Senior Scientific Program Manager - Sample to Answer Platform

Labcorp

1d • Remote

About The Position

Labcorp is seeking a US remote Senior Scientific Program Manager – Sample to Answer Platform to join our team! (This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship). Job Responsibilities: The Sample to Answer (S2A) research, development, and operational platform is dedicated to generating high-quality clinical results at scale and advancing the use of genetic information in healthcare. The platform supports development needs from across the organization, including Commercial Product, Operations, Regulatory, and IT / software engineering. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Product Operations, this Scientific Program Manager will support the planning, execution, and delivery of development programs, working most closely with the bioinformatics teams. Drive end‑to‑end execution of scientific programs: Manage timelines, milestones, risk mitigation, and cross‑team dependencies for multiple programs. Partner closely with bioinformaticians, data scientists, clinical informaticians, software engineers, and other teams across the S2A platform to translate scientific goals into actionable development plans and ensure smooth delivery across the pipeline lifecycle. Manage a high volume of concurrent bioinformatics projects: Oversee programs spanning pipeline development, algorithm updates, infrastructure modernization, and related computational initiatives. Maintain clarity on priorities, resource constraints, and technical interdependencies while ensuring timely progress across different scientific domains and project maturity levels. Translate scientific and technical strategy into executable project roadmaps: Collaborate with Engineering Managers and Product Managers to convert high‑level scientific objectives into detailed, measurable project plans, including build requirements, stage gate decisions, release criteria, and communication frameworks across teams. Support regulated bioinformatics releases: Coordinate verification and validation activities for updates to analysis pipelines, tooling, and reference data. Develop or contribute to analytical validation plans, change control documentation, release notes, and other documentation for CLIA/CAP and other regulatory environments. Build and refine workflows and processes to increase project execution efficiency: Continuously improve program management systems that support reproducibility, quality, and efficiency within bioinformatics. Enhance processes for dependency tracking, cross‑team communication, decision logging, and standardized documentation across the Sample to Answer platform. At Labcorp, we advance science, technology and innovation and recognized as one of the most respected companies in the world. Our team is driven by an energizing purpose to improve health and improve lives.

Requirements

• 8 years of laboratory, scientific experience with a bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, genetics, or computational biology.
• 3 years or more experience managing interdependent bioinformatics software programs, including pipeline development, versioning, infrastructure modernization, or algorithm validation.
• 3 years or more experience with program and documentation tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Monday.com used for dependency tracking, release planning, and technical documentation.
• Experience working directly with software engineers, bioinformaticians, data scientists, and DevOps/cloud teams on scientific software or computational pipeline development
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a high‑context‑switching environment, navigating between strategic planning, technical deep dives, and day‑to‑day program execution across multiple computational initiatives.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills, with the ability to integrate perspectives from science, engineering, QA/RA, product, and operations, and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and technical translation skills, including the ability to explain complex computational or algorithmic details to non‑technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• 6 years of scientific experience with a Master's degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, or genetics or 3 years of scientific experience with a PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, or genetics .
• 3 years or more experience with CLIA/CAP for computational pipelines supporting laboratory‑developed tests (LDTs)
• 3 years or more experience preparing or reviewing verification and validation documentation for bioinformatics software, algorithm updates, and pipeline releases
• 3 years or more of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) bioinformatics, including alignment, variant calling, QC metrics, annotation frameworks, benchmarking approaches, and reference genome/version management
• 2 years or more experience with data management and SQL queries
• 2 years or more experience with workflow orchestration and scientific infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Drive end‑to‑end execution of scientific programs: Manage timelines, milestones, risk mitigation, and cross‑team dependencies for multiple programs.
• Partner closely with bioinformaticians, data scientists, clinical informaticians, software engineers, and other teams across the S2A platform to translate scientific goals into actionable development plans and ensure smooth delivery across the pipeline lifecycle.
• Manage a high volume of concurrent bioinformatics projects: Oversee programs spanning pipeline development, algorithm updates, infrastructure modernization, and related computational initiatives. Maintain clarity on priorities, resource constraints, and technical interdependencies while ensuring timely progress across different scientific domains and project maturity levels.
• Translate scientific and technical strategy into executable project roadmaps: Collaborate with Engineering Managers and Product Managers to convert high‑level scientific objectives into detailed, measurable project plans, including build requirements, stage gate decisions, release criteria, and communication frameworks across teams.
• Support regulated bioinformatics releases: Coordinate verification and validation activities for updates to analysis pipelines, tooling, and reference data. Develop or contribute to analytical validation plans, change control documentation, release notes, and other documentation for CLIA/CAP and other regulatory environments.
• Build and refine workflows and processes to increase project execution efficiency: Continuously improve program management systems that support reproducibility, quality, and efficiency within bioinformatics. Enhance processes for dependency tracking, cross‑team communication, decision logging, and standardized documentation across the Sample to Answer platform.

Benefits

• Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only.
• Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level