Program Manager, Radiopharmaceutical & Life Sciences Logistics

Ascent•Belleville, MI

1d•$80,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Ascent Global Logistics is seeking a highly organized Program Manager with deep operational command to run our specialized, time-critical logistics programs for radiopharmaceutical manufacturers, nuclear medicine pharmacies, and healthcare networks. Because radioactive medical isotopes have short half-lives and decay rapidly, this role demands absolute operational precision and a zero-fail mindset. You will own execution within our control tower driving milestone tracking, carrier and network coordination, and disruption response to ensure life-saving diagnostics and theranostic treatments reach patients safely and on time. This is fundamentally an operations command role: the discipline is running a tight, fast-reacting control tower, not managing a client relationship from the outside. This is a senior, high-visibility role built around Ascent's dedicated 4PL control tower model for life sciences accounts, with direct exposure to senior operations leadership and the chance to shape how this segment scales operationally.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or equivalent practical industry experience.
7+ years in time-critical logistics operations, control tower management, program management, or specialized transportation operations.
Solid understanding of healthcare supply chains, cold-chain logistics, or high-care transport operations.
A track record of running intense, time-critical operations where delays directly affect patient health outcomes — comfortable making fast, high-consequence routing decisions under pressure.
Able to work fluently across transportation tracking systems and translate operational metrics into performance reporting and process improvements.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with radiopharmaceuticals or nuclear medicine is a major plus.

Responsibilities

Run day-to-day operational command of time-sensitive isotope shipments end-to-end dispatch, routing, carrier coordination, and real-time transit monitoring with zero tolerance for missed windows.
Continuously monitor flight and ground transit status to identify risk early and re-route before a delay threatens a dose; this is anticipatory operations, not reactive firefighting.
Direct specialty healthcare couriers, airport/ground operations, and internal technology teams to build and enforce frictionless, repeatable transportation workflows.
Work with Quality Assurance and safety officers to ensure strict operational adherence to transport requirements for hazardous, radioactive, and temperature-sensitive biological materials.
Lead root-cause investigations and drive corrective action plans (CAPA) when disruptions occur, rapidly deploying alternative routing and standing up contingency plans under pressure.
Help shape and scale the control tower's operating model and playbooks as this segment expands this is a build-and-own role, not a maintain role.