Manager / Senior Technical Program Manager
About The Position
The Scientific System of Record (SSR) team builds the memory layer for Lila’s operations. Its Design Registry and LIMS platforms capture experimental design, samples, processes, and provenance across scientific workflows. As a Senior Technical Program Manager on SSR, you will work at the intersection of engineering execution and organizational strategy. In partnership with an Engineering Director, you will scale engineering processes, align multiple engineering teams, and manage complex, multi-stakeholder programs across scientific domains. The role includes improving how the team operates, as well as tracking and delivering programs. Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™: systems that combine advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments to execute the scientific method autonomously and accelerate discovery across medicine, materials, and energy. The company is guided by the values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of technical program management experience managing complex, multi-team programs in a fast-moving engineering environment.
- Demonstrated ability to design processes from scratch and operationalize them at scale.
- Strong technical fluency with APIs, data models, schemas, and system integrations.
- Experience managing cross-functional dependencies across engineering teams and scientific stakeholders.
- Commitment to work from the Alewife (Cambridge, MA) or San Francisco office 3–5 days per week.
Nice To Haves
- Background in biology, chemistry, materials science, or another experimental science.
- Experience with LIMS, ELNs, scientific registries, laboratory informatics, or scientific data platforms.
- Experience modeling samples, protocols, lineage, provenance, or inventory.
- Experience integrating scientific systems with automation or data infrastructure, including event-driven architectures.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end program management across Designs & Schemas, LIMS, Build & Order, Project Management, and ELN.
- Align requirements, dependencies, and timelines for cross-cutting programs spanning life sciences, formulations, and chemistry.
- Communicate scope, tradeoffs, risks, and timelines to technical and scientific stakeholders, and resolve blockers early.
- Partner with the Engineering Director to design, operationalize, and improve engineering processes at scale.
- Scale agile practices across SSR, including Jira hygiene, sprint planning discipline, and backlog management.
- Define release gates, support intake processes, and operational dashboards that drive continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity.
- U.S. full-time employees receive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance for U.S. full-time employees.
- Flexible time off and generous company-wide holidays for U.S. full-time employees.
- Paid parental leave for U.S. full-time employees.
- Educational assistance program for U.S. full-time employees.
- Commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office-based employees.
- Company-subsidized lunch program.
- Comprehensive benefits program tailored to the employee’s region for full-time employees outside the U.S.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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