Senior Engineering Project Manager

Summary

Join Natera as a Senior Software Project Manager and lead software portfolios for new product launches and improvements. Utilize lean portfolio management tools to foster collaboration across engineering functions, track progress, and present detailed portfolio reviews to executive leadership. You will influence outcomes, negotiate with stakeholders, and provide leadership and support to your teams. Success in this role requires strong communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to motivate teams to meet project objectives on time and within budget. This position involves managing 3-5 complex projects simultaneously and working within Natera’s regulated environment.

Requirements

• 7+ years of project management experience in software development, preferably in the Life Sciences or Biotech space
• Experience planning and leading an enterprise software portfolio, developing timelines, documentation and reporting
• Advanced user of software delivery and requirements management tools (Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Jama) and project management tools
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to effectively communicate with the project teams and executive level management
• Effectively handles challenges and creates an environment where difficult situations can be worked through to success
• A deep understanding of software best practices and systems architecture
• Excellent organization, prioritization and time management / multi-tasking skills (comfortable in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment)
• Coaches junior members of the team and exemplifies the lean servant-leader principle

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-functional portfolio leadership of software development initiatives, while managing 3-5 complex projects autonomously
• Drive collaboration and coordination between multiple engineering teams and other Natera domains and/or third parties, with a focus on shift-left dependency and risk management
• Develop and maintain timelines, project documentation and stakeholder status reporting taking a holistic view of available resources, dependencies, priorities, risks and other constraints
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and SDLC
• Track progress of product requirements and software delivery in enterprise tools (Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Jama) as well as Smartsheet
• Work effectively within Natera’s regulated environment (FDA design controls, HIPAA, etc.)
• Take proactive and responsive ownership of delivering projects on time and within budget
• Contribute to evolving EPM team best practices, templates, and processes to increase stakeholder satisfaction and promote efficiencies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a regulated environment is a nice-to-have
• Certification or formal training in Project Management such as a PMP or CSM is a nice-to-have

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
• 401k benefits
• Commuter benefits
• A generous employee referral program