Director/Sr. Director Program Management

Responsibilities

• Creates and drives integrated program timelines (Gantt charts) for tracking of activities and milestones based on clear dependencies and assumptions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders in planning, coordinating, and tracking cross-functional activities.
• Ensures continued maintenance and communication of critical path activities.
• Pairs with cross-functional leaders to optimize team effectiveness, team dynamics and ensure effective decision making.
• Facilitates highly effective team building and communication.
• Facilitates meetings and keeps them on track. Provides meeting minutes to ensure adequate documentation of decisions/actions and drives follow up on Action Items.
• Proactively, and independently, identifies and resolves program team challenges.
• Performs effective risk management assessments and drives implementation of mitigation plans.
• Drives information flow and communicates program status to all stakeholders.
• Creates regular status reports (milestones, status, issues, decisions) for senior management with input from the team.
• Assists the Finance group in the compilation and tracking of the program budget in alignment with the company’s goals and objectives.
• In partnership with the functional managers, ensures that resources assigned to the program are adequate to meet program objectives and identifies resource constraints.
• Maintains effective communication within the program team through oral and written correspondence and ensures adequate documentation of each communication.
• Organizes and maintains appropriate electronic platforms (Sharepoint, shared folders, etc.) for reporting/archiving/documentation of project records and relevant information to ensure easy access for team members and other stakeholders.
• Serves as a resource for other Program Managers as appropriate.
• May manage other junior Program Management staff.
• Plays an active role in the development of the Program Management Department through introduction of new tools and processes for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• BA/BS is required; advanced degree (PharmD, PhD) is highly desirable.
• 10+ years industry experience, including minimum of 5 years of project management experience in a cross functional pharmaceutical/biotech team environment.
• Deep understanding of the drug development process.
• Excellent planning, organizational and analytical skills, keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and strengthen collaborative relationships across teams, sub-teams and functions in a matrix environment.
• Ability to drive program plans and timelines (across multiple functional areas) is essential.
• Proven success in goal setting, prioritization and time management is required.
• Experience using established PM planning tools (i.e. MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.).
• Proactive mindset with strong leadership, facilitation, teamwork and influence management/negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently in decision-making and resolution of program obstacles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in Oncology and/or Autoimmune diseases is a plus.
• Cell therapy experience is a plus.
• PMP preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including base salary, annual cash bonus, long-term incentives (equity), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) and a 401(k) with ROTH and a 4.5% Company match.
• Comprehensive health plans (medical, dental, vision, etc.), Flexible Health and Commuter Spending Accounts (FSA) and a company matched Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Laboratory insurance, life, AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance, and legal, pet, and various other voluntary insurance programs.
• Generous paid time-off including 13 company holidays, paid end-of-year winter break, vacation, sick time, and paid parental leave.
• Onsite gym, various other fitness options, onsite parking with electric vehicle charging stations and free shuttle (Caltrain), company-subsidized lunches (delivered onsite daily) and fully stocked breakrooms.

Pay

$231,000 - $319,000 USD

Schedule

To enhance teamwork and communication, employees are required to be onsite at least three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday mandatory), with some roles requiring full-time onsite presence.