GRAIL is a healthcare company pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. The Technical Software Program Manager (TPM) supports the planning, coordination, and delivery of technology-driven programs and projects across GRAIL’s Software, IT, and Platform Engineering organizations to ensure programs are executed efficiently, meet defined objectives, and align with business and technical priorities.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of experience managing cross-functional, technical projects within software, infrastructure, or related technology environments.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple teams and workstreams, using structured methodologies (PMBOK, Agile).
- Experience with standard program management tools (Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Asana, or similar).
- Familiarity with SDLC, DevOps, and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and deliverables across multiple workstreams of moderate complexity.
- Define scope, success metrics, and milestones in partnership with engineering, product, and operations teams.
- Track progress against key milestones, escalating risks or deviations in scope, schedule, or budget to leadership as needed.
- Partner with cross-functional teams—including Software Engineering, Product Management, IT, and Security—to ensure alignment on priorities and dependencies.
- Facilitate team meetings and drive action items to resolution, ensuring accountability across roles and owners.
- Identify risks early, propose mitigation strategies, and track resolution through completion.
- Define and track KPIs (schedule adherence, risk closure rate, velocity) to measure project health and delivery success.
Other
- This is a hybrid role with 2-3 days in office in Menlo Park, CA. Please note we will be relocating our office to Sunnyvale, CA in 2026 and you must be willing to work a hybrid schedule from that location as well once we move.
- PMP or other Program Management certification highly preferred (or in progress).
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Communicates effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, building collaborative relationships to drive progress.
- Demonstrates analytical and organizational skills to balance multiple projects and competing priorities.
