Senior Project Manager

Bio-Techne Singapore; Wallingford (CT); On-site; USD 92,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life, short-/

Long-term disability and pet insurance

401k and ESPP

Job summary

Bio-Techne is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex NPI, sustaining engineering, and strategic initiatives across the ASD portfolio, with a primary focus on Simple Western and Biologics products.

You will partner with R&D, Systems, Mechanical, Software, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Product Management, and Commercial teams to drive instruments, reagents, and software from concept through launch and lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of technical project or program management in life sciences.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through full product lifecycles.
• Experience in regulated quality environments (ISO 9001/13485, GMP).

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex NPI and sustaining initiatives across the ASD portfolio.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams through development, verification, validation, launch, and lifecycle.
• Develop integrated project plans, critical paths, and resource forecasts.
• Mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, and quality risks.
• Provide executive-level status updates and decisions.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Data analytics

Power BI

Executive communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field

PMP certification

Tools

Power BI

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

By joining Bio-Techne, you'll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Pay Range: $91,700.00 - $150,800.00 Position Summary

Position Summary

The Senior Project Manager will lead complex New Product Introduction (NPI), sustaining engineering, and strategic initiatives across Bio-Techne with a primary focus on Simple Western and Biologics products. This role partners with R&D, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Product Management, and Commercial teams to deliver instrument, consumable, reagent, and software products from concept through launch and lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex NPI, sustaining engineering, and strategic initiatives across the ASD portfolio, with primary focus on Simple Western and Biologics.
• Drive cross-functional teams through product development, verification, validation, manufacturing transfer, launch, and post-launch activities.
• Develop integrated project plans, critical paths, resource forecasts, and dependency management across hardware, software, consumable, reagent, and manufacturing workstreams.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, quality, and commercialization risks.
• Facilitate phase-gate reviews, design reviews, executive reviews, and portfolio governance activities.
• Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial teams to achieve project objectives.
• Provide concise executive-level communication on project status, risks, mitigation plans, and decisions required.
• Use data analytics and AI-enabled tools to improve execution, forecasting, reporting, and portfolio visibility.
• Develop portfolio dashboards and metrics using Power BI, Jira, Smartsheet, or other platforms.
• Drive resolution of complex technical and organizational challenges through influence and cross-functional collaboration.
• Coach project managers and contribute to continuous improvement of PMO processes, tools, and best practices.

Required Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Life Sciences, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of technical project or program management experience in life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, analytical instrumentation, or a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent NPI programs and leading cross-functional teams through the full product lifecycle.
• Experience collaborating with mechanical, electrical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and supply chain functions.
• Experience presenting project status, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior and executive leadership.
• Experience working in a regulated quality environment, such as ISO 9001, ISO 13485, GMP, or comparable product development controls.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Experience leading life science instrument or analytical instrument launches.
• Experience with microfluidics, fluidics, cartridges, consumables, capillary electrophoresis, protein characterization, assay development, or with hardware-intensive products.
• Experience with design reviews, systems engineering, verification and validation, manufacturing transfer, pilot builds, and production scale-up.
• PMP or comparable project/program management certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to engage engineering teams in detailed product-development discussions.
• Exceptional critical-path, dependency, risk, resource, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data-visualization capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex technical information into clear business recommendations and decisions.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrated success leading through ambiguity, competing priorities, and resource constraints in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining strong alignment across distributed teams and sites.

Why Join Bio-Techne:

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees' financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opport