Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascent Global Logistics provides expedited, time-critical logistics solutions and direct transportation services. The Program Manager will command specialized radiopharmaceutical and life sciences logistics programs through a control tower, overseeing shipment execution, disruption response, network coordination, regulatory alignment, and operational program scaling.
Responsibilities
- Control Tower Execution: Run day-to-day operational command of time-sensitive isotope shipments end-to-end dispatch, routing, carrier coordination, and real-time transit monitoring with zero tolerance for missed windows
- Proactive Disruption Management: Continuously monitor flight and ground transit status to identify risk early and re-route before a delay threatens a dose; this is anticipatory operations, not reactive firefighting
- Cross-Functional Network Coordination: Direct specialty healthcare couriers, airport/ground operations, and internal technology teams to build and enforce frictionless, repeatable transportation workflows
- Regulatory & Safety Alignment: Work with Quality Assurance and safety officers to ensure strict operational adherence to transport requirements for hazardous, radioactive, and temperature-sensitive biological materials
- High-Urgency Escalation Ownership: Lead root-cause investigations and drive corrective action plans (CAPA) when disruptions occur, rapidly deploying alternative routing and standing up contingency plans under pressure
- Operational Program Build: Help shape and scale the control tower's operating model and playbooks as this segment expands this is a build-and-own role, not a maintain role
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or equivalent practical industry experience
- 7+ years in time-critical logistics operations, control tower management, program management, or specialized transportation operations
- Solid understanding of healthcare supply chains, cold-chain logistics, or high-care transport operations
- A track record of running intense, time-critical operations where delays directly affect patient health outcomes — comfortable making fast, high-consequence routing decisions under pressure
- Able to work fluently across transportation tracking systems and translate operational metrics into performance reporting and process improvements
- Direct experience with radiopharmaceuticals or nuclear medicine is a major plus
Benefits
- 401(k) and employer matching
- Life Insurance
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Wellness Program
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Recognition Programs
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Overtime, Differential & Bonus Pay
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