Technical program manager Jobs in Quincy, MA

About TetraScience

TetraScience is the Scientific Data and AI Company building Tetra OS, the operating system for scientific intelligence. We help the world’s leading life sciences firms turn fragmented scientific data into AI-native assets and scientific workflows that accelerate discovery, development, and manufacturing. TetraScience’s growing ecosystem of strategic partners includes NVIDIA, Databricks, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Snowflake, Google, and Microsoft.

In connection with your candidacy, you will be asked to carefully review “The Tetra Way,” authored by our CEO, Patrick Grady; it is impossible to overstate the importance of this document, and you should take it literally as you decide whether our mission, culture, and expectations are right for you.

Who You Are

TetraScience is seeking an elite Technical Program Manager dedicated to a single, high-profile account in Cambridge, MA. In this role, you will drive urgency and focus across both TetraScience and our customer partner—everyday matters as you lead a first-of-its-kind program to productize scientific data and use cases.

You are a customer-obsessed leader with the ability to anticipate challenges, navigate organizational complexity, and keep delivery timelines on track. You thrive in ambiguity, and excel at balancing strategic priorities with tactical execution.

You embody extreme ownership—taking full accountability for outcomes, removing blockers quickly, and escalating risks the same day to ensure delivery momentum never stalls. Your track record shows you can deliver complex, multi-stakeholder implementations on time and with measurable impact.

This is not a role with a pre-existing playbook. We are in the midst of category creation and industry evangelism, where success requires relentless discipline, resilience, and determination. If you are excited by the opportunity to help shape a partnership that will redefine the life sciences industry, we want you leading this mission-critical program.

What You Will Do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a groundbreaking scientific data transformation program spanning 10+ workstreams across R&D
• Drive daily stand-ups, ensuring full transparency on progress, blockers, and any potential timeline impacts or adjustments.
• Architect Visual Workflows, Design end-to-end technical and operational process flows using tools like LucidChart or Miro, providing clarity for the Squads led by you and others
• Orchestrate cross-functional squads—including TetraScience Sciborgs, Engineering, and Product—to deliver integrated scientific use cases with measurable value.
• Establish KPIs and success metrics, tracking performance against commitments and ensuring accountability across delivery squads.
• Implement and maintain live dashboards and status updates using industry-standard tools to provide real-time visibility into project health, use case progress, and executive-level outcomes.
• Manage complex technical dependencies across cloud infrastructure, product development, data engineering pipelines, and AI model deployment, ensuring risks are identified and addressed proactively.
• Remove blockers within your control and escalate those outside your authority same-day to maintain delivery momentum.
• Embed discipline and urgency, balancing customer expectations with program commitments in an environment without a pre-existing playbook.
• Develop the Playbook, Author and maintain high-fidelity documentation, detailed work instructions, and training materials in Confluence to ensure "single source of truth" delivery.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Program Management experience implementing complex technical solutions with 5 + concurrent workstreams
• Experience in process engineering and building blueprints
• Experience delivering projects or programs within the biopharma industry
• Measurable past performance of efficiently managing the delivery and support of multiple simultaneous workstreams across different teams
• Proven project/program leadership experience in an Agile (with Kanban and Scrum) customer-facing deployment environment
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to explain technical information in non-technical language to drive progress.
• Experience in BI tools to setup live reporting dashboards
• Demonstrated collaborative communication and influencing skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority
• This is an on-site position; minimum expected 4-to-5 days per week onsite in Cambridge, MA

Ideal If You Have

• 5+ years of project or program management experience, with a proven record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder technology programs on or ahead of time and within scope.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Life Sciences, Business, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
• Formal project management training or certification (e.g., PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, or Certified Scrum Master) demonstrating mastery of methodologies and delivery discipline.
• Familiarity with scientific instrument ecosystems and the challenges of integrating diverse data sources into enterprise systems with the end goal of leveraging AI/ML for improved scientific outcomes.
• An understanding of how scientific data underpins AI/ML model training and deployment.
• Working knowledge of GxP compliance and related regulatory frameworks (e.g., GMP, GLP).
• Ability to distill and communicate complex technical and scientific information to audiences ranging from delivery teams to VP- and C-level stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capability to effectively engage in customer-facing leadership conversations, influencing outcomes and maintaining alignment with strategic objectives.
• Experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or enterprise software environments.

Join Us If:

You're energized by the prospect of defining how the world's largest pharmaceutical companies will operate in the AI era. This is more than just program management; it is industrial transformation with the potential to accelerate life-saving drug development for billions of people.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid benefits for all eligible employees and immediate family members
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• 401K
• Company paid Life Insurance, LTD/STD

We are not currently providing visa sponsorship for this position