Project Coordinator at Veracyte – San Diego, California
About This Position
At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way its about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work
- We Are Stronger Together: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins
- We Care Deeply: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other
The Project Coordinator supports the Project Management Office (PMO) by ensuring smooth execution of crossfunctional initiatives. This role focuses on project scheduling, documentation, task tracking, status reporting, and ensuring adherence to project governance standards. The Project Coordinator plays a critical role in enabling efficiency, strengthening compliance, and supporting senior PMs in delivering strategic project objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Coordination & Execution- Support Project Managers in planning, organizing, and monitoring project activities, timelines, and deliverables.
- Maintain and update project plans, action logs, RAID logs (risks, actions, issues, decisions), and status trackers.
- Coordinate cross-functional meetings, prepare agendas, and capture minutes and action items.
- Follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely completion of assigned tasks.
- Ensure project documents are accurate, up to date, and stored per PMO standards.
- Support the creation and maintenance of templates, SOPs, and structured documentation that reinforce project governance.
Help track compliance with PDP, governance standards, and process checkpoints across the project lifecycle.
- Prepare recurring project status reports, stakeholder updates, and dashboard summaries.
- Consolidate metrics related to schedule, risks, issues, and deliverables to support portfolio-level visibility.
- Act as a central communication hub, helping ensure transparency across teams.
- Own routine coordination tasks (scheduling, reminders, documentation updates) that free senior PMs for higher-level planning and decision-making.
- Help maintain data quality in PMO tools such as Smartsheet, JIRA, or other project systems.
- 13 years of experience in project coordination, project support, or related operational roles.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, JIRA, MS Project, or similar).
- Detailoriented and proactive with a strong sense of ownership.
- Experience in biotech, diagnostics, medtech, or a regulated environment
- Familiarity with product development processes, stage-gate frameworks, or cross-functional initiatives.
- Exposure to PMO best practices and structured documentation standards.
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The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified Great Place to Work in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About VeracyteVeracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).
Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice.
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