Project Manager, Product

Adaptive Biotechnologies is dedicated to transforming the way diseases are diagnosed and treated by harnessing the power of the adaptive immune system. The Project Manager, Product plays a crucial role in supporting product development and commercialization initiatives, working cross-functionally to lead and manage key projects from inception to operationalization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead internal projects from initiation through completion, including scope definition, planning, execution, and documentation
• Ensure alignment on project goals, rationale, and roles & responsibilities with stakeholders and leadership
• Develop and maintain project charters, timelines and work plans, driving accountability across the team
• Facilitate clear communication across project teams, internal partners, functional leaders, and external collaborators
• Identify and manage risks and issues, proactively communicating and adjusting plans as needed
• Partner with other Program and Project Managers across Adaptive to support infrastructure for project management, prioritization, communication, and institutional knowledge sharing
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives as a contributing team member
• Perform / support analysis to inform business case and resource allocation
• Define metrics for project success and determine how to measure
• Provide regular reporting on project status to manager and project team, highlighting key risks, issues, and milestones
• Contribute to the development of MRD product management strategy through product and market opportunity modeling activities
• Conduct competitive research from external sources and align with MRD product management strategy
• Collect customer research from across cross-functional teams to inform MRD product management strategy
• All other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years (or Master's Degree and 3+ years) related experience including 2+ years Project Management experience in a biomedical research, biotech, or healthcare setting
• Proven track record of successful project and/or operational delivery in a biomedical research, biotech or healthcare setting
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a deadline-driven environment, solve problems, and prioritize tasks
• Expertise with the project management life cycle (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, closing) and change management
• Expertise with tools that facilitate project management, such as Smartsheet, LucidChart, MS Office suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, presenting) with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization
• Self-motivated and works independently, with minimal supervision
• Strong experience facilitating project team meetings, cross-functional communication and decision-making ensuring alignment with internal and potentially external stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification
• Familiarity with regulatory and reimbursement pathways for diagnostic products (e.g., FDA, CLIA, CE-IVD)
• Familiarity with the real-world data/evidence lifecycle, data governance, processes, and operating models
• Experience from at least two successful commercial product launches in diagnostics
• Experience working with R&D, clinical, regulatory, marketing, and commercial teams to bring products from concept to market
• Experience performing business opportunity assessments