes, tools, and templates, leveraging AI to automate and streamline as much as possible; develop detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets
• Track project progress, identify and mitigate risks, and ensure timely completion of deliverables; drive continuous improvement in project execution through data-driven insights
• Serve as a central point of contact for all project-related information and communication.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in project management across the organization.
• Develop and own processes that enable efficient decision-making, communication, deleg