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This leader will shape the development strategy with functional experts and own the integrated execution plan across assay development, software and bioinformatics, analytical and clinical validation, laboratory operations, Quality, and Regulatory Affairs.\nThe Associate Director will bring clarity to complex programs, connect decisions across workstreams, and drive teams toward critical development and submission milestones. This is a highly visible role requiring the ability to lead without direct authority, resolve competing priorities, and present clear recommendations to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). The role focuses on internal CDx development and execution; dedicated partnership leaders own external pharmaceutical partner management.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nLead IVD/CDx program execution\nLead complex IVD/CDx programs through development, design transfer, validation, and PMA submission.\nBuild and maintain an integrated program plan covering deliverables, resources, dependencies, decision points, and regulatory milestones.\nPartner with functional leaders to define objectives, development priorities, success criteria, and executable plans.\nAnticipate risks, identify gaps and trade-offs, and drive timely decisions across functions.\nEstablish clear program governance, ownership, escalation paths, and accountability for commitments.\nDrive development and submission readiness\nIntegrate assay development, design controls, software and bioinformatics, analytical validation, clinical validation, laboratory implementation, and submission activities.\nPartner with Regulatory Affairs and Quality to align program execution with FDA interactions, applicable requirements, and PMA evidence needs.\nCoordinate plans for assay changes, comparability or bridging studies, and transition to the final CDx configuration, as applicable.\nLead reviews at major development gates to confirm deliverables, readiness criteria, open risks, and decisions.\nTrack submission-critical evidence and documentation, and drive resolution of gaps that could affect PMA quality or timing.\nProvide executive leadership and communication\nPresent program strategy, progress, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to the ELT and other senior governance forums.\nTranslate complex scientific, operational, and regulatory issues into concise, data-backed options and decisions.\nBuild alignment among leaders with different priorities and hold teams accountable for agreed actions and milestones.\nEscalate material issues early, with a clear assessment of their impact and a recommended path forward.\nProvide the internal program status and decision support needed by colleagues who lead external pharmaceutical partner relationships.\nQualifications\nRequired\nBachelor’s degree in life sciences, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.\n10+ years of progressive program or project management experience in molecular diagnostics, in vitro diagnostics, medical devices, biotechnology, or a related regulated field.\nDirect experience leading CDx or IVD development programs involving design controls, validation planning, and FDA submission preparation.\nExperience building and driving integrated plans across technical, clinical, regulatory, quality, software, and operations functions.\nDemonstrated ability to lead senior cross-functional stakeholders, resolve competing priorities, and deliver results without direct reporting authority.\nExperience presenting complex programs, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership.\nStrong ability to connect technical decisions, resource needs, regulatory evidence, and timelines to the overall program strategy.\nPreferred\nExperience leading a CDx or IVD program through PMA submission or a major PMA milestone.\nExperience with next generation sequencing, genomic diagnostics, or biomarker-defined patient populations.\nExperience coordinating analytical and clinical validation strategies and managing changes between clinical trial and final commercial assay configurations.\nFamiliarity with pharmaceutical development timelines and the dependencies between a therapeutic program and its companion diagnostic.\nAdvanced degree or program management certification.\nLeadership Expectations\nThe successful candidate will lead the program beyond milestone tracking. They will understand the science and regulatory strategy well enough to ask informed questions, recognize when a decision in one workstream creates risk elsewhere, and bring the right leaders together to resolve it. They will foster trust and open discussion, make ownership clear, and give executives an accurate view of progress and the decisions needed to deliver the program.\nThe pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.\nRemote USA\n$150,300—$195,150 USD\nOUR OPPORTUNITY\nNatera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.\nThe Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.\nWHAT WE OFFER\nCompetitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!\nFor more information, visit www.natera.com.\nNatera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.\nAll qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.\nIf you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents. \nLink: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/\nPlease be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @natera.com email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. 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