Senior Project Manager

PicnicHealth
San Francisco, Remote$125k – $160kPosted 24 February 2026

Job Description

<p>At <a href="https://research.picnichealth.com/" target="_blank">PicnicHealth</a>, we're building the future of non-interventional clinical research, <a href="https://picnichealth.com/picnicai">powered by AI</a> and centered on patients. Our mission is to make it radically easier, faster, and more affordable to perform clinical trials and get better treatments to patients. We're replacing the legacy, services-heavy model with a modern, AI-first approach that unlocks insights from rich, multi-modal data—from clinical notes and imaging to lab results—at scale. By engaging patients directly through our <a href="https://picnichealth.com/care">personal health assistant</a>, PicnicAI, which meets them where they’re at and delights them along the way (with an industry leading NPS of 76), patients participate actively in the research they care about.</p> <p>PicnicHealth is already a trusted partner to 7 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. Our work spans 40+ disease areas and has supported over 60 peer-reviewed publications, including an FDA submission that incorporates PicnicHealth data.</p> <p>Founded in 2014, we’ve raised $100M+ from top investors like Amplify Partners, Felicis Ventures, B Capital Group, and Y Combinator. Our business running non-interventional studies more than doubled last year, and we’re growing even faster in 2025. We’re a team of doctors, patients, data nerds, engineers, and builders, reimagining how clinical research works — and we’re just getting started!</p> <p><strong>The Opportunity</strong></p> <p>As a Sr Project Manager (PM), you'll be at the forefront of delivering high-impact, tech-enabled research and insights for our life sciences partners. You will blend deep knowledge of the clinical research space with operational excellence and a bias towards innovation, helping shape and scale our tech-forward, AI-powered approach to real world evidence generation. In this highly cross-functional role, you’ll drive the planning, implementation, and execution of studies, ensuring we deliver on time, with quality, and with a focus on creating value for our partners. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams, including epidemiologists, biostatisticians, patient recruitment, operations, and product, and work directly with customers to create seamless, impactful study experiences for both the patients and partners that we serve at Picnic. </p> <p><strong>As the PM you’ll:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide functional leadership and drive end-to-end study execution with a focus on operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and business growth - delivering projects on time, within scope, and aligned with strategic outcomes;</li> <li>Drive cross-functional execution by anticipating needs and risks, navigating trade-offs, and bridging internal expertise with client priorities to keep studies moving forward and high-impact;</li> <li>Implement clear and scalable project governance practices that drive visibility into progress, risks, and performance across study workstreams;</li> <li>Act as the financial steward of your studies: managing forecasting, reporting, and scope changes in close partnership with internal teams and external sponsors;</li> <li>Champion the adoption of AI-enabled tools that streamline study operations and automate manual workflows;</li> <li>Own the flow of study-critical information, ensuring that stakeholders stay aligned, risks surface early, and decisions are made with full context across functions and partners;</li> <li>Ensure successful and timely execution of study designs, patient recruitment, data collection, and analytics efforts;</li> <li>Monitor project progress, identify and develop appropriate solutions to mitigate risks, and implement corrective actions as needed to ensure a successful study outcome;</li> <li>Where needed, manage external vendor workstreams for the relevant research studies; and</li> <li>Work internally to inform and influence how we scale our tech-forward pla ... (truncated, view full listing at source)