Senior Project Manager

Illumina is a company dedicated to expanding access to genomic technology for health equity. The Senior Project Manager will provide project management support to the Medical Affairs AMR oncology team, focusing on coordinating collaborations and ensuring effective communication across various stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain fully integrated project schedules and tracking tools to support accurate, cross-functional project management and ensure alignment across all functional areas
• Schedule, organize, and drive project team meeting(s): prepare and distribute agendas/minutes; track action items, and escalate areas of concern to the appropriate management entity
• Facilitate communication of sub-team issues & outcomes to the Regional and Clinical Research leadership
• Manage the interfaces between functional areas and ensure effective handoff and communication between department functions to execute important project milestones
• Prepare status reports, specific asset updates, or scenarios
• Participate in consortium governance and project management calls, serving as Illumina’s operational interface; synthesize and communicate key updates, risks, and changes internally, and ensure appropriate cross-functional alignment
• Lead a cross-functional internal core team, coordinating and monitoring progress across consortium work packages (including FTE contributions per work package, in-kind reagent support, budget monitoring, and travel cost coverage), and ensuring regular, structured updates on project and consortium activities are provided to the Illumina project sponsor and/or steering committee
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant documentation and manage or coordinate any required internal or external audits
• Coordinate closely with the project lead to ensure alignment on timelines, deliverables, and reporting requirements

Requirements:

• 2-3 years project management experience, with demonstrated ability to lead, manage and execute
• Managing experience of NIH-funded projects and strong understanding of grant rules and procedures
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills are required
• Strong organizational, problem solving, and computer technical skills (in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook) are required
• Experience with project management tools (e.g. Jira, Smartsheet) is required
• The ability to multitask on a number of projects with tight timelines while maintaining excellent attention to detail is required
• Must be able to work independently and as a part of a team
• Basic understanding of the role of Medical Affairs and familiarity with research is preferred
• Medical or scientific background preferred
• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or 2 years and a PhD/Dr.; or equivalent work experience