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Role Description

The Project Manager, Product at Adaptive Biotechnologies plays a central role to support product development and commercialization initiatives, reporting to the Director of MRD Business Development and Product Management. We are looking for a strategic and results-driven individual who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The successful candidate will work cross-functionally to lead and support key projects and initiatives.

• Projects are expected to be scoped comprehensively, completed on time, on budget, to meet the desired goals of the business.
• The role will work independently to plan, direct, track and coordinate project activities from inception to operationalization.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Project Lifecycle Management
  • Lead internal projects from initiation through completion, including scope definition, planning, execution, and documentation.
  • Ensure alignment on project goals, rationale, and roles & responsibilities with stakeholders and leadership.
  • Develop and maintain project charters, timelines and work plans, driving accountability across the team.
  • Facilitate clear communication across project teams, internal partners, functional leaders, and external collaborators.
  • Identify and manage risks and issues, proactively communicating and adjusting plans as needed.
  • Partner with other Program and Project Managers across Adaptive to support infrastructure for project management, prioritization, communication, and institutional knowledge sharing.
  • Participate in cross-functional initiatives as a contributing team member.
• Analysis, Metrics & Reporting
  • Perform/support analysis to inform business case and resource allocation.
  • Define metrics for project success and determine how to measure.
  • Provide regular reporting on project status to manager and project team, highlighting key risks, issues, and milestones.
• Strategic Planning
  • Contribute to the development of MRD product management strategy through product and market opportunity modeling activities.
  • Conduct competitive research from external sources and align with MRD product management strategy.
  • Collect customer research from across cross-functional teams to inform MRD product management strategy.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years (or Master’s Degree and 3+ years) related experience including 2+ years Project Management experience in a biomedical research, biotech, or healthcare setting.
• Proven track record of successful project and/or operational delivery in a biomedical research, biotech or healthcare setting.
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a deadline-driven environment, solve problems, and prioritize tasks.
• Expertise with the project management life cycle (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, closing) and change management.
• Expertise with tools that facilitate project management, such as Smartsheet, LucidChart, MS Office suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint.
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, presenting) with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Self-motivated and works independently, with minimal supervision.
• Strong experience facilitating project team meetings, cross-functional communication and decision-making ensuring alignment with internal and potentially external stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization.

Requirements

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification.
• Familiarity with regulatory and reimbursement pathways for diagnostic products (e.g., FDA, CLIA, CE-IVD).
• Familiarity with the real-world data/evidence lifecycle, data governance, processes, and operating models.
• Experience from at least two successful commercial product launches in diagnostics.
• Experience working with R&D, clinical, regulatory, marketing, and commercial teams to bring products from concept to market.
• Experience performing business opportunity assessments.

Working Conditions

• Standard business hours in a desk environment.

Physical Requirements

• No unique physical requirements beyond standard repetitive desk environment tasks (typing/mouse use).

Compensation

• Salary Range: $101,600 - $152,400
• Other compensation elements include:
  • equity grant
  • bonus eligible