Natera - Associate Director, Strategic Program Management

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. • 10+ years of progressive program or project management experience in molecular diagnostics, in vitro diagnostics, medical devices, biotechnology, or a related regulated field. • Direct experience leading CDx or IVD development programs involving design controls, validation planning, and FDA submission preparation. • Experience building and driving integrated plans across technical, clinical, regulatory, quality, software, and operations functions. • Demonstrated ability to lead senior cross-functional stakeholders, resolve competing priorities, and deliver results without direct reporting authority. • Experience presenting complex programs, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership. • Strong ability to connect technical decisions, resource needs, regulatory evidence, and timelines to the overall program strategy. • Preferred • Preferred • Experience leading a CDx or IVD program through PMA submission or a major PMA milestone. • Experience with next generation sequencing, genomic diagnostics, or biomarker-defined patient populations. • Experience coordinating analytical and clinical validation strategies and managing changes between clinical trial and final commercial assay configurations. • Familiarity with pharmaceutical development timelines and the dependencies between a therapeutic program and its companion diagnostic. • Advanced degree or program management certification. • Leadership Expectations • The successful candidate will lead the program beyond milestone tracking. They will understand the science and regulatory strategy well enough to ask informed questions, recognize when a decision in one workstream creates risk elsewhere, and bring the right leaders together to resolve it. They will foster trust and open discussion, make ownership clear, and give executives an accurate view of progress and the decisions needed to deliver the program. • The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. • $150,300—$195,150 USD • OUR OPPORTUNITY • OUR OPPORTUNITY • Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives. • The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.