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Associate Director, Portfolio Program Management

Guardant Health · Palo Alto, CA · On-site

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About Guardant Health

Guardant Health is a leading precision medicine company focused on transforming patient care and conquering cancer with data. Backed by Khosla, Lightspeed and Sequoia.

About the role

Lead a cross functional product development core team in the execution of deliverables. Work closely with R&D, Operations, Quality, Marketing, Regulatory, Medical Affairs and other departments to ensure project priorities and decisions are consistent between teams and corporate strategic plans Lead a cross functional joint project team with external partners to align and execute the project per contractual milestones

What they're looking for

  • Bachelors degree in a business or a technical discipline. An advanced degree in either business or a technical field is desired. Relevant experience of 5 to 8 years with BS/BA and 3-5 years with Masters degree in addition to meeting the experience requirements
  • PMP or similar certification is highly desired
  • Experience working in team environments is required
  • Expert level knowledge of Program / Project Management tools such as project scheduling, work breakdown structures, time and cost reporting is required
  • Experience working in FDA-regulated environments is required
  • Experience leading core teams to successfully launch medical devices or in vitro diagnostic products is highly desired
More about this role

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant® is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn , X (Twitter) and Facebook .

The Associate Director, Program Manager for new product development is a key leadership role on the team. Your primary responsibility will be to lead a complex, multi-disciplinary core team to launch products for Research Use Only (RUO), Lab Develop Tests (LDT), and In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) that meet critical unmet needs for cancer patients.

You will lead a cross functional core team in the development of a NGS assays, automation, and infrastructure, ensuring delivery of the product through launch...

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