Illumina is seeking a
Technical Project Manager to drive the execution of technical projects across a portfolio of sustaining engineering, lifecycle management, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and operations initiatives within Instrument Operations. The successful candidate will partner with cross-functional teams to plan, coordinate, and execute projects while balancing scope, schedule, resources, quality, and business objectives.
This individual must be comfortable working in a fast-paced technical environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously, and communicating effectively across all levels of the organization.
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.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Operations, Manufacturing, or a 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, or another regulated industry.
- Familiarity with product lifecycle management (PLM), engineering change control, design controls, or quality systems.
- Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Planisware, Smartsheet, Asana, or equivalent platforms.
- Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Hybrid, Kanban, or Scrum methodologies.
- PMP, PMI-ACP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar professional certification.
Additional Information
All listed requirements are deemed essential functions of this position. Business conditions may require reasonable accommodation for additional tasks and responsibilities.
The estimated base salary range for the Technical Project Manager role based in the United States of America is: $103,000 - $154,600. Should the level or location of the role change during the hiring process, the applicable base pay range may be updated accordingly. The range reflects long-term growth in the role; therefore, most candidates are hired between the minimum and middle of the range. Placement depends on experience, skills, location, and internal equity. Additionally, all employees are eligible for one of our variable cash programs (bonus or commission) and eligible roles may receive equity as part of the compensation package. We offer a wide range of benefits as innovative as our work, including access to genomics sequencing, family planning, health/dental/vision, retirement benefits, and paid time off.
