Lead Program Manager, Clinical Labs

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At Exact Sciences, we’re helping change how the world prevents, detects and guides treatment for cancer. We give patients and clinicians the clarity needed to make confident decisions when they matter most. Join our team to find a purpose-driven career, an inclusive culture, and robust benefits to support your life while you’re working to help others.

Position Overview

The Program Manager, Clinical Labs will be responsible for organizing and executing projects and programs focused on implementing lab automation/process improvements and launching new products to our labs, leading them toward successful completion while providing project/program management experience, rigor, and consistency across lab operations. This is a hands-on role that requires close collaboration with all levels at Exact Sciences.

This position is located onsite in Madison, WI.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead and coach multiple efforts and teams to deliver work successfully.
• Apply project management methodologies and best practices.
• Work with business stakeholders to define strategy and requirements in order to define and execute a collection of projects across the business.
• Develop schedules, budgets, risk management plans, and lead the team to success.
• Maintain detailed program metrics around initiative goals and communicate progress to key stakeholders.
• Make critical decisions based upon a combination of data analysis, experience, and judgement.
• Formulate, organize, and monitor inter-connected projects to include coordination of cross-project activities.
• Develop and mentor program and project team members.
• Listen, influence, negotiate, and mitigate conflict while building relationships achieving desired results.
• Partner with multiple internal cross-functional teams and successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Facilitate the organization’s development of objectives, key performance indicators, and results tracking.
• Collaborate with management to escalate issues or critical risks associated with project staffing.
• Apply project management methodologies and best practices.
• Work with business stakeholders to define strategy and requirements in order to define and execute a collection of projects across the business.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and persuade while remaining results orientated. 
• Ability to prioritize and balance multiple competing priorities within and across multiple projects at the same time.
• Ability to work in a matrix management organization with primary responsibility for project success while relying on a team of resources, which may or may not be direct reports.
• Strong facilitation and teamwork skills.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
• Ability and means to travel between local Exact Sciences locations.
• Ability to travel 10% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Engineering, or related field as outlined in the essential duties.  
• 10+ years of experience working in life sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics, pharmaceutical, or medical device field. 
• 10+ years of project and/or people management experience with increasing responsibility of scope and leadership.
• 3+ years managing design control process, compliant with ISO 13485 standards and 21 CFR 820 regulations. 
• Demonstrated success in risk management, change management, and strategic planning. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage the in vitro diagnostic product development process. 
• Demonstrated ability to balance cost, quality, and schedule constraints while escalating issues. 
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office to include Project, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint. 
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications