Associate Director, Project Management
At CG Oncology, we believe that by having exceptionally talented individuals on our team who share our passion and enjoy working together, we can truly achieve our Vision and Mission to benefit patients around the world. Every day we are making significant advancements across our multiple pipelines and are growing rapidly to meet the needs of our patients who cannot afford to wait to benefit from our novel immunotherapies.
About the Role
The Associate Director, Project Management at CG Oncology plays a critical role in leading cross-functional projects that support the company’s evolution from a clinical-stage organization to one with scalable business processes, governance routines, and support systems for commercial operations. As part of the Program Management Office, this role partners with functional leaders and project teams to plan, organize, track, and drive enterprise priorities, including organizational readiness, post-approval initiatives, and other strategic projects defined by the company. The role requires strong project leadership, clear communication, disciplined follow-through, and the ability to create structure in complex, fast-moving work environments.
Responsibilities
- Support enterprise transformation initiatives as CG Oncology evolves from a clinical-stage organization to an organization with scalable business processes and support systems for commercial operations, including organizational readiness, cross-functional operating model development, governance, process implementation, and post-approval project execution.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, including objectives, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, risks, decision points, and success criteria, in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Facilitate decision-making, issue resolution, and problem-solving by clarifying options, surfacing tradeoffs, documenting outcomes, and driving follow-through with team members and stakeholders.
- Conduct scenario planning and support business case preparation for enterprise initiatives, including resource needs, operational impacts, timing considerations, implementation risks, and decision options.
- Maintain consistent meeting management, governance routines, action tracking, decision logs, and communication protocols to support effective collaboration, stakeholder alignment, and timely escalation.
- Identify project objectives, milestones, risks, decisions, and interdependencies; track progress against plan; and provide clear, timely updates to stakeholders and leadership.
- Assist in developing and sustaining scalable project management processes, tools, templates, and governance practices within the PMO.
- Collaborate with global and cross-functional teams on improvement initiatives, operational readiness activities, and other enterprise projects as defined by the company.
- Champion cross-functional collaboration to support strategic decision-making, alignment across functions, and coordinated execution of business-critical priorities.
- Drive communication and build relationships with cross-functional partners.
- Use sound judgment, influence, and negotiation skills to help teams resolve issues, align on business-critical solutions, and maintain momentum against priority timelines.
- Apply strong problem-solving skills to design, structure, and lead projects through ambiguity, complexity, and changing business priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree in life sciences, business, project management, or a related discipline preferred.
- Minimum of 8+ years of relevant industry experience in project management, program management, operations, organizational readiness, business process implementation, or related fields within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences environments.
- Knowledge of project management software, collaboration tools, reporting tools, and document management systems used to plan, track, communicate, and govern cross-functional work.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Benefits
Total Rewards
- Highly competitive salaries
- Annual performance/merit reviews
- Annual performance bonuses
- Equity
- Special recognition
Well-Being Benefits
- Fully remote work environment
- Unlimited flexible time off
- 14 holidays in 2026
- 401K with 100% company Safe Harbor match up to 4% of base salary
- Health insurance (PPO & HDHP) – Cigna/Principal (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- Health spending accounts: HSA (with annual company contribution), FSA, FSA-DC
- Company-paid long-term disability coverage + voluntary plans
- Company-paid life insurance (2x base salary) + voluntary plans
- Additional exclusive benefits: Voluntary Legal, Pet, and more
Well-Being Benefits eligibility begins the 1st of the month after hire. While a majority of these benefits are for our US-based workforce, we continue to assess comparable levels of benefits for our international team members that are aligned with country-specific regulations and their national programs offered.