Associate Project Manager

Job title: Associate Project Manager Reports to: Head of PMO Location: Manchester / Hybrid - onsite minimum 3 days per week Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Healthcare About Yourgene Health: Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. The group works in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science. Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions, for reproductive health, precision medicine and infectious diseases. The Group's flagship in vitro diagnostic products include non -invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests and DPYD genotyping. Yourgene has a range of innovative DNA sample preparation platforms, powered by Ranger® Technology, the Yourgene LightBench® and Yourgene QS250, ideal for cell free DNA applications in NIPT and oncology including liquid biopsy. Yourgene also has a global laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for clinical, research and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the preclinical, clinical, and post market stage to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval and commercialise new products and services. In addition, Yourgene offers and NIPT and high throughput Covid testing service. Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in Taipei, Singapore, the US and Canada. Our Culture: Yourgene is a growing, vibrant and exciting place to work, we are looking for committed driven individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is described by our employee's as collegiate, friendly, professional, innovative, open and fast paced. We have nay social and well-being initiatives run by our Social Huddle that keep our sense of community alive during challenging times that the pandemic has thrown our way. At Yourgene we focus on putting values led programmes in place to ensure that we can attract, retain and develop our people. We want our people to have a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements and commitment, everyone plays a critical role in our growth journey. About the role: We are looking to recruit a full-time Associate Project Manager on a permanent basis based a minimum of 3 days per week from our Manchester HQ. As an Associate Project Manager you will work on a range of projects from initiation to completion. You will be supported to understand and utilise project management methodologies. To own projects and to work with Team/Project Leads to co-ordinate cross functional teams to deliver projects on time, within budget and to a high standard. The number of projects you work on will be dependent upon their size and complexity. Key responsibilities: Planning and management Become familiar with and start to utilise project management software to manage projects Gain an understanding of project management methodologies and start to apply these to project delivery Work with the Team/Project Lead to support cross-functional teams to design project plans, work packages, Gantt charts, monitor timelines and produce reports on the progress of projects Ensure that the Charter is monitored and remains fit for purpose Work with the Team/Project Lead to generate RACI matrices for projects and ensure that stakeholders are engaged and informed on the progress of the project Own project RAID logs, working with teams to put in place mitigations and escalating risks and issues where required Estimate the project budget in partnership with the Team/Project Lead Oversight and completion of Design/Stage Gate Reviews of the project Work with the Team/Project Lead to organise close-down activities at project completion to include post project review and transfer of project assets/knowledge to ensure that lessons learnt inform future developments Communication Arrange and support cross-functional project meetings, ensuring agendas and meeting materials are provided in advance, minutes and decisions are logged and communicated after the meeting Identify internal and external stakeholders and plan and build collaborative working relationships Support the communication with internal and external stakeholders, providing clear progress updates Escalate issues to Sponsors or senior stakeholders with options for decisions when required Training and development Take part in training and development activities relevant to the role Be willing to undertake a professional project management qualification Other To work with the Team/Project Lead to co-own the Design History File and ensure product related projects comply with the relevant quality and regulatory standards and the design requirements/specifications Working environment: This is a hybrid role based from our Manchester HQ. You will be required to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week. About you: First degree in a relevant subject or equivalent experience Strong organisational and time management skills Ability to prioritise workload efficiently, managing competing tasks and deadlines Effective communicator demonstrating strong verbal, written and presentation skills with a high degree of personal credibility Ability to analyse and synthesise highly complex information and present it clearly and precisely, both verbally and in written formats Confident negotiation skills, and the ability to deliver contentious information in a sensitive manner A proactive attitude and creative problem solver who is able to identify issues, manage conflict, develop options appraisals and recommend solutions. Ability to use standard Microsoft packages (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams and SharePoint Closing date: Sunday 2nd February, 2025 Yourgene Health is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

Location: Manchester, GB

Posted Date: 1/15/2025