Genomics Tech Program Manager | Cross-Functional Execution

Illumina; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus program

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Illumina seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead cross-functional technical projects across sustaining engineering, lifecycle management, manufacturing, quality, and operations initiatives within Instrument Operations.

This role partners with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, regulatory, and service teams to plan, execute, and control projects, balancing scope, schedule, budgets, risks, and business objectives while delivering clear governance through dashboards and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Operations, Manufacturing, or related technical discipline.
• Experience leading technical, engineering, operational, manufacturing, or product-related projects.
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies and tools, including project planning, schedule management, risk management, and status reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize information from multiple sources into actionable recommendations.
• Effective written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and maintain attention to detail in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and coordinate cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive cross-functional technical projects from initiation through implementation and closure.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, resource forecasts, budgets, risk registers, and mitigation plans.
• Facilitate project meetings, technical reviews, engineering reviews, and stakeholder updates.
• Coordinate execution across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, service, regulatory, and other functional teams.
• Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and success criteria.
• Identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and drive timely resolution and escalation when needed.
• Support engineering change orders (ECOs), product lifecycle management activities, sustaining engineering initiatives, new product introductions (NPI), cost reduction efforts, supply continuity programs, and end-of-life initiatives.
• Track and communicate milestones, decisions, action items, and project status to stakeholders and leadership.
• Maintain project documentation in accordance with applicable quality and regulatory requirements.
• Develop dashboards, metrics, and portfolio reporting to support governance and data-driven decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement to strengthen project delivery, operational efficiency, business processes, and product quality.

Skills

Project leadership

Project management tooling

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Multitasking

Cross-functional influence

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science/Operations/Manufacturing

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Planisware

Smartsheet

Asana

Job description

Illumina seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead cross-functional technical projects across sustaining engineering, lifecycle management, manufacturing, quality, and operations initiatives within Instrument Operations.

This role partners with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, regulatory, and service teams to plan, execute, and control projects, balancing scope, schedule, budgets, risks, and business objectives while delivering clear governance through dashboards and reporting.