About the Role
Epicrispr Biotechnologies is seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Manager to support execution of CMC and cross-functional development programs. This role will initially focus heavily on CMC project management, including oversight of manufacturing activities at CMOs, and will expand over time to support broader product development initiatives across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Oversee manufacturing run execution at Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) for lead programs.
- Serve as key alliance manager for CMC vendors, partnering with the VP of Tech Ops.
- Track and maintain visibility of program timelines, dependencies, and deliverables across CMC and development workstreams.
- Organize, schedule, and facilitate internal cross-functional program meetings.
- Maintain, organize, and continuously improve program documentation, trackers, and repositories.
- Document key decisions, risks, assumptions, issues, action items, and program plans.
- Provide clear, timely communication of program status updates, risks, and key decisions to leadership and stakeholders.
- Coordinate across CMC, Clinical, Regulatory, and Nonclinical teams for integrated program deliverables.
- Support planning and coordination of nonclinical and regulatory milestones.
- Partner with Associate Director to streamline and standardize project management processes, tools, and workflows.
- Build scalable project management infrastructure to improve visibility, accountability, and execution discipline.
Requirements
- Strong experience in CMC, manufacturing, or technical operations preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Commitment to follow-through and accountability.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous, early-stage biotech environments.
- Ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
- Ability to manage conflict and remain composed under pressure.
- Experience in startup or rapidly scaling biotech environments is a plus.
Skills
- Proficiency with Smartsheet
- Proficiency with SharePoint
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong communication skills
- Strong documentation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
Location
- South San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
- In Person
Experience Level
- 3–7+ years of experience in project or program management
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Master’s degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $140,000 to $150,000 USD annually
About the Company
- Our company is based on the science of our founder, Stanley Qi, one of the original CRISPR co-inventors who then furthered the technology so that DNA does not need to be cut to accomplish gene regulation.
- We regulate the epigenome to suppress and activate multiple genes simultaneously.
- We are further evolving the platform and leveraging its strengths to address unmet medical needs.
- We are looking for exceptional team members who want an active role in building a rapidly growing biotech.
- Epicrispr Biotechnologies is an early-stage biotechnology company developing a novel technology platform that can provide safe and persistent control of targeted gene regulation.
- Our proprietary platform represents an entirely new class of therapeutics that can be leveraged to treat severe disease across numerous therapeutic areas, including complex diseases impacted by multiple genes.
Equal Opportunity
- Epicrispr Biotechnologies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
