Senior Project Manager

About Pivot Bio:  

Fueled by an innovative drive and a deep understanding of the soil microbiome, Pivot Bio is pioneering game-changing advances in agriculture. Our products harness the power of naturally occurring microbes to provide nutrients to crops and new sustainable ways for farmers to reduce the usage of fertilizers as they work to help feed the world’s growing population.

Read/Hear more about Pivot Bio on Forbes or PBS News Hour. 

Position: Senior Project Manager Product Innovation, Remote

Pivot Bio is looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Product Innovation team. This role will be instrumental in ensuring that the team can continue to meet its research and product development goals in a timely and effective manner as projects scale in size and complexity. This person will report to the Program Management team and will serve as a key point of communication and coordination for cross-disciplinary teams both within Pivot and between Pivot and external collaborators. The ideal candidate will have an education background in a scientific discipline, experience in project management, ability to manage complex stakeholder interactions, and curiosity about Pivot’s science and mission.

Responsibilities:

• Driving forward multiple projects towards Pivot’s annual goals by providing tools, structure, visibility and support to help internal and external projects deliver against timelines and objectives
• Assisting cross-functional project teams by serving as a point of contact and lead for supporting, capturing, managing, and tracking deliverables, pain points, and learnings
• Proactively documenting and disseminating project information to relevant stakeholders across functional groups and project teams across all levels of the organization
• Support for rolling up resource, budget and performance metrics by project
• Becoming an expert in the Pivot’s core technology and assisting teams in research and development projects focused on Pivot’s guided microbial remodeling platform
• Serve as a point of contact for coordinating communications between product innovation and the rest of the organization to ensure operational excellence
• Lead Objective and Key Result (OKR) and project management culture at Pivot
• Interacting with external development partners and serving as a point of contact for information and materials transfers between Pivot and its partners

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a life sciences field with work experience in project management, OR Bachelor’s degree in business or related field with 8+ years’ experience working with science based teams
• 6-10 years’ experience in project or product management within a research and product development organizations supporting and enabling co-located, cross-functional teams and partners
• A vision and passion for project/product/program/process management
• Strong communication skills, with a commitment to clarity, openness, and accountability
• Strong organizational skills and high competence with computer skills - must know your way around spreadsheets, project management and other productivity/visualization tools
• Experience managing complex stakeholder interactions with a flair for humor, candor and creative engagement
• A desire to take risk, and a willingness to share successes and own mistakes
• Must be proactive, creative and have a bias for solution-seeking

Desired qualifications

• Advanced degree in a life sciences field
• 6+ years’ experience in project management within a research organization
• Experience supporting distributed teams
• Familiar with Asana or similar task management programs

What we offer: 

• Competitive package in a disruptive startup 
• Stock options 
• Health/Dental/Vision insurance with employer-paid premiums 
• Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability policies 
• Employee Assistance Program with free referrals and discounts 
• 401(k) plan, 3% Match 
• Commuter benefits 
• Annual Training & Development support 
• Flexible vacation policy with a generous holiday schedule 
• Exciting opportunity to work with a talented and fun team 

Hiring Compensation Range: $105,060 - $157,578

All remote positions and those not located in our Berkley, Hayward or Boston locations are paid based on National Benchmark data.  Following employment, growth beyond the hiring range is possible based on performance.