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Technical Project Manager

Prolific Machines· Technical Operations – Program Management
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Emeryville, CA$140k - $175kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Technical Project Manager to lead scoping, planning, coordination, and reporting for client-facing scientific projects in Prolific’s optogenetic platform programs. On-site role based in Emeryville, CA.

Responsibilities

  • Technical project scoping, planning, and schedule oversight of internal and client-facing projects.
  • Resource planning with senior leadership to forecast project needs, scope alignment, and schedule coordination.
  • Close collaboration with technical leads to ensure clear communication and efficient coordination.
  • Adapt and take on new responsibilities to help the company scale project management as the company grows.
  • Creation and support of new project standards and practices and improvement initiatives with project management colleagues.
  • Project reporting functions, such as monthly project updates, dashboard reporting, and critical project milestone/ data reports.

Qualifications

  • Masters (5+ years) or PhD (2+ years) with project management in cell line development or process development in a biopharmaceutical or similar industry.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is desired, but not required.
  • Direct technical experience with cell engineering, cell line development, or process development/scale-up is desired.

Skills

Required:Project management in biotechCommunicationCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Generous equity package in an early stage company
  • retirement plan with company contribution
  • flexible PTO with healthy time off minimums
  • company-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • life and disability insurance
  • career coaching
  • mental health support
  • free team lunches everyday
  • great snacks
  • companywide social events
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Illuminating biomanufacturing. Enabling tomorrow’s biotherapeutics.

Difficult protein production made simple. A next-generation expression system for next-generation therapeutics.

protein productionbiotherapeuticscell line developmentbiomanufacturingoptogeneticsAI-driven bioprocess optimization
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