Tempus
Project Manager, Diagnostic Operations
$65K–$80K
Chicago · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 2-4 years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Life Sciences, Healthcare Administration, Business, or a related field.
About the job
Leads and improves end-to-end planning, prioritization, tracking, and reporting processes for initiatives across Tempus’ diagnostics organization.
What you'll do
- Run the quarterly intake, review, prioritization, and leadership decision process for diagnostic initiatives.
- Drive adoption of planning processes and maintain initiative trackers, reports, dashboards, and executive review materials.
- Use AI tools and operational data to improve planning and tracking, while checking AI output for accuracy.
What they ask for
- 2-4 years of experience in project or program management, product management, business operations, or strategy and operations, including leading initiatives across multiple teams.
- Demonstrated experience driving process changes across teams, from design through adoption, and resolving competing stakeholder priorities.
- Hands-on use of AI tools in project management, with examples and an explanation of how output accuracy is checked.
- Comfort with data and proficiency with Salesforce/SFDC, MS Office, and Google Suite; familiarity with SQL and data visualization tools, or willingness to build these skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with portfolio prioritization, quarterly or roadmap planning, or project intake processes.
- Experience in healthcare diagnostics, oncology, or life sciences; familiarity with LIMS or EMR, dashboards, or lightweight automation is also a plus.
Pay
$65,000-$80,000 USD base salary (CHI)
Tools
Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini, SQL, Looker, Tableau, Salesforce/SFDC
AI focus
Use AI tools to build trackers and automations, synthesize submissions and stakeholder input, and draft status updates; check outputs for accuracy.
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