Genomics Tech Project Manager

Illumina, Inc.; Hayward (CA); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumina, Inc. in Hayward, CA is seeking a Technical Project Manager to drive cross-functional technical projects across sustaining engineering, lifecycle management, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and operations initiatives.

You will partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and other teams to plan, coordinate, and execute projects while balancing scope, schedule, resources, and business objectives.

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

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Organizational discipline

Multitasking

Education

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

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Planisware

Smartsheet

Asana

Job description

Illumina, Inc. in Hayward, CA is seeking a Technical Project Manager to drive cross-functional technical projects across sustaining engineering, lifecycle management, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and operations initiatives.

You will partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and other teams to plan, coordinate, and execute projects while balancing scope, schedule, resources, and business objectives.