Associate Director/Director, Program & Alliance Management

Our pharma client here in the Boston Area is looking to add an Associate Director/ Director, Alliance and Program Management to their team! This role will leverage your IND experience and help bring an asset from pre-clinical into the clinics! Responsibilities (include, but not limited to):

• Serve as a collaborative member of the alliance and program management team to manage multiple key partnerships and a significant number of programs while building and maintaining processes to support the group and the organization
• Lead cross-functional program teams/meetings that may include representatives from research, nonclinical development, regulatory, CMC, and clinical development to define the most appropriate drug development strategy
• Support cross-functional teams and stakeholders to facilitate technical and scientific discussions that define the product profile, integrated development plans, schedule and budget for various internal and partnered programs
• Mobilize and align the organization to drive decision-making and implement the development strategy
• In collaboration with the scientific/development leads, facilitate team meetings and documentation, decision making and tracking of milestones, critical path, timelines, risks, assumptions, alternative scenarios, and budgets
• Foster strong relationships within the organization and serve as a critical point person for program team members (in conjunction with scientific or development leads) on portfolio and program strategy, project-related communications, scientific discussions, issue identification, and management
• Manage alliance(s) with pharma partners to ensure strategic and operational alignment on discovery through clinical-stage programs in neurology, oncology, and autoimmune
• Effectively communicate with senior management on program strategy, progress, and timelines

Requirements:

• Degree in life sciences; advanced degree, Ph.D. or MBA preferred
• 8+ years of total industry experience, including at least 5 years in a project management role (title commensurate with experience)
• Strong understanding of cross-functional drug development from preclinical through early clinical development (including an understanding of GxP, and experience with IND submissions)
• Experience in the application of program management principles required
• Proficient in MS Office (including Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and experience with timeline management tools (e.g. MS Project, Smartsheets), required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation and facilitation