Program Manager, Lifecycle Management

Hologic•San Diego, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Hologic is seeking a Program Manager to manage a portfolio of lifecycle management projects from scoping and planning through completion. The role supports and manages cross-functional project teams in a matrixed organization, ensuring objectives, timelines, risks, and dependencies are planned, tracked, and communicated. The Program Manager works with Marketing, Regional Sales, Service, R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and other functional partners to align project priorities with business objectives and support successful project execution. The position is based on-site in Hologic’s San Diego office five days per week. The role manages small- to medium-sized projects or defined workstreams within larger programs, develops and maintains project plans and documentation, coordinates team activities, and tracks project status, risks, issues, action items, dependencies, and decisions. It also supports compliance with internal processes and quality system requirements, continuous improvement of project-management processes and tools, and timely escalation of concerns. The Program Manager operates with moderate supervision and may perform other function-related activities as reasonably required by business needs.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
Two to five years of experience in project management, project coordination, or a related functional role with project-planning and project-leadership experience.
Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and tracking project deliverables, timelines, risks, and issues.
Demonstrated capability to apply project-management principles, tools, and techniques.
Ability to manage project schedules, action items, risks, issues, and cross-functional communications.
Strong organizational, follow-up, documentation, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.
Ability to operate with moderate supervision and escalate risks, issues, and decisions when appropriate.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and use sound judgment to determine when issues require escalation or additional leadership support.

Nice To Haves

Project-management coursework or certification, such as CAPM or PMP.
Familiarity with ISO and FDA quality system regulations.
Experience with Design Control.
Experience in a regulated environment, including medical device, diagnostics, healthcare, or life sciences.

Responsibilities

Manage small- to medium-sized projects or defined workstreams within larger programs from initial scoping and planning through release.
Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource plans.
Coordinate cross-functional project activities to align team members, functional leaders, and stakeholders.
Track project status, risks, issues, action items, dependencies, and decisions, and provide timely updates to project teams and management.
Help identify project risks and issues, support mitigation planning, and escalate concerns to management or senior program leaders as appropriate.
Maintain accurate project documentation, meeting notes, schedules, dashboards, and status reports.
Help ensure project execution aligns with applicable internal processes and quality system requirements.
Support continuous improvement by helping develop standard and repeatable project plans, processes, procedures, templates, and tools.
Drive accountability for assigned tasks, deliverables, and timelines.
Facilitate project team meetings, communicate expectations, document decisions, and follow up on action items.
Build effective working relationships with team members and stakeholders across functional areas.
Collaboratively resolve day-to-day project challenges and escalate complex issues appropriately.
Communicate project status, risks, issues, and decisions clearly and accurately to internal teams and stakeholders.
Identify project risks, dependencies, and blockers, and lead development of mitigation or recovery plans.
Gather information and organize options to support decision-making, communicating trade-offs and impacts to project teams and management.
Manage multiple project activities in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail.