# Associate Director, Portfolio Program Management at Guardant Health

- Company: Guardant Health
- What the company does: Guardant Health is a leading precision medicine company focused on transforming patient care and conquering cancer with data. Backed by Khosla, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://guardanthealth.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $199K to $274K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-13
- Apply: https://gh.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/gh/job/Palo-Alto-CA/Associate-Director--Portfolio-Program-Management_R-101165-1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/guardant-health-associate-director-portfolio-program-management/

## 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