Senior Project Manager

Bio-Techne • San Jose, CA

2d • $100,100 - $164,450

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager leads complex New Product Introduction (NPI), sustaining engineering, and strategic initiatives across Bio-Techne, with a primary focus on Simple Western and Biologics products. The role partners with cross-functional teams to deliver instruments, consumables, reagents, and software from concept through launch and lifecycle management.

The position works with R&D, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Product Management, and Commercial teams. It also provides executive-level project communication, uses data analytics and AI-enabled tools to improve project and portfolio management, and coaches project managers while contributing to PMO process improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of technical project or program management experience in life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, analytical instrumentation, or a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent NPI programs and leading cross-functional teams through the full product lifecycle.
• Experience collaborating with mechanical, electrical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and supply chain functions.
• Experience presenting project status, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior and executive leadership.
• Experience working in a regulated quality environment, such as ISO 9001, ISO 13485, GMP, or comparable product development controls.
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to engage engineering teams in detailed product-development discussions.
• Exceptional critical-path, dependency, risk, resource, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data-visualization capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex technical information into clear business recommendations and decisions.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrated success leading through ambiguity, competing priorities, and resource constraints in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining strong alignment across distributed teams and sites.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Experience leading life science instrument or analytical instrument launches.
• Experience with microfluidics, fluidics, cartridges, consumables, capillary electrophoresis, protein characterization, assay development, or hardware-intensive products.
• Experience with design reviews, systems engineering, verification and validation, manufacturing transfer, pilot builds, and production scale-up.
• PMP or comparable project/program management certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex NPI, sustaining engineering, and strategic initiatives across the ASD portfolio, with a primary focus on Simple Western and Biologics.
• Drive cross-functional teams through product development, verification, validation, manufacturing transfer, launch, and post-launch activities.
• Develop integrated project plans, critical paths, resource forecasts, and dependency management across hardware, software, consumable, reagent, and manufacturing workstreams.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, quality, and commercialization risks.
• Facilitate phase-gate reviews, design reviews, executive reviews, and portfolio governance activities.
• Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial teams to achieve project objectives.
• Provide concise executive-level communication on project status, risks, mitigation plans, and decisions required.
• Use data analytics and AI-enabled tools to improve execution, forecasting, reporting, and portfolio visibility.
• Develop portfolio dashboards and metrics using Power BI, Jira, Smartsheet, or other platforms.
• Drive resolution of complex technical and organizational challenges through influence and cross-functional collaboration.
• Coach project managers and contribute to continuous improvement of PMO processes, tools, and best practices.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield insurance benefits starting on day one.
• 401k plans.
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• Mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, and tuition reimbursement.
• Paid volunteer time off.
• Accrued leave policy with paid holidays and paid time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee resource groups, employee events, and charity drives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior