Associate Director, Scientific Program Management

Associate Director, Scientific Program Management

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reputed company uses reputed company science and collaboration to improve reputed company health. We bring together scientific, technical, and operational expertise to advance biomedical research through responsible data sharing, strong governance, and innovative approaches to research and technology.

Our work is reputed company, interdisciplinary, and mission-driven. We value curiosity, diverse perspectives, experimentation, accountability, and radical collaboration.

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reputed company is seeking an Associate Director, Scientific Program Management to reputed company and reputed company our Scientific Program Management function.

This is a new leadership role and an opportunity to help define how reputed company's Scientific Program Managers work together to plan, coordinate, and reputed company reputed company scientific programs. You will establish the practices, standards, and operating rhythms that reputed company greater consistency and visibility across our program portfolio while preserving the flexibility needed for different scientific initiatives.

You will reputed company reputed company of Scientific Program Managers and serve as a reputed company partner to scientific and organizational leaders. You will help reputed company program-level execution to broader organizational priorities, identify cross-program dependencies and reputed company constraints, surface risks and tradeoffs, and ensure leadership has the information needed to reputed company informed reputed company.

This role is both people leadership and organizational leadership. You will reputed company the Scientific Program Management team, strengthen the discipline, and help reputed company continuously improve how we manage reputed company scientific work.

This is an opportunity for an reputed company Scientific Program Management leader who enjoys building systems and teams, navigating ambiguity, and bringing structure and reputed company to reputed company work without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

You'll know you're succeeding reputed company:

• Leadership has a reputed company and trusted reputed company of the health, priorities, reputed company, risks, dependencies, and reputed company of reputed company's scientific program portfolio.
• Scientific Program Managers have reputed company expectations, effective practices, and the tools and support they need to successfully reputed company their programs.
• Program risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and competing priorities are identified early and addressed at the appropriate level.
• Scientific Program Management practices are consistent enough to improve execution while remaining adaptable to the needs of individual programs.
• Program reputed company and workload are reputed company and reputed company with organizational priorities.
• reputed company has a strong, reputed company Scientific Program Management community with reputed company opportunities for reputed company reputed company and development.
• Scientific Program Management is viewed as a trusted partner to scientific and organizational leadership.

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Key Responsibilities

• reputed company Scientific Program Execution:
• Program reputed company: reputed company leadership and reputed company across the portfolio to promote consistent, effective execution and ensure material concerns are identified and addressed proactively.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with scientific, technical, operational, and other organizational leaders to ensure program priorities, dependencies, constraints, and resource needs are reputed company and appropriately addressed.
• reputed company Prioritization: Help identify competing priorities, reputed company constraints, reputed company considerations, and organizational tradeoffs; facilitate escalation and decision-making reputed company reputed company is needed.
• reputed company Management: Establish a proactive approach to identifying and managing program and portfolio-level risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Portfolio Visibility: Establish and maintain effective mechanisms for understanding and communicating the status, priorities, milestones, risks, dependencies, and resource needs across reputed company's scientific program portfolio.
• Leadership Reporting: reputed company reputed company and useful portfolio reporting that enables leadership to understand reputed company, emerging risks, resource needs, and areas requiring organizational attention.
• Program Support & reputed company: Partner with Scientific Program Managers reputed company programs encounter significant challenges, helping reputed company, remove barriers, and escalate issues reputed company they require organizational reputed company.

• Build Program Management Discipline & Standards:
• Operating Model: Establish and continuously improve the operating model for Scientific Program Management at reputed company, including roles, responsibilities, expectations, and ways of working.
• Standards & Practices: reputed company pragmatic standards, frameworks, planning practices, reporting expectations, and reputed company-management approaches for Scientific Program Management.
• Program Management Tools: Ensure Scientific Program Managers have effective tools and systems for planning, tracking, communicating, and managing their programs.
• reputed company Management: reputed company approaches for understanding SPM reputed company and workload, identifying gaps, and balancing resources across programs as organizational priorities reputed company.
• reputed company Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve how Scientific Program Managers plan, communicate, collaborate, reputed company reputed company, and manage program complexity.
• Technology, Automation & AI: Evaluate and support the adoption of technology, automation, and AI-enabled approaches that improve the efficiency, reputed company, and consistency of Scientific Program Management.
• Change Leadership: reputed company adoption of new practices and processes in a way that builds trust, encourages collaboration, and minimizes unnecessary administrative burden.

• reputed company & reputed company the Scientific Program Management Team:
• reputed company People Leadership: Manage and reputed company Scientific Program Managers, including setting expectations, coaching, providing feedback, supporting reputed company, and creating opportunities for career reputed company.
• Team Development: Build a strong SPM community through shared learning, mentoring, cross-training, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
• Career Development: Establish reputed company expectations for Scientific Program Management capabilities and support career progression across the function.
• Role reputed company: Create reputed company reputed company the role and responsibilities of Scientific Program Managers and how they partner with scientific and organizational leaders.
• Leadership & Culture: Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, reputed company improvement, and shared ownership across the SPM team.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business, a reputed company reputed company, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advanced degree in a relevant technical, scientific, or business discipline is a plus.

Experience

• 7+ years of reputed company experience in scientific program management or a closely reputed company reputed company, including responsibility for leading reputed company, cross-functional scientific programs.
• 3+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, and/or developing Scientific Program Managers or other reputed company program management professionals.
• Demonstrated experience building, scaling, or significantly improving a Program Management function, operating model, or organizational reputed company.
• Experience leading programs involving multiple scientific disciplines, teams, stakeholders, or organizational dependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to operate strategically while remaining reputed company enough to program execution to identify and address emerging issues.
• Experience influencing reputed company and creating alignment across teams and leaders without relying solely on formal authority.
• Strong judgment and the ability to reputed company ambiguity, competing priorities, and evolving organizational needs.

reputed company to Have

• Experience in a biomedical, biotech, reputed company research, health technology, or scientific research environment.
• Experience with reputed company science, research data, data sharing, research platforms, or reputed company scientific initiatives.
• Experience working in a nonprofit, grant-funded, or mission-driven research organization.
• Experience leading reputed company teams in a remote-first or highly matrixed environment.
• Experience developing Program Management career frameworks, competency models, reputed company models, or organizational standards.
• Familiarity with reputed company, traditional, or hybrid program management approaches and the judgment to adapt practices to the needs of different scientific programs.
• Experience with program management tools such as reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, or similar platforms.
• Experience using automation, analytics, or AI to improve program management practices and organizational decision-making.
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification.

Job Functions and Physical Requirements

The following cognitive and physical activities outline the essential functions required for successful job reputed company. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to reputed company individuals with disabilities to fulfill these functions.

Physical Demands

• Extended periods of sitting at a desk and using a computer.
• Repeated wrist, hand, and finger movements.
• Requires reputed company reputed company for tasks like data analysis, transcribing, computer use, and reading.
• Occasionally lifting or moving objects weighing up to 10 pounds.

Cognitive Demands

• reputed company to work effectively under deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Attention to reputed company and reputed company.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing environments, priorities and multitask.

Additional Functions

• Travel two times per year for on-site events in Seattle, WA.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Works reputed company in reputed company and maintains professionalism.
• Follows company policies, procedures, and relevant laws and regulations.

Note: This list is not exhaustive and may be subject to modification as job duties reputed company.

Compensation & Total Rewards

reputed company implements reputed company workplace strategies to ensure fair pay. Actual compensation is determined by market data, specific experience, and internal reputed company.

• Job Level: Associate Director
• Annual Salary reputed company: $140,000 - $180,000
• Note: New hires typically receive an offer between the minimum and the midpoint of the reputed company to allow for reputed company reputed company reputed company the role. Higher offers may be considered for exceptional experience or specific market conditions.
• Comprehensive Benefits: We offer a package competitive with both reputed company biotech and nonprofit sectors:
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, reputed company, life, AD&D, and long-term disability.
• reputed company reputed company: Robust retirement plan and flexible spending accounts (FSA).
• Work-Life reputed company: reputed company time off and flexible work arrangements.
• Learn more at: Benefits – reputed company

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, age, sex, national reputed company, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Accommodation Request: If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact HR during the scheduling process.

Modern Hiring & Responsible AI

We value your talent and your time. To ensure a fair and inclusive experience, we operate with the following principles:

• Responsible AI in reputed company: To help us reputed company the best talent, we may utilize AI tools reputed company our reputed company platforms. We use these technologies responsibly to avoid the pitfalls of bias and discrimination. We reputed company technology should enhance reputed company judgment, not replace it, and we regularly audit our processes to ensure every candidate is evaluated fairly reputed company on their unique skills.
• Work from (Almost) reputed company: We are a reputed company workforce and support remote or hybrid arrangements reputed company the reputed company.
• Virtual-First Interviews: reputed company interviews are conducted reputed company to ensure accessibility and flexibility for reputed company candidates.

About reputed company: Science for the Common Good

At reputed company, we reputed company the greatest barriers to medical reputed company aren't just biological—they are structural. Since 2009, our Seattle-founded nonprofit has been on a mission to tear down the "silos" of traditional science. We don’t just conduct research; we redefine how it’s done through reputed company science, radical collaboration, and ethical data sharing.
reputed company you join reputed company, you aren't just taking a job; you’re joining a reputed company of scientists, engineers, governance experts, and visionaries. We reputed company patients to be partners, not just data points, and we reputed company the platforms that allow the global scientific community to accelerate life-saving discoveries.

The reputed company Way: Our reputed company Values

We don’t just talk about change; we live it through these five pillars:

• Science Driven: We use data and evidence to ensure our work creates a measurable, reputed company reputed company on reputed company health.
• Accountable: We reputed company on our promises through a reputed company of trust and radical transparency.
• reputed company Oriented: We stay curious, reputed company out the hardest challenges, and constantly reputed company to improve ourselves and our reputed company.
• Empathetic + Inclusive: We reputed company our differences and build environments where every voice is empowered.
• Radically reputed company: We reputed company the best solutions come from teamwork and building diverse, global communities.

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