Associate Director, Program Management

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Project Leaders to shape project development strategy, long-range planning, operational approach, and implementation priorities.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans, including timelines, budgets, resources, milestones, value inflection points, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Drive cross-functional execution by organizing project team activities, enabling effective collaboration, tracking progress, and ensuring alignment across functions.
• Partner with Finance and functional SMEs to develop and monitor project budgets, resourcing plans, and external vendor/CRO needs, escalating issues as appropriate.
• Ensure transparent communication with executive leadership, including proactive updates on strategy, timelines, budget, risks, and needed adaptations.
• Promote operational excellence and foster a collaborative, accountable, and supportive team culture.
• As applicable, manage projects involving alliance or co-development partners in coordination with alliance management stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in sciences required
• Minimum of 4+ years of experience in clinical development, and 6+ years in biopharma/biotech industry; experiences in clinical trial execution in the oncology and/or autoimmune disease areas are desirable
• Advanced skills and experience in project management, and usage of relevant tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or AI enabling tools
• Strong financial acumen with experience in budget planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and supporting financial decision-making
• Excellent teamwork, communication (verbal and written), organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously