Manager / Senior Technical Program Manager

Alewife, Cambridge, MAfull timeOn Site

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senior

$180k–$256k

H1B: no

Lila Sciences The Senior Technical Program Manager at Lila Sciences manages complex, multi-stakeholder programs across scientific domains and scales engineering processes. This role partners with an Engineering Director to drive cross-functional alignment and improve team operations.

Responsibilities

The Scientific System of Record (SSR) team builds the memory layer for Lila's operations. Our two core platforms, the Design Registry and LIMS, capture experimental design, samples, processes, and provenance across Lila's scientific workflows.
As a Senior Technical Program Manager on SSR, you will operate at the intersection of engineering execution and organizational strategy. You will partner with an Engineering Director to scale engineering processes, drive cross-functional alignment across multiple engineering teams, and manage complex, multi-stakeholder programs that span cross-cutting scientific domains.
What You'll Be Building
Own end-to-end program management across Designs & Schemas, LIMS, Build & Order, Project Management, and ELN
Align requirements, dependencies, and timelines on cross-cutting programs spanning life sciences, formulations, and chemistry
Communicate scope, tradeoffs, risks, and timelines to technical and scientific stakeholders, resolving blockers early
Partner with the Engineering Director to design, operationalize, and improve engineering processes at scale
Scale agile practices across SSR: Jira hygiene, sprint planning discipline, and backlog management
Define release gates, support intake processes, and operational dashboards that drive continuous improvement

Qualification

Strong technical fluency with APIsBackground in biologyExperience with LIMSExperience modeling samples

Required

5+ years in technical program management, managing complex, multi-team programs in a fast-moving engineering environment
Demonstrated ability to design processes from scratch and operationalize them at scale
Strong technical fluency with APIs, data models, schemas, and system integrations
Experience managing cross-functional dependencies across engineering teams and scientific stakeholders
Commitment to work from our Alewife (Cambridge, MA) or San Francisco office 3-5 days per week

Preferred

Background in biology, chemistry, materials science, or another experimental science
Experience with LIMS, ELNs, scientific registries, laboratory informatics, or scientific data platforms
Experience modeling samples, protocols, lineage, provenance, or inventory
Experience integrating scientific systems with automation or data infrastructure, including event-driven architectures