Program Director, Strategic Growth & Commercial Integration

About the Company

As a life science company and a leading supplier to global research markets, we offer a comprehensive product portfolio along with outstanding hands-on customer service to ensure every laboratory has the tools and support they need. Our markets include pharmaceutical and biotechnology businesses, research institutions, hospitals, reference labs, and more.

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At Genesee, we believe we can help improve our communities and transform the world through science. Our shared desire to make a difference is what drives and inspires us. We are a fast-growing, dynamic team that listens to each other and embraces collaboration. We foster an open, friendly work environment and show up for one another every day.

Role: Program Director, Strategic Growth & Commercial Integration

Reports to: CEO

FLSA: Exempt

Location: San Diego, CA

Why this role is important at Genesee Scientific?

We are seeking an experienced Program Director to lead Genesee's internal execution of a high-priority strategic program. The initiative will materially expand Genesee's portfolio and spans commercial launch, private-label conversion, pricing, inventory, product data and systems readiness, customer service, marketing, sales enablement, and channel growth.

Reporting to the CEO and fully dedicated to this initiative, the Program Director will own Genesee's integrated plan and value-realization cadence, coordinate internal workstream leaders, identify resource needs, resolve obstacles, and maintain launch readiness. This person will serve as Genesee's primary interface with the external strategic partner's program management team, aligning dependencies, inputs, decisions, and joint working sessions while the partner leads its own workstreams and joint-session logistics. This is a hands-on operating role requiring sound business judgment and direct engagement in execution details.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Leadership and Internal Coordination

• Own Genesee's integrated program plan across internal workstreams, including milestones, critical path, dependencies, decision rights, launch-readiness gates, and accountable owners
• Coordinate Genesee workstream leaders across Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Sales Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Operations, Finance, IT, Customer Service, and other functions
• Establish program governance, meeting cadences, decision forums, risk reviews, and concise executive reporting; maintain an integrated risk, issue, action, and decision log
• Identify the capacity, skills, hiring, and external support required for execution; recommend resource allocations and escalate gaps that could constrain results

Execution & Value Realization

• Drive Genesee's readiness for the branded-product launch and private-label conversion across product onboarding, pricing, contracts, rebates, product data, systems, inventory, warehouse capacity, sales enablement, marketing, and customer communications
• Coordinate customer and channel-growth initiatives with Sales and Marketing, including target-account prioritization, pipeline visibility, launch sequencing, customer-retention messaging, and barrier removal
• Own the program's financial scorecard and maintain visibility into revenue, gross margin, cost savings, customer retention, working capital, implementation costs, and agreed value-creation milestones
• Work with functional leaders to resolve execution problems, recommend decisions, and adjust plans as commercial results, customer feedback, or operating conditions change

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Serve as Genesee's primary program interface with the external strategic partner's program manager, aligning timelines, dependencies, required inputs, decisions, and Genesee readiness for joint sessions
• Coordinate Genesee's participation in joint working sessions while the external partner manages session logistics and leads its own functional workstreams
• Facilitate productive internal meetings and executive steering updates with clear decisions, actions, owners, deadlines, financial implications, and recovery plans
• Influence executives and workstream leaders without relying on direct authority, maintaining accountability for commitments and outcomes

Measures of Success

• Genesee achieves launch readiness and key milestones on schedule with controlled execution risk
• Existing customer revenue, product availability, service levels, quality, and customer acceptance are protected through the conversion
• Revenue, gross-margin, cost-savings, and working-capital objectives are tracked rigorously, and corrective actions are taken when performance deviates from plan
• The program establishes a repeatable supplier-enablement playbook that can support future strategic manufacturer partnerships