RNA Scope PMO Manager – Life Sciences Portfolio

Bio-Techne; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Pet insurance

Legal shield

ID shield

401k plans

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Dependent Care FSA

Job summary

Bio-Techne in Newark, CA is seeking a Manager, Program Management to lead the RNAscope project portfolio within the Spatial Biology Division PMO. You will oversee cross-functional teams and ensure alignment with governance, standards and priorities.

You will manage NPI and sustaining projects, drive process improvements, and directly supervise a small team of project managers, partnering with Product Management, R&D, Operations, QA, and Commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in scientific or related field with good understanding of spatial genomics technologies and in‑vitro diagnostics concepts.
• PMP, PgMP, or an equivalent project/program management certification is preferred.
• At least 5 years of demonstrated project management experience, including responsibility for complex, cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the RNAscope project portfolio and maintain an integrated view of priorities, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, and expected business outcomes.
• Provide program and project management oversight for RNAscope initiatives, including RUO, OEM and IVD NPI projects, as well as sustaining, operational, process improvement and strategic initiatives, as applicable.
• Facilitate portfolio prioritization, capacity discussions, and risk-based decision-making; expedite issues and trade-offs when leadership action is required.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented portfolio reporting to SBD leadership, including progress, risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and recommended actions.
• Ensure consistent application of SBD PMO project and program management standards, tools, templates, and governance practices within the Newark PMO.
• Provide input for annual strategic planning and prioritization activities.
• Lead cross-functional core teams through established product commercialization and stage-gate processes from concept through launch and post-launch follow-up.
• Develop and maintain clear project plans, milestones, decision points, resource needs, stakeholder communications and risk mitigation actions.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to continuously improve relevant project management and product commercialization processes.
• Lead and develop a small team of Project Managers in the Newark PMO team through goal setting, coaching, workload allocation, performance support, and professional development.
• Build strong alignment between Newark and other SBD locations to support effective communication, handoffs and execution of shared priorities.

Skills

Project management

Portfolio management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Team leadership

Risk management

Decision making

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in science

PMP/PgMP certification preferred

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Bio-Techne in Newark, CA is seeking a Manager, Program Management to lead the RNAscope project portfolio within the Spatial Biology Division PMO. You will oversee cross-functional teams and ensure alignment with governance, standards and priorities.

You will manage NPI and sustaining projects, drive process improvements, and directly supervise a small team of project managers, partnering with Product Management, R&D, Operations, QA, and Commercial teams.