Senior Project Manager

The role

You will build a project management function and system to manage new product development and improvement projects. You will lead complex cross-functional projects and create portfolio visibility for leadership.

What you will do

• Operationalize product development and commercialization processes into a standardized system.
• Establish standards for project planning, milestones, ownership, dependencies, risks, decisions, resources, and reporting.
• Integrate project management with Notion, Linear, and Slack.
• Train and support project and functional leads in using the system.
• Lead complex, cross-functional product development and product improvement projects from inception through launch.
• Establish plans, owners, milestones, dependencies, and committed dates.
• Identify risks, blockers and constraints and drive them toward resolution.
• Build a portfolio view of project health, priorities, resources, dependencies, and constraints.
• Improve ability to forecast timelines and understand capacity.
• Use project and portfolio data to identify opportunities to increase work execution.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated success building or materially improving project management systems
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional technical projects from inception through launch
• Experience creating portfolio-level visibility across projects, resources, dependencies, timelines, and project health
• Experience implementing project management tools and workflows across teams
• Familiarity with Notion, Linear, Slack, or comparable platforms
• Experience in fast-growing, dynamic environments

Nice to have

• PMP
• Other relevant project management training or certification
• Experience in genomics, sequencing, life science research tools or services, or a closely related industry

About the company

Plasmidsaurus is on a mission to accelerate new cures and promote a healthier planet by unlocking a new level of productivity for scientists. They provide sequencing services used by innovators, including Nobel laureates and Fortune 100 pharma.