Medical Affairs Project Manager

About the role

Indegene is looking for a US, NJ based Project Manager who will play a critical role in ensuring operational excellence, cross-functional coordination, and launch readiness via project leadership of the Global Medical Affairs functional plans. Reporting to the VP of Project Management at the client side, this position serves as a strategic partner to the Medical team while serving as the primary cross-functional operational contact and liaison for effective alignment, communication flow, and governance. The role will serve as a central point of contact for operational planning, delivery, and governance of critical Medical Affairs projects—spanning scientific communications, congress strategy, advisory boards, medical education, and post-marketing data generation supporting launch preparation. This role focuses on day-to-day project execution, ensuring defined scope, timelines, budgets, and quality objectives are met across the commercial product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Project Leadership and governance: Lead cross-functional medical planning and execution for launch readiness sub-team/s, integrated evidence generation plans, scientific platform development, and field medical enablement.
• Define and oversee medical workstreams for new product launches, indication expansions, and lifecycle management.
• Establish and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and governance frameworks to monitor progress, identify risks and develop mitigation solutions, and drive accountability.
• Facilitate strategic reviews, cross-functional planning meetings, and Medical Affairs business reviews.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner closely with leaders in Field Medical, Medical Communications, Medical Information, HEOR, and Clinical Operations to ensure unified execution and prioritization.
• Partner closely with leaders across other launch work‑streams for aligned strategy and execution.
• Alignment with other launch project management team members to enhance project management effectiveness through collaboration.
• Operational Infrastructure & Process Excellence: Drive the evolution of Medical Affairs operations through process optimization, SOP development, and adoption of best practices.
• Champion and as needed develop the implementation of medical planning tools.
• Congress & External Engagement Readiness: Lead project management to support operational planning for major scientific congresses, including alignment across abstracts, symposia, and booth activities.
• Oversee project management supporting coordination and execution of high‑impact stakeholder engagements (advisory boards, medical education programs, scientific exchange events, etc.).
• Vendor Management: Manage relationships with key vendors and external partners to ensure high‑quality, on‑time, and on‑budget delivery.
• Project management: Contribute to developing robust project management tools, processes for launch and day‑to‑day operations.
• Partner with other project managers to develop periodic launch management dashboards, meeting materials and actively manage functional, sub‑teams and work‑streams meetings for effective launch management.
• The position responsibilities are not limited to the above and might change as the team’s needs evolve and includes all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ability to be in Princeton, NJ office 4 days/week.
• Bachelor’s (BS) degree required; advanced degree (MS, MBA, PharmD, PhD) or PMP certification preferred.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in project management, operational excellence, reporting, and performance management within biopharmaceutical or life sciences organizations.
• Minimum of 5+ years of direct project management experience supporting medical affairs.
• Prior experience in pre‑commercial or early commercial biotech/pharma strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to translate complex data into executive‑ready insights.
• Expertise in project management and process improvement methodologies (PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile).
• Strong analytical mindset.
• Change leadership in fast‑paced, evolving environments.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Willingness to travel 30‑50% of the time.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 401(k)‑retirement plan.
• Seven (7) sick leave days, vacation paid time off, and paid holidays.
• Specific benefits are governed by applicable plan documents.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $120k‑$150k. The compensation range displayed reflects the full span of pay across all of our U.S