AmpSeq Programme Director - Global Scale & Delivery

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

LGC seeks an AmpSeq Programme Director to lead the cross-functional programme required to scale AmpSeq from strategic growth priority into a robust, governed global platform.

The role drives governance, KPI tracking, and delivery across Middleton, Berlin and other contributing sites, coordinating with Operations, Commercial, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure scalable processes and measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in life sciences, molecular biology, genomics, biotechnology, operations or related discipline.
• Significant experience leading complex cross-functional programmes in life sciences, genomics, laboratory services, manufacturing, operations or commercial delivery environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage strategic programmes with multiple workstreams, dependencies, risks, stakeholders and governance requirements.
• Strong understanding of operational scale-up, onboarding, service delivery, supply chain dependencies, quality requirements and process governance.
• Experience using dashboards, action logs, decision logs, risk registers and KPI reporting to drive accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the AmpSeq programme as a strategic growth platform, delivering revenue, conversion and scale across global stakeholders.
• Direct cross-functional change across NGS workflows, panel design, pilot execution and manufacturing scale-up.
• Balance strategic leadership with operational issue resolution, managing near-term delivery risks.
• Partner with global Operations, Commercial, Product Development, Quality, Supply Chain and Finance to align priorities.
• Provide clear programme updates, risk summaries and KPI reporting for leadership reviews and steering committees.
• Lead through direct and matrixed teams, setting expectations and developing capability across workstreams.

Skills

Programme management

Cross-functional leadership

Governance

KPI reporting

Stakeholder management

Education

Life sciences degree

Tools

ERP

LIMS

Salesforce

Tableau

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Job description

LGC seeks an AmpSeq Programme Director to lead the cross-functional programme required to scale AmpSeq from strategic growth priority into a robust, governed global platform.

The role drives governance, KPI tracking, and delivery across Middleton, Berlin and other contributing sites, coordinating with Operations, Commercial, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure scalable processes and measurable business impact.