Project Manager / Senior Project Manager
South San Francisco, CA
R&D – Program Management /
Full Time /
On-site
GenEdit is a rapidly growing, early-stage company that is developing a proprietary and novel delivery platform with the potential to transform genetic medicine. Our interdisciplinary team works together across chemistry, payload, formulation, screening, and preclinical groups to develop the next generation of gene therapies. GenEdit fosters an exciting and dynamic environment where we value impactful data and creative solutions to accelerate our progression from platform technology to a pipeline of therapeutic candidates. We are seeking talented and motivated individuals to join our team and are expanding across all functions within the organization. Join us in South San Francisco, CA, to be at the forefront of the future of gene therapy.
The Project Manager/Senior Project Manager role will work closely with project leaders and team members to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track. The ideal candidate will be a team player with excellent communications skills and work collaboratively across all functions within the company.
Education and Qualifications/Requirements:
·Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or a related field & 4+ years' project management experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical setting
·Proven track record of managing successful projects from start to finish
·Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
·Excellent organizational and communication skills
·Intellectually motivated and able to thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment
·Experience using best practice project management tools such as Smartsheet
·Work authorization in the US is required
Key Responsibilities
·Work seamlessly with scientific and functional team leaders to develop and execute on project plans and deliverables to meet milestones and budgets within the overall corporate program strategy
·Drive multidisciplinary matrixed teams to achieve key project and program milestones to initiate early-stage human clinical trials
·Identify key deliverables for each function and their inter-dependencies to ensure cross-functional alignment, coordination of tasks, and accountability
-Identify project issues or resource gaps and facilitate resolutions
·Document team meeting issues, decisions, and action items for each project team and develop project progress metrics to plan summaries for senior management
·Develop timelines (Gantt charts) for the tracking of deliverables and task interdependencies
·Other projects, as assigned
Qualifications
·Personable, sociable and willing to help define GenEdit future culture
·Willingness to both lead and work as part of a team and to be open-minded, flexible and cooperative in a dynamic and fast-growing company
·Highly professional, motivated, energetic and “can-do”, problem-solving attitude
·Ability to represent GenEdit as the main contact point in working with external collaborators and/or potential partners
·Discipline and regard for quality, safety, confidentiality and security at all times
At GenEdit we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, veteran status, and any other status. These differences are what enable us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves, and the world.
